The village of Sulebhavi, tucked away in the lap of the Tanikolla mountain along the Belagavi-Bagalkot highway with a population of around 9,000 people, is famous for the temple of the village deity Dyamavva. The temple complex, now renovated and renamed, houses shrines for three deities. The Lakshmi temple here is the go-to point for several politicians from Karnataka and Maharashtra before starting election campaigns.
However, very few take the trouble to wander into Bazar Galli where stands “Basava Kunja”, a building that doubles as a tea shop and the home of Rudrappa Naganur, who runs the hotel.
