Hosahalli

Hosahali is one of twin-villages Mattur-Hosahali, on the banks of the Tunga River in Karnataka state, southern India. It lies in an agricultural region where the main crop is the Areca nut. It is known for Sanskrit, Veda, Gamaka and Sangeetha Padma Shri awardee H. R. Keshava Murthy is also from this village. From above, the village appears as a "Paa Ni Pee Tha". The village is situated a little over 5 km from Shimoga city and around 4 km from Gajanur Tunga Anicut.

Temples

The village has several temples or religious sites.

Lord Channakeshava temple with an impressive Rajagopuram at its entrance.
Durgamaa temple at one end of the village.
Shri Rama mandiram is at the heart of the village where Bhajans on Saturdays and festive days.
Mallikarjuna Swamy temple on the bank of river Tunga
Varasiddhi Vinayaka Swamy temple
Mariyamma temple
Shastri temple
shri abhaya anjaneya Swamy devasthana beside durgaa temple

Gayathri Veda Pathashaala is a residential vedic school which has a library of books about vedas and mythology. Students learn Krishna Yajurveda. Gamaka Kala Parishat, Sankethi Sangeetha Sabha, and Geleyara Balaga are other institutions which occasionally conduct programmes in a village social building activity called Gamaka Bhavana. There is also a branch of the volunteer organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in the village.