Belavadi
Sign in to saveBelavadi is a village, located at a distance of 29 km from Chikmagalur town and about 12 km from Halebidu, Karnataka, India. The place is described as Ekachakranagara of Mahabharata and the village is known for Veeranarayana temple of Hoysala architecture.
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- Population
- 1349
- Elevation
- 843
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- Veeranarayana temple at Belavadi.JPG
- Households
- 328
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- Belavadi
- male population
- 653
- illiterate population
- 579
- literate population
- 770
- female population
- 696
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Belavadi is a village, located at a distance of 29 km from Chikmagalur town and about 12 km from Halebidu, Karnataka, India. The place is described as Ekachakranagara of Mahabharata and the village is known for Veeranarayana temple of Hoysala architecture.
==Description== A festival called Bandi-Bana is celebrated annually by villagers in memory of Bhima killing Bakasura. There is a big tank ascribed to one Dhanakaraya, a local chief in whose honor a temple has also been constructed on the bank. It was originally a Jaina centre. later Krishnaraja Wadiyar II gave this village as a grant to the Sringeri Matha.
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