Khilegaon

Khilegaon is a village in Belgaum district in Karnataka, India.[1] It is famous for its Basaveshwara temple. History has it that the sultan wanted to destroy the temple but the villagers didn't resent. It was impossible to break the basava and ended up asking for forgiveness by the same Adilshahi, second sultan of Vijayapur.

Khilegaon
Village
Country India
StateKarnataka
DistrictBelgaum
Languages
 • OfficialKannada
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

References
  1. Village Directory Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, 2001 census of India


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