Basavakalyan
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Place details
- Locality
- Basavakalyan
- Region
- Karnataka
- Country
- India
- Population
- 69,717
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Basavakalyan
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Basava Gaint Statue 108 feet, Basava Kalyana.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Basavanna statue,
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India#India Karnataka
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Karnataka, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Division
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Karnataka
- Area
- +32
- Elevation
- +621
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Chalukya dynasty
- Official website
- www.basavakalyancity.mrc.gov.in
- Image
- Basava Gaint Statue 108 feet, Basava Kalyana.JPG
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- P12749
Article
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Western Chalukyas
- Kalyani Chalukya architecture
- Kalachuris and Basaveshwara
- Centre of social and religious movement
- Tourism
- Education
- Hospitals
- Software Companies
- Geography
- Demographics
- Religion
- See also
- References
Basavakalyan is a historical city and municipal council in the Bidar District of the Indian state of Karnataka. It was the capital of the Kalyani Chalukyas and the Kalachuris of Kalyani. The city is noted for the world's tallest Basavanna statue, which stands 108 feet (33 m) high, and is today one of the major cities and an important industrial hub of Bidar district.
==History== Before India's independence, Basavakalyan was called Kalyani. After independence and division of states on linguistic basis in 1956, Kalyana was renamed as BasavaKalyan in memory of Basava, a social reformer who established Anubhava Mantapa (spiritual democracy) in 12th-century India.