BILIGI

About Biligi

Bilagi is a panchayat town and taluka in the Bagalkot district of Karnataka, India. While only 19.5 km from the district headquarters of Bagalkote, the route by road is 30 km. The main occupation of people in this taluka is agriculture. Most of the farmers grow sugarcane.Bilgi(Kannada: ) is situated at a distance of 30 km from Bagalkot. To the north of Bilgi is a stone pond called Arettina Bavi (Six - bullock well) , an object of interest. The temple inside the well of Mahadeva, is not worshipped as the linga is broken. The stone inscriptions in Kannada, marathi and Persian built into the walls of the well register that it was constructed by vVisajipanta in the year 1708 A.D. There is a dargah of Hasan Dongri, in the town. Moharam festival is celebrated in a big way here. One Km to the south of Bilgi is the temple of Shri Siddeshwara, encompassed by hillocks. On a footstep of the temple is an inscription of 1695-96 which records construction of the eastern doorway by Khanderao Timmaji, a subordinate of Vajir Haidar Khan .. The town of Bilgi is located at 162050N 0753705E.[1] It has an average elevation of 509 metres (1669 feet). The taluka covers 782 square kilometres (301.9 sq mi) and lies between 16-03 to 16-32 north latitude and 75-73 to 76-49 east longitude. The taluka is bordered by Bijapur Taluka of Bijapur District to the north, Mudhol Taluka to the west, Bagalkot Taluka to the south and southeast, and Jamakhandi Taluka to the north. The Krishna River and reservoir form its northern boundary.