Beesanahalli

Beesanahalli
village
Beesanahalli

Location in Karnataka, India

Coordinates: 14°16′29″N 75°56′21″E / 14.27472°N 75.93917°E / 14.27472; 75.93917Coordinates: 14°16′29″N 75°56′21″E / 14.27472°N 75.93917°E / 14.27472; 75.93917
Country  India
State Karnataka
Languages
  Official Kannada
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

Beesana Halli is a village in Holalkere Taluk, near Chitradurga in the Indian state of Karnataka.

It is a small village of about 100 Lingayat, Golla and Dalit families. It is the birthplace of the late Sri Channaveerajja. He was born to a Lingayat family, and taught vedanta to people irrespective of caste. He had many Lingayat, Kuruba, Uppaara, adivasi, and Dalit followers. His Samadhi is in this village. He was popularly called Beesanalli Ajjaaru.

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