Lengare

Lengare is a village in Khanapur (Vita) taluka of Sangli district of Maharashtra in India.[1] This village is well known for its cultural importance. The dominant religion of people are Hindu's despite there are 25% from Muslim Religion. There is a darga (vernacular name - peer) of kalandar baba, where annual festival (jatra)/"Oorosh" is conducted. The date falls on second week of the new year (Gudi Padwa).on east side of village there is Lengare talaw (old name- waluj talaw), which was water source for village. Main work of villagers are farming and galaikam. Galaikam means polishing jewelry and they work in different cities all over India.

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  1. ↑ "censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory". Census_Data_2001. Government of India. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
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