Basavakalyan

Basavakalyan, historically Kalyani, is a town in Bidar district, Karnataka, India. It was the capital of the Western Chalukya Empire from the mid-eleventh century and later of the Kalachuris of Kalyani, and in the twelfth century it was the centre of the Lingayat movement led by Basava, after whom it was renamed. Its fort and ruins survive.