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Morkhandi
Morkhandi village is located in Basavakalyan Taluka of Bidar district in Karnataka, India. It is situated 9km away from sub-district headquarter Basavakalyan and 97km away from district headquarter Bidar. Earlier this village name was "Markandeya" Which was later called as Morkhandi.

The total geographical area of village is 2342.67 hectares. Morkhandi has a total population of 5,140 peoples. There are about 992 houses in Morkhandi village. Basavakalyan is nearest town to Morkhandi which is approximately 9km away.

History
Earlier this village name was "Markandeya" Which was later called as Morkhandi.

It is believed that this village was named after a Popular Sage Markandeya Rishi, who performed his worship to lord Shiva. After worshiping for long period lord shiva appeared and gave boon to markandeya in morkhandi village. the place where today Siddesheshwar Temple built today. The temple is located outside the village and there is belief that markandeya rishi Samadhi is below the temple, where the caves meet. but since long period these caves were closed. nobody knows what inside is.