Yedavani

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Earlier known as 'Adavanne' transformed to 'Yedavani' and now popularly called 'Yedvanne'. Village attains its glory during weeklong festival celebrated to offer special prayers to all the dieties of the village(surprisingly around 14 of them )held exactly after a period of 15 days from ugadi(chandramana ugadhi{april/may}). this village lies in the bank of river shimsha, tributary of river cauvery; agriculture is mainly dependent on monsoon rains.Part of the village here is also irrigated by a canal from markonahalli dam. Fifth photo shows the place of Indian Spotted Eagle (Aquila hastata) nesting site where birdwatchers are discussing with local elderly person

Photos depicting the festival: village diety Kalikamba with Pujari; festival begins with offer to Lord Basava and all cattles carrying firewood to temple; village folk visiting festival market JATHRE; eatables in festival market and the scene right after crossing the burning charcoal