Mangasuli is a village

Village

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 in the southern state of Karnataka

Karnataka

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, India

India

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. It is located in the Athni taluk of Belgaum district

Belgaum district

Belgaum district is a district in the state of Karnataka, India. The city of Belgaum is the district headquarters in North Karnataka. By the 2011 Census of India, it had a population of 4778439...

 in Karnataka.

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Mangasuli had a population of 10152 with 5162 males and 4990 females.

Religious Significance

Mangasuli is famous in the regions of Southern Maharashtra and Northern Karnataka for its temple of Lord Khandoba

Khandoba

Khandoba, also known as Khanderao, Khanderaya, Malhari Martand and Mallu Khan is a regional Hindu deity, worshipped as Mārtanda Bhairava, a form of Shiva, mainly in the Deccan plateau of India, especially in the states of Maharashtra and Karnataka. He is the most popular family deity in Maharashtra...

. The name Mangasuli originates from "Malla" (name of the demon) - "suli" (killed). It is said that this is the place where Lord Khandoba killed the demon Malla. The other name of Lord Khandoba - Malhari or Mallari - also originates from the words "Malla" and "ari" (enemy)& "Mallayya" in Kannada language.

Khandoba of Mangasuli is the Kuldevta

Kuldevta

Kuladevata or Kuladevi, also known as Kuladev and Kŭladaiwat, stands for "family deity, that is either a god or a goddess" within Hinduism, as distinct from personal ishta-devata and village deities...

 of many families in the region. It is a tradition to visit the temple after important events in their families (like marriage, birth of a child), to seek the Lord's blessings. Many devotees visit the place during the yearly "Utsav", which is celebrated from the first to the sixth day of the bright fortnight of the Hindu calendar month Margashirsha. The festival culminates into a Yatra

Yatra

' , in Hinduism and other Indian religions, generally means pilgrimage to holy places such as confluences of sacred rivers, places associated with Hindu epics such as the Mahabharata and Ramayana, and other sacred pilgrimage sites. Tīrtha-yātrā refers to a pilgrimage to a holy site, and is...

on the last day of "Champa Shashthi".

Mangasuli was part of "Sangli Sansthan" before linguistic based formation of the states of Karnataka and Maharashtra. It has population of both Marathi speaking people and Kannada speaking people. It is one of the Marathi speaking villages on the Maharashtra-Karnataka border place.