Mehkar is a tabletop tehsil and a municipal council situated in Buldhana district of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

There is anecdotal saying about this place that 'Lord Rama' had stayed here during his 'vanwasa' , he once caught a deer- Haran in Marathi language, so the name 'Haran Tekdi'.

Om Brahmi Shwasanand Saraswati Urf Sant Shri Balabhau Maharaj Pitale is the first saint of Varkari Sampradaya in Vidarbha borne at Mehkar in 1888 A.D.

In his life of 42 years, he obeyed all four Aashramas and in the last, he became Paramhans Parivrajkacharya 1008 Om Brahmee Shwasanand Saraswati.

It also has in its surrounding i.e. 12  km to its north a Dargah of AULIYA BABA at the outskirts of an ancient village named MOLA and is revered by every community irrespective of religion, caste, creed living in and around Mehkar.

[citation needed] A week long annual fair ("Jatra", in local language) is held nearby the Dargah.

[citation needed] An idol of Lord Balaji, along with copper scripture (Tamrapat) was found during digging in 1888 AD.

Looking at the ruins one could easily gauge that the bricks are of Mughalia shapes and the monument would have been constructed to house and camp a general (or Shahenshah) of Aurangazeb's stature during Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's period in their campaign to crush the rising of the great Maratha warrior.

She is said to have committed suicide from the seventh storey since she was often ridiculed by the public that her palace is on a higher level than the temple in the village.

The building was constructed using a cementing material made of cow dung, which provided natural insulation from heat and cold.

Kiran Shivhar Dongardive, another renowned poet from Mehkar has composed some poems on Kanchani Mahal.

However, Kanchani in Marathi as well as in Hindi dialect literally means a Courtesan or a dancing girl meant to entertain clients of higher class.