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Kasba Ganpati
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Bhimashankar
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ChaturshrungiTemple
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Jejuri
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Ashtavinayak
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Dehu
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Alandi
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Narayanpur
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It is the Gram Daivat of Pune. Kasba peth is near Lal Mahal and the kasba Ganpati
is the Ganpati of fiest Honor in Pune. So it has the first previlage in Ganesh Utsav
Procession. Jijabai, the mother of Chh. Shivaji Maharaj had put up the statue of
Ganesh. On her behalf, Dadoji Kondadev had put on a tent in front of this statue.
Now it is a famous temple in Pune.
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This is the place where river Bhima originates. It is 125 kms away from Pune city,
near tahsil Khed. It is one of the 5 Jyotirlingas in Maharashtra. Nana Phadanavis
has built the temple of Lord Mahadev here. Mear Bhimashankar are the hills of Manmad.There
are carvings of Bhooting, Amba-Ambika and Bhimashankar on these hills. The beauty
of Bhimashankar is enhanced in monsoon and winter. Bhimashankar is reserved forest
area and a wild life sanctuary where a variety of animals, birds, plants and flowers
can be seen.
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30 kms to the south of Pune is a beautiful place called Baneshwar. It has an old
temple of Lord Shiva, which was built by Bajirao Peshwa-I. It has spectacular idols
of Lord Vishnu, Goddess Laxmi and Lord Mahadev and five Shivlings. As the temple
is in deep woods and it seems like a 'jungle', hence its is called as "Baneshwar".
A beautiful garden, a small waterfall, a stream of water all these make Baneshwar
a nice picnic spot.
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It is the small hillock dedicated to Godess "Durga". The presiding deity is Goddess
Ambreshwari. An annual Navaratri fair is held here in he month of "Ashwin'. The
temple is built in Chh. Shivaji era.
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A well known place, 40 kms away from Pune, Jejuri is famous for the ancient temple
of Lord Khandoba, as known as Khandobachi Jejuri. A "Yatra" is held in the months
of Chitra, Margashirsha, Puash and Magh (months of Hindu calender). While on the
way to the temple, one gets a view of the Dive Ghat. Deep Mala is popular over here.
To reach the temple, one has to climb 200 steps.Jejuri also has historical importnace
as Shivaji and Shahaji had discussed the strategy against the Mughals here. Various
weapons of those times can be seen here.
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Lord Ganesh is the protector of his devotees. Eight effigies found among the nature,
sculptured by nature have been housed in temples created ages ago at the places
where the effigies were first identified.These are "Swayumbhu" effigies. Out of
these Ashtavinayakas, five temples viz. Morgaon (Moreshwar),Theur (Chintamani),
Ranjangaon (Mahaganapati), Ozar (Vighnahar), Lenyadri (Girijatmak) are in Pune district.
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Situated on the bank of river Indrayani, this is the birth place of Saint Tukaram
Maharaj. Pilgrims come here in large numbers. It is 34 kms away from Pune city.
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Alandi is 25 kms away from Pune. Popularly known as "Devachi Alandi" (God's Place)
has Samadhi and a temple of the saint poet Dnyaneshwar. The temple was built in
1570. Saint Dnyaneshwar wrote the Marathi translation of the 'Bhagvat Geeta' called
'Dnyaneshwari'. The othet famous places in Alandi are Vitthal-Rakhumai temple, Ram
temple, Krishna temple and Muktai temple. Saint Dnyaneshwar spent most of his life-span
in Alandi. The Palkhi, which is in the month of Ashadh, carried by the pilgrims
from Alandi to Pandharpur covers almost 150 kms of distance.The famous wall on which
Saint Dnyaneshwar flew to meet Chandev is also present here.
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Towards the south of Pune, the village Narayanpur is famous for saint Changdev and
Lord Datta temple. Pilgrims visiting here worship the old "Audumbar' tree and visit
the Narayaneshwar temple. The sculptures in the temple are of Yadav era.
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