Jejuri
City and a municipal council in Pune district of Maharashtra, India.
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Khandoba
Hindu deity worshiped as a manifestation of Shiva mainly in the Deccan plateau of India, especially in the state of Maharashtra and North Karnataka.
The foremost centre of Khandoba worship is the temple of Jejuri in Maharashtra.
Balaji Baji Rao
The 8th Peshwa of the Maratha Empire in India.
On 14 September 1752, the two took oaths at Khandoba temple in Jejuri, promising mutual peace.
Shaniwar Wada
Historical fortification in the city of Pune, India.
Teak was imported from the jungles of Junnar, stone was brought from the nearby quarries of Chinchwad, and Lime (mineral) was brought from the lime-belts of Jejuri.
Pune
Seventh most populous city in India and the second-largest city in the state of Maharashtra, with an estimated population of 7.4 million It has been ranked "the most liveable city in India" several times.
Other important Hindu pilgrimage sites in PMR or the district include Jejuri, and five of Ashtavinayak Ganesh temples.
Khandoba Temple, Jejuri
Khandoba temple of Jejuri is a Hindu mandir (temple) dedicated to the god Khandoba located on a hill in the town of Jejuri, Maharashtra, India.
Pune district
Second most populous district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
The main temple of Khandoba, the family deity for most Marathi Hindus, is in Jejuri.
Dhangar
Herding caste of people found in the Indian states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
Jejuri temple of Khandoba was substantially enlarged by Holkar queen Ahilyabai Holkar and her general Tukojirao Holkar.
Arun Kolatkar
Indian poet who wrote in both Marathi and English.
The poem sequence deals with a visit to Jejuri, a pilgrimage site for the local Maharashtrian deity Khandoba (a local deity, also an incarnation of Shiva).
Battle of Vasai
Fought between the Marathas and the tiny army of the Portuguese rulers of Vasai , a town lying near Mumbai (Bombay) in the Konkan region of present-day state of Maharashtra, India.
After the war of 1737- 39, Chimaji appa and his Maratha soldiers took the church bells from Vasai as memorabilia and installed them in various Hindu mandirs of Maharashtra, some of the bells they installed in Khandoba mandir, Tulja bhavani mandir of Jejuri and Osmanabad respectively.
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (, abbr.
Khandoba temple at Jejuri in the Pune district attract pilgrims from all over the Maharashtra where worshipers shower each other with Bhandar,.