Aundh Experiment, an early test of village-level self-government in British India
The temple complex also contains the pleasant "Shri Bhavani Museum", with paintings drawn by various well-known Indian artists including Raja Ravi Varma and the famous "Mother and Child" stone structure by Henry Moore.
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Later in the 19th century it became part of the princely state of Aundh as well as a palace city, hence it was called Atpadi Mahal.
This could be taken to provide evidence that it is located in the south 'yamye' at the town of Sadanga, the ancient name of Aundh in Maharashtra located 'south' compared to Jageshwara shrine in Uttarkhand and Dwaraka Nageshvara at West end.
Kinhai was a village of the former princely state of Aundh and was included in Koregaon taluka after the merger of the princely states.
Madhav Satwalekar spent most of his childhood in the Princely State of Aundh where his father was the resident scholar, artist and advisor in the court of the then Maharaja.
The 1957 Hindi film, Do Aankhen Barah Haath by V.Shantaram was inspired by the story of an 'open-prison' experiment swatantrapur in the princely state of Aundh near Satara, Maharashtra.
The temple complex also houses the Shri Bhavani Museum established from the private collection of the Maharajas of Aundh The museum holds paintings by noted 19th and 20th century artists such as M. V. Dhurandhar, Baburao Painter, Madhav Satwalekar and Raja Ravi Varma as well as the famous "Mother and Child" stone structure by British artist, Henry Moore.