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unusual facts about Vithoba Temple, Pandharpur



Pandharpur

Shri Vithal Education & Research Institute, College of Engineering Pandharpur Established in 1998, is run by the SVERI Trust.

Pune division

The Solapur District is under proposal to be divided and a separate Pandharpur District be carved out of existing Solapur district, comprising talukas of Pandharpur, Sangola, Karmala, Mangalwedha, Malshiras and Madha in Solapur District and also talukas of Jath and Atpadi from neighbouring Sangli district, to create a new Pandharpur district.

Solapur district

In the course of the arrangements that followed subsequently, the western part of the present Sholapur district including Pandharpur fell within the jurisdiction of the Raja of Satara and the southern part including Mangalwedha remained with the Patwardhan Sardars of Sangli.

Swargate Bus Stand

Pandharpur, Baramati, Morgaon, Akluj, Gangapur, Indapur, Nira, Satara, Wai, Bijapur, Valchandnagar, Sangvi, Murum, Patas, Aasu, Sangola.

Visoba Khechara

The Dnyandev Gatha also mentions Khechara, as playing at the Gopal-kala festival in the Pandharpur - where Vithoba's chief temple is located - along with the brothers Dnyaneshwar, Nivrittinath and Sopan.

Vithoba Temple, Pandharpur

The Warkaris start marching from their homes to the temple of Pandharpur in groups called Dindi to reach on Aashadhi ekadashi and Kartiki ekadashi.

A dip in the holy river Chandrabhaga on whose banks Pandharpur resides, is believed to have power to wash all sins.

They reply, they are the Ganga (Ganges), Yamuna and other holy rivers of India—revered for their holiness.

Legend holds that people who die in the city of Kashi attain salvation and emancipation from the cycle of birth and death; so, many pious Hindus in the bygone era would relocate to Kashi as their end drew near.


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