Main twelve temples of lord Khandoba:
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Jejuri The original, main seat, temple of lord Khandoba situated
48 kilometers from Pune city on Pune—Saswad roadway in Pune district.
There are two temples, the first is an ancient temple known as
Kadepathar. Kadepathar is difficult to climb and it takes about one
hour to reach there. This is god seat (Dev Gadi) of god Khandoba,
because when god Shankara took the avatara of Khandoba and came to
earth for the first time his feet touched here. The second is the more
famous temple because it is easy to climb and it is said that this
beautiful structure was build by Late Dada Holkar / Ahilyabai Holkar.
This temple has about 450 steps, 18 Kamani (big stone invitation
doors), and 350 Dipmalas (tall stone oil lamps holders). At the
foothills of this temple there is a Holkar tank and nowadays boating
entertainment is available there. Both temples are fort-like structures. |
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