Kharsundi is a village located in

Atpadi Atpadi is an administrative town of the Atpadi Taluka of Sangli District in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Atpadi is located north-east of Sangli District and shares borders with the adjacent Solapur and Satara Districts. The town has a talu ...

Taluka A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

Sangli District Sangli district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, aːŋɡli is a Districts of Maharashtra, district of Maharashtra state in India. Sangli city is the district headquarters. It is bordered by Satara district, Solapur district to the ...

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...

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. Kharsundi is well known for Lord Siddhanath. Siddhanath is believed to be an incarnation of Lord

Shiva Shiva (; sa, शिव, lit=The Auspicious One, Śiva ), also known as Mahadeva (; ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐ, or Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hindu ...

and it is believed that he is the protector of Kharaspundi. Siddhanath is the patron god of Atpadi and adjacent regions and one of among several regional protective (Kshetrapal) gods of

. The village is well known in southern India for its large cattle fair, mainly for Khillari breed bulls.

Places Nearby

* Walvan - 06 km * Bhood - 13.5 km * Lengre - 17.7 km * Vita - 31.7 km * Balwadi - 05 km * Balewadi - 06 km * Atpadi - 23.4 km * Kargani - 13.2 km * Ghulewadi - 03 km * Nelkarji - 07 km * Bhivghat - 13 km * Kankatrewadi - 6.3 km * Kavathe Mahankal - 47.5 km

References

Villages in Sangli district {{Sangli-geo-stub