Pabal, is a
panchayat village in
Shirur Taluka in
Pune district
Pune district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, uɳeː is the most populous district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The district's population was 9,429,408 in the 2011 census, making it the fourth most populous district amongst I ...
of state of
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 ...
, India. It is located in the northwest corner of the taluka, bordering on
Ambegaon Taluka
Ambegaon taluka is a taluka in Talukas in Pune district#Haveli, Shirur subdivision of Pune district of state of Maharashtra in India. One of the twelve most revered Shiva temples or Jyotirlinga, the Bhimashankar, Bhimashankar Temple is in this khe ...
to the north and
Khed Taluka to the west. It lies on the left (north) bank of the
Vel River.
Pabal is 39.34 km far from the district's main city of
Pune
Pune (; ; also known as Poona, (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million ...
.
Nearby villages of Pabal with distance are Pur (3.792 km), Pur (3.792 km), Kanhersar (4.552 km), Kendur (5.564 km), Dhamari (6.302 km), Wadgaon Pir (6.617 km),
Gosasi
Gosasi is a very small village in the Khed (Rajgurunagar
Rajgurunagar (Khed) is a census town in the Pune Metropolitan Region of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated on the bank of river Bhima and Pune-Nasik National Highway ...
(7.471 km),Kanhur Mesai, Morachi Chincholi
Shirur, Saradwadi, Shindodi, Shirasgaon Kata, Sonesangavi, Takali Bhima, Takali Haji, Talegaon Dhamdhere, Tardobachiwadi, Uralgaon,
Vitthalwadi
Vithalwadi is a town in Thane district.
Vithalwadi is sandwitched between Kalyan and Ulhasnagar. Vithalwadi includes various areas like Kailash nagar, Hanuman Nagar and Bhagwan Nagar. Most of the population lives in slum areas which includes c ...
,
Shikrapur (20 km). This is also the burial place of
Mastani.
Education
* श्री भैरवनाथ विद्या मंदिर पाबळ
Shri Bhairavnath Vidya Mandir, Pabal
Shri Bhairavanath Vidya Mandir, Pabal is a high school established in 1956, in Pabal. It is controlled by Shikshan Prasarak Mandal Pabal. The school focuses on the provision of education from 5th to 12th standards. The school is in Marathi medium. ...
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Vigyan Ashram
Vigyan Ashram ( mr, विज्ञान आश्रम) is a learning center for contemplation and study of ancient Indian philosophy belonging to the Indian Institute of Education (IIE) Pune, established by Dr. S. S. Kalbag in 1983. It's a mo ...
*Padmamani Jain Mahavidyalaya, Pabal.
Gallery
File:Pabal view.jpg, Pabal view
File:Bhairavnath Temple front view.jpg, Bhairavnath Temple front view
File:QR code for Pabal.png, QR code for Pabal
File:Mastani 28tt13.jpg, Mastani 28tt13
File:Bhairavanath mandir.jpg, Bhairavanath mandir
File:Mastani-759.jpg, Mastani-759
File:मस्तानी कबरीचे बांधकाम.jpg, मस्तानी कबरीचे बांधकाम
Religion
The majority of the population in the village is
Hindu
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
.
The
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
also has an ancient
Jain
Jainism ( ), also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion. Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and history through the succession of twenty-four tirthankaras (supreme preachers of ''Dharma''), with the first in the current time cycle being ...
temple. Devotees from Pune and Mumbai flock here for pujan and
darshan quite frequently.
Economy
The majority of the population has farming as their primary occupation.
See also
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Vigyan Ashram
Vigyan Ashram ( mr, विज्ञान आश्रम) is a learning center for contemplation and study of ancient Indian philosophy belonging to the Indian Institute of Education (IIE) Pune, established by Dr. S. S. Kalbag in 1983. It's a mo ...
*
Shirur, Maharashtra
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Shri Bhairavnath Vidya Mandir, Pabal
Shri Bhairavanath Vidya Mandir, Pabal is a high school established in 1956, in Pabal. It is controlled by Shikshan Prasarak Mandal Pabal. The school focuses on the provision of education from 5th to 12th standards. The school is in Marathi medium. ...
Notes and references
External links
Vigyan Ashram
Villages in Pune district
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