Pabal, is a
panchayat village
Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...
in
Shirur Taluka
Shirur taluka, is a taluka in Haveli subdivision of Pune district of state of Maharashtra in India. The town is situated on the bank of river Ghod and hence it was also known as Ghodnadi in 20th Century. The town is on the border of Pune & Ahme ...
in
Pune district
Pune district (Marathi pronunciation: 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 India's 640 district ...
of state of
Maharashtra, 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
Khed taluka is a taluka in the subdivision, near Pune city in Pune district of the state of Maharashtra in India. Rajgurunagar is the headquarter of the taluka. The taluka is known for being the birthplace of Santaji Jagnade.The name of city is r ...
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, ( 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 As of 2021, Pune Metropolitan Region is the largest i ...
.
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,
Shikrapur (20 km). This is also the burial place of
Mastani
Mastani (29 August 1699 – 28 April 1740 CE) was the daughter of Chhatrasal and Ruhani Bai Begum. She was the second wife of the Maratha Peshwa (Prime Minister) Baji Rao I. Her relationship within the Maratha Brahmin family has been subject o ...
.
Education
* श्री भैरवनाथ विद्या मंदिर पाबळ
Shri Bhairavnath Vidya Mandir, Pabal
*
Vigyan Ashram
*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 ...
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
*
Vigyan Ashram
*
Shirur, Maharashtra
Shirur is an administrative subdivision of the Pune district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located on the eastern boundary of the district, on the banks of the Ghod River. The town is also called Ghodnadi to distinguish it from other ...
*
Shri Bhairavnath Vidya Mandir, Pabal
Notes and references
External links
Vigyan Ashram
Villages in Pune district
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