Savlaj (also Savalaj) is a village in
Tasgaon
Tasgaon Tasgaon is a city in Maharashtra and a municipal council in Sangli district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Tasgaon city is developing city in Maharashtra. Tasgaon was given as Jahagir to Parshuram Bhau Tasgaonkar by Narayanrao Ba ...
tehsil
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in
Sangli district
Sangli district (Marathi pronunciation: aːŋɡli is a district of Maharashtra state in India. Sangli city is the district headquarters. It is bordered by Satara district, Solapur district to the North, Karnataka state to South-East, by Kolh ...
in the
India
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Maharashtra. It is named after the village god Lord Savalsiddh or Savalsiddha.
Savlaj has a
grampanchayat with 17 members and is a major village within Sangli
zilla parishad and constituency.
Geography
Savlaj is located 18 km from Tasgoan and 48 km from
Sangli
Sangli () is a city and the district headquarters of Sangli District in the state of Maharashtra, in western India. It is known as the Turmeric City of Maharashtra due to its production and trade of the spice. Sangli is situated on the banks ...
. It has an average elevation of 689 metres (2263 feet).
The village is near the River
Aagrani
Agrani river originates near Balwadi (बलवडी) on Khanapur plateau (Khanapur tehsil of Sangli district). At origin, there is a small tree temple of great Agastya rishi (अगस्त्य ऋषी). After Vajrachounde (वज्र ...
.
Economy
It is one of the growing villages of the tehsil.
It is a big market for things such as clothes, agricultural materials, fruit and vegetables, and gold and silver for 12 nearby villages. Every Saturday is bazaar day. Along with Tasgaon tehsil, this village is famous for its grapes,
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People
The late R. R. Patil
Raosaheb Ramrao Patil, better known as R. R. Patil (16 August 1957 – 16 February 2015) was an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He was an MLA for Tasgaon vidhan sabha constituency from 1991 to 2015. He was an important lea ...
, former Home Minister of Maharashtra, studied at Savlaj and his political career started there, when he was elected Sangli zillah parishad member representing Savlaj.
Religion
There are many religious sites, i.e, Siddheshwar Temple (also known as the Savalsiddh Temple),
Schools
Savlaj has Mahatma Gandhi Vidyalay, Junior College of Arts, Science and MCVC, S K Unune English School, Zillah Parishad Primary Schools and R. R. Patil Senior College.
References
Cities and towns in Sangli district
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