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Vadhu Budruk is a village in Shirur tehsil of
Vadhu Budruk is a village in Shirur tehsil of 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 ...
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The place is connected to Chatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj - the son of Chatrapati Shivaji
Shivaji Bhonsale I (; 19 February 1630 – 3 April 1680), also referred to as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha clan. Shivaji carved out his own independent kingdom from the declining Adils ...
Maharaj and Kavi Kalash
Kavi Kalash (died March 1689 CE, Tulapur) was a poet, a close friend and advisor to Maratha king (Chatrapati) Sambhaji who reigned 1680-1689.
Early life
A Kanyakubja Brahmin by birth , Kalash dev was an able administrator as well as a warrio ...
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Chatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj and his aide Kavi Kalash was killed in Tulapur
Tulapur is a village in Pune district, Maharashtra, India, associated with the last moments of Sambhaji Maharaj, second Chatrapati of Hindavi Swarajya and son of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
History
Tulapur has great significance in Mara ...
and his samādhi
''Samadhi'' (Pali and sa, समाधि), in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism and yogic schools, is a state of meditation, meditative consciousness. In Buddhism, it is the last of the eight elements of the Noble Eightfold Path. In the Ash ...
was built in Vadhu. Thus, both these places are historically very important. Tulapur is situated on the banks of three rivers- Bhima
In Hindu epic Mahabharata, Bhima ( sa, भीम, ) is the second among the five Pandavas. The ''Mahabharata'' relates many events that portray the might of Bhima. Bhima was born when Vayu, the wind god, granted a son to Kunti and Pandu. Af ...
, Bhama and Indrayani
Indrayani is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Shankharapur Municipality in Kathmandu District in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread ...
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Tulapur was originally known as Nagargaon.
Vadhu is near Tulapur where Chatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj was cremated by one of the mavala Shivale Deshmukh defying Aurangzeb threats. An idol of Chatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj was put up in 1977 in Vadhu along with Gaikwad's tomb.
References
Villages in Pune district {{Pune-geo-stub