Location and markets
Geography
Vaduj is a Nagar Panchayat and located in the Satara district of Maharashtra state, India. The major surrounding villages and their distance from Vaduj are Ganeshwadi 2 km, Satewadi 3 km, Pedgaon 6 km, Wakeshwar 5 km Katarkhatav 8 km, Tadavale 9 km, Ambavade 12 km, Bhurakavadi 7 km and Pusegaon 19 km.Languages
The language in Vaduj isEducation
Major public schools
* Hutatma Parshuram Vidyalaya (HPV) * Chhatrapati Shivaji High School (CSHV) * Chhatrapati Shivaji Polytechnics, Vaduj * Arts & Commerce College Vaduj * Gurukul * Sevagiri English Medium School * Cambridge High School * Nutan Prathamik ShalaColleges
* HPV Jr. College. * Shivaji Polytechnic. * Shivaji Science and Jr. College. * Arts & Commerce College.Transport
Culture
People in Vaduj are of diverse religions and celebrate religious festivals like Diwali,Gram-Daivat Bhairavnath Yatra/Jatra for 4 days, Basweshwar Jayanti, Dnyaneshwar-Parayan Palkhi Rath Yatra, Gopalkala, Mahavir jayanti, Vishwakarma Jayanti, Eid, Buddhapornima and Christmas as well. Ganesh Mandir in Bajar patangan is well known in the surrounding area. Common surnames in Vaduj are Jagdale, Godse, Kale, Phadtare, Yeole & shah. Vaduj is also famous for 'Quit india Movement' held in 1942. Parshuram Gharge, Born on 27 October 1901 at Vadagaon, dist. Satara, Maharashtra, was an active Congress worker. The Gandhian slogan 'Do Or Die' and the arrest of all the top national leaders before the launching of the 'Quit India' movement on 8 August 1942 galvanized the local activists in Satara so much that they lost no time in plunging themselves into the nationwide agitation against the British imperialism. In one such anti-British demonstration that Parshuram Gharge himself led in Khatav taluka, Satara, on 9 September 1942, more than 2000 people marched towards the Vaduz Cutcherry singing patriotic songs and crying nationalist slogans and hoisting the tricolor Congress flags . The local British officials tried to turn them away but the marchers went ahead, leading to the police firing on the non-violent crowd, and resulting in the death of Parshuram Gharge on the spot.Nearby tourist attractions
* Shri Ganesh Mandir at Ganeshwadi(Vaduj) - 2 km * Janubai Madir at Satewadi-3 km * Bhavani Mata Mandir at Pingaljai - 6 km * Yerala Dam at Yeralwadi – 6 km * Janubai mandir Hingane - 5 km * Mayani Bird Sanctuary – 24 km * Yamai Devi Mandir & Aundh Museum – 18 km * Gondavale – 16 km * Bhavling (Gursale) – 7 km * Siddeshwar Kuroli – 10 km * Pusegaon - 20 km * Wakeshwar (Bhairavnath Mandir)- 4 km * Dahiwadi - 18 km * Karad - 48 km * Mhaswad - 50 km * Vita - 45 kmHospitals
* Government Gramin Hospital, Vaduj * Datta Hospital (Dr. B.J. Katkar), Vaduj * Spandan Hospital (Dr. Sandesh Galande), Vaduj * Accident Hospital (Dr. Ajit Inamdar), Vaduj * Charushila Hospital (Dr. Vivekanand Mane), Vaduj * Saddichaa Hospital (Dr. Santosh More), VadujDeveloping Areas
* Balwant Park (Vaduj-Ganeshwadi, Road) * Vaduj-Katarkhatav Road * Vaduj-Karad Road *Vaduj -Hingane Rode * Vaduj-Pedgaon Road * Vaduj Dahiwadi Road * Vaduj Pusegaon RoadReferences
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