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PLACES
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VARSAI
Varsai (T. Pen, p. 1,018, RS. Khopoli 30 m. NE). It was in
the valley near this village that Sivaji suddenly surprised in 1648
a Bijapur Sardar Maulana Ahmad carrying Kalyan treasure.
The birth place of the famous Gandhian Saint Vinoba Bhave is
very near.
Varsai is, considered to he a land of scholars because eminent persons like V. K. Rajwade, Chintamanrao Vaidya, Dadasaheb Ketkar and Shri Karve, the latter of whom was the family priest of the Pesvas were born here. The thread ceremony of Pesva Balaji Visvanath was performed here and he had offered 21 gold Durvas to the Ganapati of Vaidyas. There is a shrine of Vaijnath in the village. It was originally at the base of the Sarikasi fort near Badruddin Dargah.
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