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KADEPUR

Kadepur with 2,728 inhabitants, is a village in Khanapur taluka lying 19.31 km (12 miles) west of Vite and 20.92 km (13 miles) east of Karhad at the junction of Satara-Tasganv and Giplun-Karhad-Bijapur roads. The village agriculture has bene-lited to a large extent due to the Cikhli canal. Well irrigation i$ also popular with as many as 60 oil engines installed on the available wells. There are two primary schools, a high school and a community hall The high school and the community hall buildings were constructed at a total cost of Rs. 27,500. There is also a well-equipped gymnasium. The village is remarkable tor an old temple standing on the knoll of a hill to the southwest and whose spire is a conspicuous object for miles around. It is very antique and is known as Dongrai temple. A bullock-cart track, cut in the hills, leads to it. The shrine is of masonry, walled around with the same stone, Dongrai idol is nearly 1.21 metres (four feet) in height and is depicted as trampling a tion under the feet. Within the same compound are small shrines dedicated to Vadlai and Trivatika, supposed to be sisters to Dongrai. Two fairs attended by over 2,000 persons are held in the months of Asvina and Sravana, respectively. Some three furrlongs away is a large lake with a sparse tree growth around.

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