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DHAVADSHI
Dhavadsi (Satara T; 17° 45' N, 73° 55' E; RS. Satara Read
17 m. E; p. 832) village about six miles north-west of Satara
is interesting as the headquarters or samsthan and afterwards as the
burial place or samadhi of Bhargavram (Brahmendrasvami), the
spiritual teacher or mahapurush of Bajirav, the second Peshva, his
brother Chimaji Appa and his son Balaji Bajirav or Nana saheb
the third Peshva. Bajirav, his brother and his son reported all their affairs to Bhargavram. Their letters are valuable historical records [Captain Grant Duff in Satara Records. See History of the Marathas Vol. I,
page 390.].
An annual fair in honour of Bhargavram is held near the samadhi in the month of Shravan for nine days when about 2,000 people attend. A memorial to commemorate the Maharani
Lakshmibai of Jhansi was erected at the time of the centenary celebrations of the 1857 upsurge.
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