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''Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value. ''
=Alandi=

Town and place of Hindu pilgrimage in the Khed taluka
of Poona District, Bombay, situated in 18° 40' N. and 73 degree - 54' E,on
the Poona-Nasik road. Population (1901), 2,019. The municipality
was established in 1869, and its income during the decade ending
1901 averaged Rs. 6,100. In 1903-4 the income was Rs 8,400,
chiefly derived from a poll tax levied on the pilgrims, numbering many
thousands, who resort to Jnaneshvar's shrine. Jnaneshvar was a
celebrated Sadhu, born in 1271, who is said to have died at Alandi
in 1300. He wrote a Marathi treatise in verse on theology and
metaphysics, based upon the Bhagavad Gita, performed several miracales
and is buried in an imposing tomb at Alandi.

The wall on which he rode to encounter Changdev is still shown to pilgrims. The town
contains a dispensary, a smallpublic library, and a school with 104
boys and 5 girls.

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THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.
OXFORD, AT THE CLAR..."