Alandi, the Glossary
Alandi (Marathi pronunciation: aːɭən̪d̪iː) is a town and a municipal council in the Pune district in the state of Maharashtra, India.[1]
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- Cities and towns in Pune district
British Raj
The British Raj (from Hindustani, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent,.
Caste
A caste is a fixed social group into which an individual is born within a particular system of social stratification: a caste system.
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Changdev Maharaj
Changdev Maharaj (also commonly referenced in ancient texts as Changa Deva, Changadeva, or simply Changa) was a mystical yogi turned saint who is believed to have lived in the village of Vateshwar along the banks of the Tapti River for 1,400 years.
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Courtier
A courtier is a person who attends the royal court of a monarch or other royalty.
Dehu
Dehu is a neighbourhood in the city of Pune, India.
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Dharamshala (type of building)
A dharamshala, also written as dharmashala, is a public resthouse or shelter in the Indian subcontinent.
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Dnyaneshwar
Sant Dnyaneshwar (Marathi pronunciation: d̪ɲyaːn̪eʃʋəɾ), also referred to as Dnyaneshwar, Dnyanadeva, Dnyandev or Mauli or Dnyaneshwar Vitthal Kulkarni (1275–1296), was a 13th-century Indian Marathi saint, poet, philosopher and yogi of the Nath and Varkari tradition.
Ekadashi
Ekadashi is the eleventh lunar day (tithi) of the waxing (Shukla Pakṣa) and waning (Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa) lunar cycles in a Vedic calendar month.
Fecal coliform
A fecal coliform (British: faecal coliform) is a facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped, gram-negative, non-sporulating bacterium.
Gajanan Maharaj
Gajanan Maharaj was an Indian Hindu guru, saint and mystic.
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Ghat
Ghat, a term used in the Indian subcontinent, refer to the series of steps leading down to a body of water or wharf, such as a bathing or cremation place along the banks of a river or pond, the Ghats in Varanasi, Dhobi Ghat or the Aapravasi Ghat.
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Gregorian calendar
The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world.
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Gujarat
Gujarat is a state along the western coast of India.
Indian Standard Time
Indian Standard Time (IST), sometimes also called India Standard Time, is the time zone observed throughout the Republic of India, with a time offset of UTC+05:30.
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Indrayani River
The Indrayani River originates in Kurvande village near Lonavla, a hill station in the Sahyadri mountains of Maharashtra, India.
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Jalaram Bapa
Jalaram Bapa (જલારામ બાપા) popularly known as Bapa (બાપા) (4 November 1799 (Samvat 1856) – 23 February 1881 (Samvat 1937) was a Hindu saint from Gujarat, India. He was born on 4 November 1799, one week after the Hindu festival of Diwali, which is associated with his Iṣṭa-devatā Lord Rama.
Kārtika (month)
Kārtika (কার্তিক Kartik, Bhojpuri: kātik, Kārtika, Kārttika, Kārtak,, Maithili: कातिक,, कार्त्तिक,,, கார்த்திகை) is the eighth month of the Hindu calendar, which falls in October and November of the Gregorian calendar.
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Khed taluka
Khed taluka is a taluka in the subdivision, near Pune city in Pune district of the state of Maharashtra in India.
Lingua franca
A lingua franca (for plurals see), also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language, auxiliary language, vehicular language, or link language, is a language systematically used to make communication possible between groups of people who do not share a native language or dialect, particularly when it is a third language that is distinct from both of the speakers' native languages.
List of districts in India
A district (zila), also known as revenue district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory.
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Mahadaji Shinde
Mahadaji Shinde (23 December 1730 – 12 February 1794), later known as Mahadji Scindia or Madhava Rao Scindia, was a Maratha statesman and general who served as the Raja of Gwalior from 1768 to 1794.
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Maharashtra
Maharashtra (ISO: Mahārāṣṭra) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau.
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (Marathi: महाराष्ट्र विधानसभा, Mahārāṣṭra Vidhāna Sabhā) is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India.
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Maratha Confederacy
The Maratha Confederacy, also referred to as the Maratha Empire, was an early modern polity in the Indian subcontinent.
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Marathi language
Marathi (मराठी) is an Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
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Marathi people
The Marathi people (Marathi: मराठी लोक, Marāṭhī lōk) or Marathis (Marathi: मराठी, Marāṭhī) are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are native to Maharashtra in western India.
Municipal council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area.
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Narasimha Saraswati
Shree Narasimha Saraswati Swami or Shree Nrusimha Saraswati Swami (श्रीनृसिंह सरस्वती, 1378−1459) was an Indian guru of Dattatreya tradition(sampradaya).
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Noise pollution
Noise pollution, or sound pollution, is the propagation of noise or sound with ranging impacts on the activity of human or animal life, most of which are harmful to a degree.
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Padmasali (caste)
Padmasali (also spelt as Padmashali, Padmasale) is a Hindu caste residing in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.
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Paduka
Paduka is an ancient form of footwear in India, consisting of a sole with a post and knob which is positioned between the big and second toe.
Pandharpur
Pandharpur (Pronunciation: pəɳɖʱəɾpuːɾ) is a Popular pilgrimage town, on the banks of Chandrabhagā River, near Solapur city in Solapur District, Maharashtra, India.
Pandharpur Wari
Pandharpur Wari or Wari is a yatra to Pandharpur, Maharashtra, to honor Vithoba.
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Parikrama
Parikrama or Pradakshina is clockwise circumambulation of sacred entities, and the path along which this is performed, as practiced in the Indic religions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism.
Peshwa
Peshwa was second highest office in the Maratha Confederacy, next in rank and prestige only to that of the Chhatrapati.
Postal Index Number
A Postal Index Number (PIN; sometimes redundantly a PIN code) refers to a six-digit code in the Indian postal code system used by India Post.
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Public address system
A public address system (or PA system) is an electronic system comprising microphones, amplifiers, loudspeakers, and related equipment.
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Pune
Pune, previously spelled in English as Poona (the official name until 1978), is a city in Maharashtra state in the Deccan plateau in Western India. Alandi and Pune are Cities and towns in Pune district.
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Pune district
Pune district (Marathi pronunciation: puɳeː) is a district in Western Maharashtra with Administrative Headquarters in Pune city.
Rukmini
Rukmini (lit) is a Hindu goddess and the first queen of Krishna.
Samadhi
Statue of a meditating Shiva, Rishikesh Samādhi (Pali and समाधि), in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and yogic schools, is a state of meditative consciousness.
Samadhi (shrine)
In Hinduism, Sikhism, and Sufism a samadhi or samadhi mandir is a temple, shrine, or memorial commemorating the dead (similar to a tomb or mausoleum), which may or may not contain the body of the deceased.
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Sambhaji
Sambhaji (Sambhaji Bhonsle,; c.14 May 1657 – 11 March 1689), also known as Shambhuraje, was the second Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire, ruling from 1681 to 1689.
Santoshi Mata
Santoshi Mata (संतोषी माता) or Santoshi Maa (संतोषी माँ) is a Hindu goddess, who is venerated as "the Mother of Satisfaction", the meaning of her name.
Shayani Ekadashi
Shayani Ekadashi, also known by various other names, is the eleventh lunar day (Ekadashi) of the bright fortnight (Shukla Paksha) of the Hindu month of Ashadha (June - July).
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Shinde
Shinde (pronunciation: ʃin̪d̪e) is a clan of the Maratha clan system variations of the name include Scindia and Sindhia, Sindia.
Shirur Lok Sabha constituency
Shirur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.
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Shivaji
Shivaji I (Shivaji Shahaji Bhonsale,; 19 February 1630 – 3 April 1680) was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle dynasty.
States and union territories of India
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 entities.
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Tukaram
Sant Tukaram Maharaj (Marathi pronunciation: t̪ukaːɾam), also known as Tuka, Tukobaraya, Tukoba, was a Hindu, Marathi Saint of Varkari sampradaya" in Dehu village, Maharashtra in the 17th century.
Tulapur
Tulapur is a village in Pune district, Maharashtra, India, associated with the last execution of Sambhaji, second Chatrapati of Hindavi Swarajya and son of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
Turmeric
Turmeric, (botanical name Curcuma longa) is a flowering plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae.
Vaikuntha
Vaikuntha (translit), also called Vishnuloka, and Tirunatu (Tirunāṭu) in Tamil, is the abode of Vishnu, the supreme deity in the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism,Gavin Flood, (1996).
Vedas
The Vedas are ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Above: A page from the ''Atharvaveda''. The Vedas are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India.
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Virpur, Rajkot district
Virpur is a town in Rajkot district of Gujarat, India.
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Vithoba
Vithoba (IAST: Viṭhobā), also known as Vitthala (IAST: Viṭṭhala), and Panduranga (IAST: Pāṇḍuraṅga), is a Hindu deity predominantly worshipped in the Indian state of Maharashtra and Karnataka.
Warkari
Warkari (Marathi: वारकरी; Pronunciation:; Meaning: 'The one who performs the ''Wari''') is a sampradaya (religious movement) within the bhakti spiritual tradition of Hinduism, geographically associated with the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Yatra
Yatra (lit), in Indian-origin religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, generally means a pilgrimage to holy places such as confluences of sacred rivers, sacred mountains, places associated with Hindu epics such as the Mahabharata and Ramayana, and other sacred pilgrimage sites.
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See also
Cities and towns in Pune district
- Aamby Valley City
- Alandi
- Ambegaon
- Baramati
- Bhor
- Bhosari
- Chakan, Pune
- Chas Ghodegaon
- Chinchwad
- Daund
- Dehu Road
- Fursungi
- Ghatghar
- Gurholi
- Haveli, Pune
- Indapur
- Jejuri
- Junnar
- Khadkale
- Khodad
- Kusgaon Budruk
- Lavasa
- Lonavala
- Malavli
- Manchar
- Manjri
- Maval
- Moshi, Pune
- Murum Village
- Narayangaon
- Pimpri
- Pimpri-Chinchwad
- Pirangut
- Pune
- Pune Metropolitan Region
- Raireshwar
- Rajgurunagar
- Saswad
- Shirur, Maharashtra
- Shivatkar (Nira)
- Talegaon Dabhade
- Tathavade
- Vadgaon Maval
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alandi
Also known as Alandi, Maharashtra.
, Tulapur, Turmeric, Vaikuntha, Vedas, Virpur, Rajkot district, Vithoba, Warkari, Yatra.