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	'''Jejuri''' is a city and a [[municipal council]] in [[Pune district]] in the Indian [[States and territories of India\|state]] of [[Maharashtra]]. It is famous for the main temple of Lord [[Khandoba]]. It is a famous temple town being the family deity of many houses in Maharashtra and Karnataka. Its economy is centered on businesses catering to the numerous devotees coming to worship the Khandoba Temple there. Recently the increase in property rates and the planning of an international airport near the town has seen a spurt of development happening there.		'''Jejuri''' (Marathi pronunciation: [[Help:IPA/Marathi\|[d͡ʒed͡zuɾiː]]]) is a city and a [[municipal council]] in [[Pune district]] in the Indian [[States and territories of India\|state]] of [[Maharashtra]]. It is famous for the main temple of Lord [[Khandoba]]. It is a famous temple town being the family deity of many houses in Maharashtra and Karnataka. Its economy is centered on businesses catering to the numerous devotees coming to worship the Khandoba Temple there. Recently the increase in property rates and the planning of an international airport near the town has seen a spurt of development happening there.

	== Naik Hari Makaji And Tatya Makaji Of Jejuri==		== Naik Hari Makaji And Tatya Makaji Of Jejuri==

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{{For|the series of poems by Arun Kolatkar|Jejuri (poem)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
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| nickname = Khandobachi Jejuri
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| image_caption = Devotees during a festival at [[Khandoba]] Temple of Jejuri
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'''Jejuri''' is a city and a [[municipal council]] in [[Pune district]] in the Indian [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Maharashtra]]. It is famous for the main temple of Lord [[Khandoba]]. It is a famous temple town being the family deity of many houses in Maharashtra and Karnataka. Its economy is centered on businesses catering to the numerous devotees coming to worship the Khandoba Temple there. Recently the increase in property rates and the planning of an international airport near the town has seen a spurt of development happening there.

== Naik Hari Makaji And Tatya Makaji Of Jejuri==
[[Naik (military rank)|Naik]] Hari Makaji and Naik Tatya Makaji were two [[Koli people|Koli]] brothers and revolutionaries from Maharashtra. They revolted against [[British Raj|British Hukumat]]. Naik Hari Makaji and Naik Tatya Makaji with Naik Rama Krishna of kalambi made an army of [[Ramoshi]]s of [[Satara state|Satara]] and revolted. In 1879 they raided in [[Poona]] fifteen times with ramoshi army. After that Hari Makaji and Tatya Makaji raided satara many time. In February 1879, Naik Hari Makaji attacked in [[Baramati]] portion of Bhimthadi. On the 8Th raid in Baramati, Naik Hari Makaji was attacked by British police but he escaped by fighting hand to hand with two British policemen and wounded them but two Ramoshis were captured. After that, at the beginning of March, Naik Hari Makaji again raised and revolted in [[Indapur]] and raided. But in middle of March, Hari was captured in [[Solapur]]. After capture of Naik Hari Makaji, His brother Naik Tatya Makaji led his revolution, Tatya Makaji continued till the end of the year. Naik Tatya Makaji raided the villages on the [[Purandar fort|Purandar]] and [[Sinhagad]] ranges. On 17 October, Koli Naik Tatya Makaji and some of his followers killed a Ramoshi who was informer for British Major Wise. After that Tatya Makaji Naik brought to justice.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=esAIAAAAQAAJ&q=Hari+Makaji+Koli&pg=PA478|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Poona (3 pts.)|date=1885|publisher=Government Central Press|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=95o5AAAAIAAJ&q=Hari+Makaji+Koli&pg=PA38|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Poona (2 pts.)|date=1885|publisher=Government Central Press|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=434IAAAAQAAJ&q=Hari+Makaji+Koli&pg=RA2-PA129|title=REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY|last=77|date=1880|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OzZuAAAAMAAJ&q=Hari+Makaji+Koli|title=Nineteenth century history of Maharashtra|last=Sunthankar|first=B. R.|date=1993|publisher=Shubhada-Saraswat Prakashan|isbn=9788185239507|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HBFuAAAAMAAJ&q=Hari+Makaji|title=The History and Culture of the Indian People|last=Majumdar|first=Ramesh Chandra|date=1951|publisher=G. Allen 8 Unwin|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ILYBAAAAYAAJ&q=Tatya+Makaji+Koli&pg=PA482|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Poona|date=1885|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=esAIAAAAQAAJ&q=Tatya+Makaji+Koli&pg=PA39|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Poona (3 pts.)|date=1885|publisher=Government Central Press|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yeKJ3usLF9AC&q=Tatya+Makaji+Koli&pg=PA309|title=Gazetteer|last=State)|first=Bombay (India|date=1885|publisher=Government Central Press|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jejuri.in/historical|title=ऐतिहासिक|website=jejuri.in|access-date=2019-01-01}}</ref>

==Geography==
Jejuri is located at {{Coord|18.28|N|74.17|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/16/Jejuri.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Jejuri]</ref> It has an average elevation of 718 metres (2355 feet) mean sea level.

==Demographics==
{{As of|2011}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Jejuri had a population of 14,515. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Jejuri has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 67%. In Jejuri, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==Khandoba Temple==
Jejuri Temple is located in the Jejuri town, which lies to the southeast of the [[Pune]] city of [[Maharashtra]]. The town is known for being the venue of one of the revered temples in the state, known as the Khandobachi Jejuri.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jejuri|url=http://www.amazingmaharashtra.com/2012/05/jejuri.html|publisher=Amazing Maharashtra}}</ref> The temple is dedicated to [[Khandoba]], also known as [[Mhalsakant]] or [[Malhari Martand]] or Mylaralinga. Khandoba is regarded as the 'God of Jejuri' and is held in great reverence by the [[Dhangar]]s. The temple was the site of a historic treaty between [[Tarabai]] and [[Balaji Baji Rao|Balaji Bajirao]] on 14 September 1752.<ref>{{Cite book|title=A social history of the Deccan, 1300-1761: Eight Indian lives|last=Eaton|first=Richard M|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2005|location=Cambridge}}</ref>

Jejuri Khandoba Temple can be easily divided into two separate sections - the [[Mandap]] and [[Garbhagriha]].

==Lime mineral ==
Jejuri has [[Lime (material)|Lime (mineral)]] deposits. The historic [[Shaniwar Wada]] fort at the central seat of [[Maratha Empire]] at [[Pune]] was completed in 1732 by the famed [[Peshwa]] [[Bajirao I]], at a total cost of Rs. 16,110, from the [[Lime (material)|Lime (mineral)]] mined from the lime-belts of Jejuri.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:On the way to Jejurigad.jpg|On the way to Jejurigad. Notice the stairs to temple and arches on the stairs
File:Looking down the stairs from the Jejuri temple.jpg|Looking down the stairs, through one arch
Image:Agnijyot khandoba jejuri.jpg|Holy flame in front of the temple
Image:Deepstambha jejuri.jpg|Deepstambha in front of the temple

</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Jejuri (poem)]] by [[Arun Kolatkar]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
{{commons category}}
* Günter-Dietz Sontheimer: Some Incidents in the History of the Khandoba. In: Asie du Sud. Traditions et changements. VIth European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies 1973. Hrsg. von M. Gaborieau u. A. Thorner, Paris 1979, S. 11-117.

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{{Hindu temples in Maharashtra}}

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