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{{Infobox waterfall<br />
| name = ''Pandu Falls''<br />
| alt_name = Kharghar Falls<br />
| photo = Pandavkada.jpg<br />
| photo_width = 200<br />
| photo_caption = Pandavkada Falls, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai<br />
| map = Mumbai<br />
| map_width = 200<br />
| map_label = Pandavkada&nbsp; &nbsp;Falls<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|19.05668|N|73.06303|E|type:waterbody_region:IN-MH_scale:50000_source:wikimapia|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
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| location = [[Kharghar]], [[Navi Mumbai]], [[Raigad district|Raigad]], [[India]]<br />
| type = Plunge<br />
| elevation = <br />
| height = {{convert|107|m|ft}}<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/country/India/|title=Waterfalls in India|agency=www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com|accessdate=25 July 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726024102/http://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/country/India/|archivedate=26 July 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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| number_drops = <br />
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}}<br />
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'''Pandavkada Falls''' is a [[waterfall]] located [[Kharghar]], a suburb of [[Navi Mumbai]]. The waterfall, about 107 metres high is a type of 'plunge' waterfall in nature pouring in massive amounts of water on the rocky surface underneath.<br />
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==History==<br />
Pandavkada is said to have derived its name from the [[Pandavas]], who had once visited the place and took bath below the falls when they were exiled in the forests as per [[Hindu traditional legends]].<br />
And within pandavkada is a big tunnel from where pandavas had come, that's why it is known as pandavkada.<br />
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==Location==<br />
Pandavkada Waterfalls is located in Kharghar, go by bus<br />
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==Bathing==<br />
Pandavkada waterfall is being declared as a dangerous spot by the [[City and Industrial Development Corporation|CIDCO]]. In 2010, about 12 students had lost their lives while swimming in the waterfall. Previously, a ban was imposed from entering the fall, after four students drowned in the waterfall in 2005 which was lifted long ago by the [[Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)|forest department]] and in 2019, 4 students have also lost their lives. However, according to officials of [[Kharghar|Kharghar police station]], tourists are Charged Rs.50/person to visit the spot as per their wish but on their own risk.<br />
<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.afternoondc.in/city-news/despite-being-barred-people-are-still-visiting-deadly-pandavkada-waterfall/article_30246|title=Despite being barred, people are still visiting deadly Pandavkada waterfall|agency=afternoondc.in|accessdate=25 July 2011}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Waterfalls of Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:Navi Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Buddhist caves in India]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Navi Mumbai]]</div>2402:3A80:139B:528A:0:46:C42:C501