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'''Shree Kshetra Korthan Khandoba Devasthan''' is a [[temple]] situated at the height of 951 meters on the hills of [[Pimpalgaon Rotha]], which is located 50 km from the city of [[Ahmednagar]] and 30 km from the city of [[Parner]].

==History==
In 1491 the old temple was built but in 1997 the temple was redeveloped by villagers. With the ''Bramhlin Param Pujya Shree Gagangiri Maharaj'' the ''Suvarna kalash'' is placed on ''Champashasti''. Thus ''Champashasti'' has been celebrated as a festival since 1997. Programs of ''Satsangs'' used to be arranged on that day. Nearly 15 laks people visit the temple every year. One can see part of District Ahmednagar, and Pune can be seen from temple. Roads from these two districts come here. Under ''Pradhanmantri Gramsadak Yojna'' street-lights, toilets, ''Sambhamandap'' and ''Dharmashala'' are being built. The movie named ''Korthancha Khanderaya'' was produced here, which also helped to make Devasthan popular. The temple has its own Audio & Video cassettes too. The government of Maharashtra awarded the temple into group "B" ("B" group temple foundation gave Khandoba Devasthan 70 laks for doing work on temple), so more facilities and management may be possible.

==About Devasthan==
From ancient times ''Lord [[Khandoba]]'' has been worshiped in [[Maharashtra]], [[Karnataka]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Gujarat]] and [[Goa]] of [[India]]. His deity is a form of Lord Shiva.

On Hindu month ''Margashish'' and the day of "Shukla 6", ''Champashasti'' is celebrated as "''Shree Khandoba Avtaar Diwas''". On ''Paush poornima'' Shree Khandoba wed with Mhalsabai; thus we celebrate grand ''Yatra Mohotsav''. On this day many people from Maharashtra as well as Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, and Goa come. The statue of Khandoba is thought to not have been made by anyone, but rather is self-generated; thus it is called ''Kor than'', here. ''Kor'' means "untouched".

==Yatra==
This temple has a grand yatra of the god [[Khandoba]] every year on the [[Hindu]] month of [[Pausha|Paush]] and the day of the [[Kartik Poornima|poornima]].<ref name=Chandra2007 >{{citation | last=Chandra | first=Anjana Motihar | year=2007 | title=India condensed: 5000 years of history & culture | publisher=Marshall Cavendish | isbn=978-981-261-350-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=of7t-odF0t4C | page=171 }}</ref>
This grand celebration lasts three days. The second day of yatra has a very popular bullock cart race locally called the ''Gaade''. This racing generally consists of a pair of bullocks with ''Bhandara'' on their whole body. Sometimes the bullocks are led by a [[horse]] and a man sitting on it. A specially dedicated track is made for this event on the right side of the temple. Then, the second new track is made at ''Bhandara Doongar'' (hill), but in 2011 this race was carried out at the far left of the temple.

The third day of the yatra is called ''Kathya''. ''Kathya'' generally stands for the long wooden stick (nearly 35–50 feet), covered by various colored cloths, which is roped to give support. The first ''kadthi'' to arrive at the temple is of ''Brahmanwada kathi' it is called as "Manachi Kathi". The other villages ''kathya'' (from ''Belhe'' and ''Aale'') follows it. When this ''kathya'' touches the top of temple (''Kalash''), the yatra of the God Khandoba is declared finished.

== References ==
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[[Category:Hindu temples in Maharashtra]]

Shree Kshetra Korthan Khandoba Devastan - Revision history

Kamal Guha: Maharashtra Hindu temple template added

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