Mangalwedha

Mangalwedha
Town
Mangalwedha

Location in Maharashtra, India

Coordinates: 17°31′00″N 75°28′00″E / 17.51667°N 75.46667°E / 17.51667; 75.46667Coordinates: 17°31′00″N 75°28′00″E / 17.51667°N 75.46667°E / 17.51667; 75.46667
Country  India
State Maharashtra
District Solapur
Population (2001)
 • Total 21,694
Language
 • Official Marathi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 413305[1]
Vehicle registration MH-
Website http://www.mangalwedha.com

Mangalwedha is a town with municipal council in Solapur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.[2] It is the birthplace of Shri Jayatirtha also called as Teekacharya, one of the prominent saints of the Dvaita school of Vedanta.

Geography

The city of Mangalwedha is situated 55 km west of the district headquarters at Solapur and 25 km southeast of Pandharpur city.

Mangalwedha is famous for Jowar (sorghum) crop. Mangalwedha is known for its special cusine of "Bhakri"(a type of bread) made from jowar and salsa made from coarsely ground green chillies kharda/thecha and onion and chutney of groundnuts. "Bhaji" (fritters made from gram flour) is another delicacy from Mangalwedha .Jowar or Sorghum has been proved to have a very low GI. Mangalwedha shares it's boundaries with Pandharpur ,Mohol , Jath and Vijapur in Karnataka.

History

Mangalwedha is known as the "Land of Saints", as Saint Damaji, Saint Kanhopatra, Saint Basaveshwera, Saint Chokhamela were from Mangalwedha. In the 14th century, Mangalwedha was an active workplace of many saints such as Sant Damaji, Sant Chokhamela, Sant Bagadebaba, Sant Gopabai, Sant Kanhopatra,Shri Swami Samarth, Shri Sitaram Maharaj and others.:[3] Mangalwedha is also known as 'Jwariche Kothar'. Major crops that grow in and around Mangalwedha are Jowar, Bajra, Ground-nut and Corn. In 14th century Mangalwedha was ruled by Bidarshahi followed by Adilshahi.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[4] Mangalwedha had a population of 21,694. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Mangalwedha has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 60%. In Mangalwedha, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. Town has a huge number of Kannada speakers along with Marathi.[5]

Villages in Mangalwedha-

Villagers from the following villages that generally come here to worship Sant Bagadebaba are :-

References

  1. ↑ 413305
  2. ↑ Mahesh Bhandarkawathekar, Gopalrao Deshmukh (19 February 2015). "एक लढाई : शिवरायांची दख्खन स्वारी अन् मंगळवेढा भेट, मुघलांनी घेतली माघार" [Ēk Laḍhā'ī: Śivarāyān̄cī Dakhkhan Svārī An Maṅgaḷvēḍhā Bhēṭ, Mughalānnī Ghētlī Māghār]. Divya Marathi (in Marathi). Pandharpur. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  3. ↑ http://mangalwedha4u.com/Sant%20Main.htm
  4. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  5. ↑ The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency"(1894) J.F.Fleet, Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency (Vol-1, Part-II, Book-III) ISBN 81-206-0277-3.
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