Kavathe Yamai

Kavathe Yemai is a village located in Shirur Taluka in the Pune district of Maharashtra state. In earlier times village was once located on the banks of the Ghod River (appx 5.8 km away from present location). The village later moved to the current location when Maratha General Anand Rao I Pawar (of Dhar State) built a walled city (at current location). The village boasts of the historical & cultural heritage. The Palace built by Pawar dynasty in 18th century; various temples in Hemadpanthi architectural style are still in good condition. This village was actually a walled city but with expansion of the village borders/habitation, the surrounding walls and its huge gates has crumbled down.

The village is famous for Yemai Temple(temple land and trust is owned by gore patil family, who were patil of village for some time, and manage all economic affairs of trust).Fatteshwar Temple and Sayamba Temple. All these deities see lot of followers visiting the Kavathe for seeking the blessings and to participate in annual anniversary (Yatra). Yamai temple is regularly visited by people yet due to mismanagement is not properly maintained.

Shri. Sudam Ramdas Ichake is currently holding position as sarpanch of village Panchayat. Village comes under shirur constituency for loksabha and under ambegaon constituency for vidhansabha.There is a nationalised bank: syndicate bank and Pune district CO operative bank. The village also saw rise of various folk artist (Tamasha, Drama, Jagaran-Gondhal, Bharud) flourish in the village. Some of the artist such as Shahir Bashirbhai Momin Kavathekar, Dholakipatu Shri Gangaram (Bua) Kavathekar had brought laurel to the village when they were awarded various awards at various levels.

The village has a Primary School (run by Zilla Parishad)established in 1866, Higher Secondary School & College (run by Rayat Shikshan Sanstha) and few newly started English medium schools.

Kavathe is surrounded by Parner Taluka towards East, Khed Taluka towards west, Ambegaon Taluka towards west, Junnar Taluka towards North. The village is well connected with Manchar, Shirur, Pune. The Taluka headquarter viz Shirur, is located 25 km away and District headquarter viz Pune is located appx 65 km away. The village is located in the rain shadow area of the Sahyadris. It has an arid climate. Irrigation from the river Ghod and from wells serve most of the village. Crops include sugar cane, bajra, groundnuts and pomegranates.

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