Base Of Panse

Pangaon Dist. Solapur

1. Pangaon 

This village is located at a distance of 11 km from Barshi in Barshi taluka of Solapur district. The population of the village is around 15 thousand. The air there is dry and healthy. Jwar, tur crops grow well here. There are two palaces of Panse at Pangaon. With the passage of time, the palaces are falling into disrepair. The banks of the castles are still in good condition. Most of the people here have settled in Pune, Barshi and other districts for employment.

"Gopalkrishna Mandir :"

This temple is at south of Darshani Darwaza in the center of the village. This is the private temple of Panse. "Kakda" - a morning prayers for Bhagwan Krushna are conducted daily  in this temple from Ashwini Poornima to Kartiki Poornima. Gokul Ashtami is celebrated. Gokul Ashtami is celebrated for seven days. Bhajans, Kirtans and many cultural programs take place during this week. The Panse Mandali, who are originally from Pangaon, but who are gone out for work, come to Pangaon on Gokul Ashtamis celebrations. Shri Vasudev Balkrishna Dixit oversees the daily work of the Puja. The idol in the temple is made of black stone and has a Sudarchan Chakra and also a murli in hands. The idol is very linear and radiant. Panse brought this idol from the north. To the north of the Gopalkrishna idol is the white crystal Lakshminarayan idol. Narayan is holding a quadrilateral conch – chakra – mace – padma dhari and Lakshmi is also on his left side. Panse also brought this idol from North India. Behind the core of the Gopalkrishna temple is the Samadhi of Panse Guru. It is customary to have darshan of this Samadhi: after Devdarshan. Khandoba's Devalaya temple has a grand and towering lamp. Shivaji Khanderao Panse in AD. There is an inscription in the temple saying that this temple was built in 1777. There are three idols in the temple of Khandoba. They are not linear. Silver masks are mounted on the stone idols. Khandoba's idol is in the center with Sakhi Banai on his right and wife Mhalsai on his left. Champashashtis completes the Yatra of Khandoba. The next day Dev comes from the village and Chhabina leaves. (The palakhi is owned by Panse.) On the third day there are gajes and kustia. Villagers do this journey by taking subscriptions. The Panse family has a lion's share in it.