Breif History

Brief History

Many families came forward during the heyday of Swarajya. Among them was the family of Panse. We get to read the history of twenty five generations of the Panse family which is more than five hundred years of history. Where is Panse family originally from? How and where did they expand? How did their sub-branches developed? Many questions arise with this. Many things are revealed in the book "History of Panshe Gharane" published in 1929. In 1929, the book "History of Panse Gharani" was published. His editor was Late Keshav Ranganath Panse. Then the second edition of this history book was published in 1978. The third edition is in the works since 2013. Soon it will be completed and "History of Panse Gharana" will be published in third edition with added details.  A brief part of the same is as follows. (The following text is based on the first and second editions.)

Panse's original surname was "Pansi" and they are of  Rugvedi, Brramhan. His gotra is Muddgal and he has three pravars namely Angiras, Bharmyashvaand Maudgavalya. Ashvalayan has given the name Triksha instead of Angiras. (Some exceptions are Panse's gotra. History researchers are doing the work of finding its history.) From the document, the information of Panse family is available from 1578. Earlier information has been obtained on the basis of some legends. Panse was originally from Karnataka. The original Purusha (मूळ पुरुष) of Panse came to Maharashtra from Karnataka. His sons and grandsons were named Ekava, Bhutava and Parasava respectively. Evidence of this has also been received. Around 1465 to 1475 (approx.), there was a famine of Durga Devi. This drought was terrible. The effect was less in Maharashtra than in Karnataka. So this Kanadi family came and stayed in Maharashtra. Govindpant is a native. Bhutava, the grandson of Govindpant, bought some of the 18 villages during the drought. Bhutopant had two sons. Mengaji and Balaji. Mengaji led the deshpandepan (देशपांडेपण) of Pangaon and the Mahajanpan (महाजनपण) of the towns. In Pangaon, the Deshpande family, who belonged to the Brahmin caste before the Panse, had their last name Giti. This Brahmin family perished during the Bahamani rule. Due to some offense by Giri, Ruler of Bedar took away his deshpandepan and handed it over to Mengaji Panse. Mengaji had three sons. Bhutopant, Sakhopant and Vitthalpant. After Deshpandepan (Batge Muslims) left Girs, there was enmity in their house. As long as Mengaji was alive, the plan to take revenge from Giri was foiled. But Mengaji was gone and the Giri made up for the murder of the men of the Panse family. All the men were killed in it. Because of that fear, the surviving wives of Panse left the village. Only one little boy was left alive in Giri's murder scene. A maid named Tikhande was working at Bhutopant's house. She took the little boy (in a bread basket) and left Pangaon. She directly reached Indapur. He handed over that basket of bread to the Kulkarni (surname Wagh) there (Parasurama, son of Bhutopanta). That Tikhandebai was truly a devotee of Swami. The Panse that has expanded today (the clan that has grown) is only because of that Tikhande Bai! Further, it is recorded that Parashuram (in 1508) came to Pune - Shirwal province. Parasurama had a son named Bhutopant. Bhutopant Balava Parasava, and Tanaji. The lineage of these three sons extended to the Pune region and they and their descendants later acquired many honors and rewards. As Parasamva had a large lineage, he acquired the main village of the Sonori Panshyas. Parasava had an only son named Lakshmidhar. At that time Gidhave had Mauje Dive and Jyotish and Kulankar of Sonori. Gidhave had no son. He married his daughter to Mr. Done with Laxmidhar. Tired of the world, when he went to Kashi, he gave gifts to Kulankarni and Jyotish Laxmidhar of Sonori and Dive. Many such aspects of history we will find in the second chapter of "History of Panse Gharana" second edition.