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Balaji Temple, Ketkawale
Ketkawale, Pune district, Maharashtra · 18.2566°, 73.9326°
Venkateswara, worshipped as BalajiModernSouth Indian
Sacred since
1996 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
built 1996-2003
Modern
History & significance
A temple to Venkateswara at Ketkawale on the Pune-Satara road in Pune district, Maharashtra, built between 1996 and 2003 by the Venkateshwara charitable trust and the V H Group. It follows traditional south Indian temple architecture and is often described as a Tirupati of Maharashtra.