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Early modern · Hindu · India
Baneshwar Temple, Nasrapur
Nasrapur, Pune district, Maharashtra · 18.2557°, 73.8742°
ShivaMaratha (Peshwa)—
Sacred since
1749 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1749 (Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao)
Maratha (Peshwa)
History & significance
A Shiva temple in dense forest about 37 km from Pune, built in 1749 by the Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao at a recorded cost of 11,426 rupees, 8 annas and 6 paise. It holds a Portuguese bell of 1683 taken after the Battle of Bassein in 1739, one of several such bells distributed to Maratha temples, and its name joins ban, forest, to Ishwar.