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Early modern · Hindu · India
Shinde Chhatri
Pune, Maharashtra · 18.4915°, 73.8973°
ShivaScindia (Maratha)Rajasthani
Sacred since
1794 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
Shiva temple 1794; memorial 1910
Scindia (Maratha)
History & significance
A memorial hall at Wanawadi marking the cremation site of the Maratha commander Mahadji Shinde, raised around the Shiva temple he built there in 1794. The samadhi outside the sanctum was added in 1910 by the Scindia rulers of Gwalior.