Kundal is a town in

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Taluka A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ...

within the Sangli District of southwestern

Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...

, India. It has a population of 18,287 people - 9,432 males and 8,855 females according to the 2011 census. Kundal is located north of the district capital,

Sangli Sangli (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Sāṁgalī''; ) is a metropolitan town and the headquarters of Sangli District in Maharashtra, in south-western India. It has earned the nickname "Turmeric City of India" for being the hub of the Asia's largest produ ...

and 5km from Palus.

History

Kundal was originally the region around Sangli, and was the capital of the

Chalukyas The Chalukya dynasty () was a Classical Indian dynasty that ruled large parts of southern and central India between the 6th and the 12th centuries. During this period, they ruled as three related yet individual dynasties. The earliest dynas ...

. Kundal is a historical place; its ancient name was Koundinyapuro. The traditions of Kundal are more than 1,600 years old. It is believed that Samavsharan of Bhagwan Parsvanath,

Mahaveer Mahavira (Devanagari: महावीर, ), also known as Vardhamana (Devanagari: वर्धमान, ), was the 24th ''Tirthankara'' (Supreme Preacher and Ford Maker) of Jainism. Although the dates and most historical details of his lif ...

, and Shrutkevali Poojya Shridhara Muni came to the region and achieved

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. In Kundal, Lord Parsvanath’s idol story is well-known. It is said that after a son of a king died from disease, his newly married wife prepared an idol of Parsvanath made of sand. The Goddess Padmavati started praying and worshiping it with all her heart. Owing to the power of such sincere worship, her husband was resurrected. The story of

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Satyeshwar and Queen Padmashri of Koundinyapur is based on similar concepts and ideas. Kundal was home to freedom fighters such as Krantisigha Nana Patil, Krantiagrani G. D. (Bapu) Lad, Krantiveer Captain Akaram (Dada) Pawar, Krantiveer R. S. (Mama) Pawar, Captain Rambhau Lad,Shri. Shankar (Anna) Ganu Mali, Khasherao (Aabaa) Pawar, Yashwant (Baba) Pawar, Shankar Jangam and many others. Kundal village is also associated with famous and popular Marathi poet and lyricist

Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar Gajānan Digambar Mādguḷkar (1 October 1919 – 14 December 1977) was a Marathi language, Marāthi poet, lyricist, writer and actor from India. He is popularly known in his home state of Maharashtra, Mahārāshtra by just his initials as Ga ...

, popularly known as GaDiMa. He resided here during his early days.

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is the official language in Kundal. Kundal is famously known for 100 year-old Maharstra Kusti Maidan start 1922 and an annual Kusti competition.

Industry

The Kundal industrial area is the largest in the

district. It includes companies like the Kranti Sugar Factory. Kundal is also known for production of

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, such as the "Sonakka, Sharad, Super Sonakka, Thomsan and Export Quality (Europe)" grape and largest production of sugarcane.

Education

Kundal Academy of Development, Administration and Management is Maharashtra's first forest training academy serving NGOs in the field of environmental protection. This is the fifth Forest Academy of India, catering to the training needs of State Services Forest Officers of Western India. Kundal is mainly two Educations Societies first one is Gandhi Education Society's which includes Pratinidhi High School Kundal was established in 1949. Pratinidhi High School and Jr. College was established by the great eminent personalities like late Dr.G.D. Bapu Lad ''for the uplifment of common learner of common man''. Pratinidhi Highschool and Jr. College, Kundal is located at Kundal, Palus in Sangli district of Maharashtra, India. It is affiliated with ''Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE)''. Pratinidhi High School Kundal is a higher secondary. It is a private aided government school. The only purpose behind establishment of this school is to provide better education to the people in rural areas. ''"Education should be able to provide us livelihood after learning. Also we must enrich quality of Education so it may result in benefit of masses"'', this is the purpose of our school. Second Society is Dr. Patangrao Kadam Vidyalaya and Junior College, Kundal main reason is both societies are charge very cheap amount for education. Maligrapes

Economy

The most of peoples of this village depends on Agro based production. It is famous for good quality of grapes production.

Agriculture

Kundal is famous for growing export quality grapes. Sugarcane is most growing crop and many farmers are famous to grow high quality sugarcane.

Transport

You can reach Kundal by the following ways: * By Air:

Pune Airport Pune Airport is an international airport and an Indian Air Force base serving the city of Pune, Maharashtra, India. It is located at Lohagaon, approximately northeast of the historic centre of Pune. The airport is a civil enclave operated ...

is , Sangli Airport is and Karad Airport is from Kundal. * By Railway: The nearest railway station is

Kirloskarwadi Kirloskarvadi is India's second-oldest industrial township that developed around the Kirloskar Brothers Ltd factory in the Palus, Sangli district, in Maharashtra state, India. It is the second-oldest industrial township in India. On 10 March ...

, which lies on the south-central railway line. The main line, just from Kundal, is connected to Mumbai, Tirupati, Chennai, Bangalore, Pune, Goa, etc. * By Road: Kundal is or four hours by road from Pune, and from Karad. Karad is about from Pune and is located on Pune-Bangalore Express highway.

References

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