Rahateshwar is a village in the Devgad

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of the

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in the state of Maharashtra, India. The village is situated on the bank of a creek of the

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and is the location of a temple dedicated to the Hindu deity

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. It belongs to

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. Rahateshwar village is best known for its Alphonso mangoes and

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. The village lies from Devgad. It is approximately from Kunkeshwar while the nearest railway station is at Nandgaon, some away.

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* http://www.mapsofindia.com/villages/maharashtra/sindhudurg/devgad/rahateshwar.html * http://kadams-kadams.blogspot.com/2010/01/kadams-true-marathas.html?m=1 Villages in Sindhudurg district {{Sindhudurg-geo-stub

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