Kashibai Mandir (Nagpur)

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The Kashibai Mandir is a 260-year-old Bhonsale family's Raj Ghat (burial ground). The oldest temple at this place is more than 260 years old representing the Bhonsale kings and their wives. The place was chosen for funerary as it lied in the middle of two Bhonsale palaces in Mahal and Sakkardara. There are 30-35 samadhis of Bhonsale dynasty. The first samadhi is of Raje Raghuji Bhosale-I. It was built between 1750-55. The king's wife went 'Sati' with him and was also buried near his samadhi. Going sati had become a tradition in Bhonsle dynasty and after the king died, the queen also went to 'Sati'. History states that nine wives of the kings went Sati. The trend of going Sati was stopped after Kashibai, the wife of Raje Parsoji Maharaj Bhonsale went Sati on February 2, 1817. The British passed an Act against 'Sati' on March 1817. One of the British officials who did not have son, after praying at Kashibai's samadhi got his wish fulfilled. Pleased by this, he constructed a garden in the name of Kashibai and since then the place came to be known as Kashibai Mandir.