Purandare

Purandare is prominent Indian family of Nobles, Sardars, Patil, Jagirdars during Maratha Empire. They belong to Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin (DRB) community.^[1] Dhondo Malhar Purandare, a member of purandare family held the patilki watan of Vadule, a village in present day Shevgaon taluka in Ahmednagar district.^[2] Purandare wada (palace} in Saswad was the seat of the Purandares until 1818, when the Peshwas lost control to the British East India Company after the Third Anglo-Maratha War.The Purandare Wada still stands but is in a much dilapidated state.^[3] The design of the Purandare wada was the inspiration for the better known Shaniwar Wada in Pune.^[4]

^ Balkrishna Govind Gokhale (1988). Poona in the eighteenth century: an urban history. Oxford University Press. p. 116. The Purandares belonged to the original group that rose to eminence from the time of Balaji Vishwanath. They were Rigvedi Deshastha Brahmans and Deshpandes of Saswad, enjoying one- half part of the rights of the Deshkulkarnis of the district Raryat Marval.
^ Burton Stein; Sanjay Subrahmanyam (1996). Institutions and economic change in South Asia. Oxford University Press. p. 73.
^ Rajaram Vinayak Oturka (1951). Poona: Look and Outlook: Editor-in-chief: R. V. Oturkar. Municipal Corporation. p. 60.
^ Lavand, V. (2018). Understanding Heritage potential of Saswad,“A HISTORIC Medieval Town of Deccan”. International Journal of Engineering Research, 7(special3), 239-242.[]