JEJURI (18 o 16’ N., 74 o 09’ E.; ht. 2,273 ft.; a. 1 sq. mile; p. 3,036) in Purandar taluka, a station on the Southern Railway meter-gauge line between Pune and Bangalore and 32 miles from Pune, is a famous place of pilgrimage. It is more a village than a town and derives its importance from the religious fairs held in honour of the god Khandoba, who is also called Bahiroba, Malhari and Marthand. It is situated on a high level and is surrounded on all sides by fertile and cultivated lands. Khandoba has two temple at Jejuri, one older than the other, both built at the end of an outlying spur of the Purandar range which here sinks into the plain. The new one is larger and stands close to and about 250 feet above the village. The smaller temple, however, is believed to be more sacred. It is built on a small plateau called Kadepathar two miles off and about 400 feet higher. The old village site, now deserted, was to the east of the hill on which the new temple stands. Close to the south of the old village site is a reservoir, 37 acres in area, built by the last Pesava, Bajirav II (1796-1817), and called the Pesava’s reservoir. It is round and encircled with a massive stone wall. The water which is used for irrigation is drawn off through an elaborate mass of masonry. Stairs lead to sluices which draw the water off at different levels. The reservoir has several small bathing cisterns or hauds and a shrine of Ganapati. In the low ground beyond the Pesava’s reservoir, and fed by soakage from it, is a well or spring called Malhar Tirth, bathing in which forms part of the pilgrimage ceremonial. On the N. W. of the new village a square stone reservoir called Holkar’s Tank, of about 20 acres, was built about 1770 by Shri Ahilya Devi Holkar. Between this reservoir and the village stands a temple built in memory of Malharrav Holkar. The chief object of worshipis a ling, behind which are statues of Malharrav and his three wives Banabai, Dvarkabai, and Gautambai, all in Jaipur alabaster.