Pandharpur, Pandharpur Solapur, Pandharpur taluka, Pandharpur taluka in Solapur

Pandharpur is one of the revered pilgrimage sites in Solapur District, Maharashtra. It is on the banks of the river Bhimarathi also known as Chandrabhaga because of its look like half-moon shape.Pandharpur enshrines Vithoba in a grand temple, on the banks of the river. Agriculture is the main occupation for the people of Pandharpur. There is also a Padmavati's temple which is about half a mile to the west of the town in a pond of that name which is dry during the fair weather. The fairs at Pandharpur are held on Sud. elevenths of Chaitra, Ashadha, Kartika and Magha.

Behind Vithoba's temple in the north-west corner of the enclosure facing east, is a temple of Vithoba's wife Rakhumai, that is, Rakhumai or mother Rakhuma, the same as Rukmini the wife of Krishna. Rakhumai's temple has now a shrine, an ante-chamber, a hall, and a wooden outer hall or sabhamandap. A little to the south of the original part of Vithoba's temple is a temple of Lakshmi in four parts, a shrine, an ante-chamber, a mandap and a porch. About 500 yards east of Vithoba's temple in the bed of the Bhima is Pundlik's temple, one of the most favourite places of worship in Pandharpur. In the river bed about three quarters of a mile to the south of Pundlik's temple, reached by a low causeway of rough stones, is the temple of Vishnupad, notable for the shraddha or funeral ceremonies performed by pilgrims. Trimbakeshwar's temple is in a close-peopled part of the town about 200 paces north of the temple of Vithoba at the corner of a lane which leads to Rokdoba's gate.