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RUKADI
Rukadi (Hatkanangale T.; 16° 40' N; 74° 20'
E; p. 5,375), lies on the Kolhapur-Miraj road about nine miles east
of Kolhapur and a mile from the Pancaganga river. Rukadi is also a
railway station on the Kolhapur-Miraj-Sangali meter gauge line. The
chief objects of interest are a tower, a temple of Mahadeo; and a
darga or Musalman tomb. The tower, which is said to have been built
by Sadasivpant, a mamlatdar of the former Kolhapur State, is
thirty-eight feet high and 175 feet in circumference. It was
formerly used as a lock up for prisoners and is now ruined. The
temple of Mahadeva is built of stone and is 15' x 15' x 11' high.
The tomb, which is 22' x 22' x 18' high, is said to have been built
in honour of Avaliya a Musalman saint. The tomb has rent-free lands
most of the proceeds of which are spent in a yearly fair or
urus.
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