page_title: Purandare
hierarchical_section_title: Purandare
caption_attribution_description: English: This is an image from Robert Melville Grindlay's 'Scenery, Costumes and Architecture chiefly on the Western Side of India'. He served with the Bombay Native Infantry from 1804 to 1820 and during this period made a large collection of sketches and drawings.
context_page_description: Purandare is prominent Indian family of Nobles, Sardars, Patil, Jagirdars during Maratha Empire. They belong to Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin community.Dhondo Malhar Purandare, a member of purandare family held the patilki watan of Vadule, a village in Shevgaon subdivision. Purandare Wada was the seat of the Purandares of the Maratha Empire until 1818, when the Peshwas lost control to the British East India Company after the Third Anglo-Maratha War. The famous Purandare Wada still standing defiantly in Saswad, about 20 miles from Poona.
context_section_description: Purandare is prominent Indian family of Nobles, Sardars, Patil, Jagirdars  during Maratha Empire. They belong to Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin (DRB) community.Dhondo Malhar Purandare, a member of purandare family held the patilki watan of Vadule, a village in Shevgaon subdivision. Purandare Wada was the seat of the Purandares of the Maratha Empire until 1818, when the Peshwas lost control to the British East India Company after the Third Anglo-Maratha War. The famous Purandare Wada still standing defiantly in Saswad, about 20 miles from Poona.
caption: Saswad from the Sangameshwar temple in 1813 by British artist Robert Melville Grindlay. The Purandare palace can be seen in the background.
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