Wai is one of the important town in Satara district. It is 88 Kms. from Pune on the way to Panchgani.
Wai is situated at the banks of Krishna river. It is famous for temples.
This place with heavy rainfall - 701 meter high from the sea level.
There are 7 ghats here:
- Gangapuri
- Madhi Aali
- Ganpati Aali
- Dharmapuri
- Brahmanshahi
- Ramdoh
- Bhimkund
On the Brahmanshahi ghat there are 4 temples Chakreshwar, Chimneshwar,Kaunteshwar/Harihareshwar and Kaleshwar.
Near Brhmanshahi there are Vitthal and Ganpati temples.
Ramdoh ghat has Rameshwar temple, Ramkund and Chilavali Devi temple.
On Gangapuri ghat there is Lord Shiva, Dwarka, Bahiroba, Datta Temple.
On Ganpati Aali that there are Ganpati temple. In Dharma puri there are Lord Vishnu temple & Mahalaxmi temple.
Dholya Ganpati temple is one of the prime temples in Maharashtra. The idol of Lord Ganesh is very big - As name suggests- and is situated on the beautiful ghats of river Krishna.
Pandavgadh is very famous fort near Wai that is certainly very difficult to trek from this side. But trekkers usually go to this fort from Bhor side. Other places worth seeing are Palpeshwar Cave ,Caves of Harya Ramoshi.
Wai is very famous for it's Pedha-Popularly known as Kandi Pedha.
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