Kinhai
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History
In 965 CE, the village, then known as Kinhika, was donated to a Brahmin named Navashiv. It fell under the administrative unit of Ramtirthika.[4]
Kinhai was a village of the former princely state of Aundh and was included in Koregaon Taluka after the merger of the princely states.
The Pratinidhi families were hereditary Kulkarnis or accountants of Kinhai and several of the neighbouring villages and it was from that position that Parashuram Trimbak raised himself till he was appointed the third Pratinidhi in 1700.
In 1749, Sakhargadnivasini Temple (meaning "she who resides on top of the hill called sugar-fort") was completed.[5] In 2014, the temple underwent a restoration effort which received a UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award.[6]
Geography
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