Place:Daund, Maharashtra, India

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NameDaund
TypeCity or town
Coordinates18.467°N 74.633°E
Located inMaharashtra, India
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Daund is a city, municipal council and headquarters of the Daund tehsil in the Pune district in the state of Maharashtra, India. In ancient times a sage, 'Dhaumya Rishi' used to stay here, hence people started calling this place after him: 'Dhaum'. Gradually 'Dhaum' became 'Dhoand', then 'Dhaundh', and before it getting corrupted to the present name 'Daund'. According to the epic Mahabharata, Krishna's wife Rukmini had gone in the 'Dhindir forest', this ancient 'Dhindir Van' is today's Daund. Daund is located on the Bhima river.

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