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Where: Pandharpur, Solapur District
When: June – July (Ashadhi Ekadashi)
✅ Why Experience It?
✔️ Maharashtra’s largest religious procession (21-day pilgrimage).
✔️ Devotees walk barefoot for 250 km carrying palkhis (palanquins) of Lord Vitthal.
✔️ A spiritual, musical & cultural experience.
Festival Highlights:
✔️ Palkhi Procession – Thousands of devotees walk from Pune to Pandharpur.
✔️ Bhajans & Kirtans – Continuous devotional singing & dancing.
✔️ Vitthal-Rukmini Temple Darshan.
Best Places to Celebrate: Pandharpur, Pune, Solapur.
Tip: Join the last 10 km of the journey to experience the procession.