History
Shrivardhan is one of the oldest towns in Maharashtra. It is a town of Peshwas. The Bhats of Shrivardhan - later popularly known as Peshwas - witnessed the rise and fall of Marathas after Shivaji's period. Though the capital of Peshwas was Pune, the actual Peshwa (prime-ministership under a symbolic king) started here in 1713. Balaji Vishwanath (the First Peshwa) took the control of Peshwai which was continued till 1818. The Peshwas administered the Maratha kingdom for more than 100 years. The third Peshwa Balaji Bajirao built a huge house here in 1750, which has been recently renovated. The statue of Balaji Vishwanath was also built here in 1988.
The temple in the town - Shri Laxminarayan Temple - is the main temple of Peshwas. The idol in the temple is quite old and said to be of Hoysala architecture style. The other temples in the town are of Kusumdevi, Somjai, Bhairavnath and Jivaneshwar.
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