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Menawali (मेणवली) is a village about three kilometres from Wai in Satara District and is known for a Peshwa era "Wada" (Fortified Mansion) built by Nana Fadnavis, the great Maratha Statesman of the Peshwa period.

Bhavan Rao Trymbak Pant-Pratinidhi of Aundh and Raghunath Ghanshyam Mantri (Satara) bestowed the village of Menavali to Nana Phadnavis in December 1768. Nana built for himself a Wada and a ghat on the the River Krishna along with two temples dedicated to Lord Vishnu and Shiva.

The Wada now belongs to Nana's descendents and is still in relatively good shape. It has all the hallmarks of a typical Wada belonging to a High ranking minister of the Peshwa Regime.

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