Pendharkar

Pendharkar is a family name used by a Karhade Brahmins from Maharashtra, India. Pendharkars are now migrated all over the world, still a majority of them are in Maharashtra. They primarily speak the Marathi language as their mother-tongue.

History

A small village called 'Pendhari' is the original place of all Pendharkars.^{[citation needed]} Pendhari is in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra. It is a place 10–12 km from Talere. State Transport buses going to Kharepatan or Vijaydurg go via Talere.

'Sthaneshwar Mahadev' and Goddess 'Mahalakshmi' of Kolhapur are the family gods of Pendharkars.

Notable people with this name

Marathi theater artist Shri. Bhalchandra Pendharkar (Bhalji Pendharkar)^{[citation needed]}
Icon Devika Pendharkar^{[citation needed]}

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