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Daund
Town in Maharashtra, India
Daund is a city, municipal council, and headquarters of the Daund tehsil in the Pune district in the state of Maharashtra, India. The city of Daund is located on the Bhima River. In ancient times, a sage named Dhaumya Rishi stayed here; hence, people started calling it after him: "Dhaum".
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Gradually "Dhaum" became "Dhoand", then "Dhaundh". According to the epic Mahabharata, Krishna's wife Rukmini went in the "Dhindir forest"; this ancient "Dhindir Van" is today's Daund. Shahaji, father of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was a sardar in the Nizam Shahi. He was granted Daund as a jagir, which included Bahadurgad, a fort in Pedgaon on the banks of the Bhima River (which still exists today). In 1739, the Bajirao–Mastani affair had brought clashes among the Peshwa family, hence Bajirao Peshwa took Mastani away from Pune and made her stay in Patas. Henceforth, Bajirao and Mastani met at the Firangai Devi temple in Kurkumbh. The horse business in Daund flourished during this time.
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