Sri Kshetra Pandharapur is a well
known pilgrimage town, city on the banks of Chandrabhaga River in Solapur
district, Maharashtra, India. The Vithoba temple attracts about a million Hindu
pilgrims during the major yatra in Ashada. A small temple of Shri.
Vitthal-Rukmini is also located, which is as old as the main Vitthal-Rukmini
Mandir, in Isbavi area of Pandharapur known as Wakhari Va Korti Devalayas and also known as Visava Mandir.
The Bhakti Saint, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, is said to have spent a period of 7 days in city at the Vithobha Temple. It is said that the deity Vithoba has been worshipped by many saints of Maharashtra. Sant Dnyaneshwar, Sant Tukaram, Sant Namdev, Sant Eknath, Sant Nivruttinath, Sant muktabai, Sant Chokhamela, Sant Savata Mali, Sant Narhari Sonar, Sant Gora Kumbhar and Sant Gajanan Maharaj are a few of those prominent saints.