Pandharpur
Tirtha, Varkari
Pandharpur, Solapur, Maharashtra
The hereditary rights of the Badve and Utpat priests ended under a 1973–74 Act, upheld by the Supreme Court in 2014. Whether family registers survive is not documented.
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Confidence: high. Last checked November 2026. Heads, courts and websites change, so entries are checked again every year.
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