A small shrine of Vithoba (Vitthala, in tradition a form of Krishna) on the Bhima, first recorded in an inscription of 1189 as set up that year (Pandharpur article, read; the Vithoba article was read too).
The town is first named in an inscription of December 1237. The Varkari pilgrimage, the saint-poets from Dnyaneshwar on and the later stone temple all come after 1200: on 1 January 1200 this is a new foundation, not the pilgrim power the campaign board shows, and no head, land or income is recorded for it. It is carried because the assignment names it and the campaign's rule keeps temple towns in; the town record (Pandharpur) holds the place.
Who holds it
- Title
- The priests and keepers of the Vithoba shrine
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
No head is named in any source we read. The Varkari saints and their pilgrim companies are later.
What it holds
- The shrine and its first endowments
How things stand that morning
A new shrine in Yadava country; no recorded power.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: The Pandharpur and Vithoba articles (read) give the 1189 and 1237 dates; nothing we read describes the keepers or endowments in 1200.
Primary sources for Yadava kingdom (Devagiri)
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Corpus of Inscriptions in the Telingana Districts, Various (Kakatiya chancery and temple scribes), edited by P. Sreenivasachar (inscriptions of the 10th to 15th centuries; edited 1940 to 1942). The Kakatiyas of Orugallu (Warangal) are known for 1200 almost entirely from inscriptions, and this Hyderabad Archaeological Series corpus is the main printed collection. Read online
- Epigraphia Carnatica: inscriptions of the Mysore country, Various (Hoysala chancery and temple scribes), edited by B. Lewis Rice and R. Narasimhachar (inscriptions of the 4th to 19th centuries; the series ran from 1886 to 1905, revised from 1972). The Hoysala kingdom of Veera Ballala II (reigning 1173 to 1220) is documented almost wholly by the inscriptions in this series, arranged by district and taluk with full English translations. Read online
- Inscriptions of the Silaharas, Various (Silahara chanceries), edited by V. V. Mirashi (inscriptions of the 9th to 13th centuries; edited 1977). Collects the records of the three Silahara houses: North Konkan (Thana), South Konkan, and Kolhapur.
- Sanskrit and Old Canarese Inscriptions relating to the Yadava Kings of Devagiri, Various (Yadava chancery), edited by J. F. Fleet (inscriptions of the 12th and 13th centuries; edited 1876). The first collected edition of the Yadava (Seuna) records, with texts and translations, from the Indian Antiquary. Read online
Sources and studies
- Wikipedia: Pandharpur (read this session)
- Wikipedia: Vithoba (read this session)
- General knowledge of the medieval Deccan (Bhandarkar, Altekar, Sastri, B. R. Gopal, Suryanath Kamath): from memory, not re-read
- OMNIA board notes for this place (a lead only, checked against the sources above)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.