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A digital archive of rare books, commemorative volumes and historical documents connected to Kasheli village.

Vithal Sitaram Gurjar Vidyamandir Smaranika

Shri Lakshminarayan Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, Kasheli · Published on the 25th memorial of late V.S. Gurjar · Saturday, 19 September 1987

Issued by the Vithal Sitaram Gurjar Vidyamandir — the high school established in Kasheli to honour the great Marathi writer V.S. Gurjar (“Anna”) — this commemorative volume documents Gurjar’s literary career, the social life of Kasheli, and the school’s journey. It features a moving essay by Madhu Mangesh Karnik, blessings from Swami Gagangiri Maharaj, congratulatory messages from Chief Minister Shri Shankarrao Chavhan and Education Minister Prof. Ram Meghe, and recollections from many former students.

V.S. Gurjar — Personal Correspondence

A 40-page archive of handwritten letters received by the celebrated Marathi writer Vithal Sitaram Gurjar ("Anna") from publishers, editors and literary friends of early-20th-century Bombay. Several letters are on the printed letterhead of "Manoranjak Granth Prasarak Mandali" — publisher of the influential weekly Manoranjan, edited by K. R. Mitra — sent from its office at R. G. Chasan Road, Girgaon. The collection includes envelopes addressed directly to Gurjar at Kasheli. A rare primary-source window into the editorial and friendship networks that shaped early modern Marathi literature.

Song of Kasheli

A traditional Marathi devotional poem composed by Bhaskar Narayan Bhagvat, weaving together the landscape of Kasheli, the Shri Kanakaditya temple and the social life of the village. Each verse closes with the refrain "Kasheli aaun Kankoba pahi" — "come to Kasheli and behold Lord Kanakaditya" — making the work both a hymn and an invitation to the village's annual fair. Two pages, preserved by JVKArchives.