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Vinayakrao Ketkar (Attorney at Law), Late Shri Dadasaheb Pitre, Late Shri Raosaheb Kulkarni, Late Shri Dadasaheb Sardeshpande and other honourable like-minded citizens from Devrukh. In 1972, Late Shri Tatyasaheb Athalye along with Late Shri Vishwanathrao Sapre took up the massive task of bringing college education to the doorstep of the local masses, by setting up the twin Arts and Commerce faculties in the Devrukh campus. Late Shri Arun V Athalye, who had stood personal guarantee to massive Term Loans extended to the institution, was instrumental in making the institution debt-free and had donated his personal collection of paintings of Old Masters from The Bombay School of Art to the institution. The institution runs the New English School, Devrukh, which was set up in 1927, and educates students from Standard V thru' Standard X and boasts of a long list of well placed alumni. The institution has a Jr College of Science named Guruvarya Kakasaheb Sapre Jr College of Science which was started to commemorate the memory of one of its illustrious Head Masters, Late Kakasaheb Sapre. The institution also has set up an English Medium School, Smt. Arudhatee Arun Padhye English Medium School, Devrukh, which has received recognition from the Government of Maharashtra. The school educates from Nursery and kindergarten thru' Standard VIII and is developing further, with a current student strength of about 400 students. Soljai devi Temple is most attractive newly built. Matru Mandir society is a charitable institution that runs many hospitals, farms, hostels, orphanages since 40+ years.
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Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, Devrukh, Founded in 1927, is one of the oldest educational institutes from Konkan Region of Maharashtra. Devrukh Shikshan Prasarak Mandal (DSPM) was founded in 1927 by Hon'ble Late Shri Kakasaheb Pandit, Shri Dadasaheb Mavlankar (first Speaker of Lok Sabha), Late
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Devrukh frequently. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj visited Shri Soljai temple many times. Devrukh lies on the shortest way from Raigad fort to Vishalgad fort in the Konkan route. Chousupi in Devrukh is a famous place, which was used as a horse stable during the time of Chhatrapati Sambhaji
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Devrukh experiences heavy monsoon (400 cm to 500 cm annual rains). Rice, cashew and
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Saptlingi River - In 2022 the Nagar panchayat of
Devrukh village started boating services in this river for boosting tourism. You will find the total of 7 Shiva temples bank of this river so it is called a Sapt(7) Ling (Shiv Ling).
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