Mangalwedha

Mangalwedha is a city and a municipal council in Solapur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the birthplace of Shri Jayatirtha also called as Teekacharya, one of the prominent saints of the Dvaita school of Vedanta. Mangalwedha is said to be noticed as Metulingpuri in the Bhima Mahatmya included in the Skanda Purana. But this identification is doubtful. From innumerable monumental stone remains of the times of the Chalukya kings of Kalyani found scattered about the place, it is concluded that it must have been a town of great note during the ninth, tenth and eleventh centuries.

Mangalwedha or Mangalvedha is fanous for The Shri Damajipant temple and the Hemadpanthi temple at Velapur dedicated to Ardha-Nari-Nateshwar. The very old Mahadeo temple the road from Solapur to Mangalvedha is also revered amongst the locals.