PANCHGANI

Panchgani comes under Mahabaleshwar Taluka. 

Market Place
In the 1960's the municipality undertook the construction of a Vegetable market which costs Rs 25,000.

Schools
Many schools have been established with the good weather conditions and climate.

Bus Stand
The State Transport Authorities had purchased land on Surul Mahabaleshwar road where a Bus stand and a rest house for visitors is built.

Ghatjai Fair
Every year in February a fair is held to honor the patron goddess Ghatjai Dev of Panchgani mountains which people from all the villages take part in their devotion. Ghatjai Dev image is carried in procession with music being played on a Dhol and dancing. It is also celebrated to mark the end of the harvest time.

Roads
The total lenght of roads in the 1960's within municipal limits was eight miles six furlongs out of which two miles and two furlongs were asphalted and the rest were metalled roads. The municipality back then had chalked out a programme for asphalting the remaining roads during that time.

Hospitals
The municipal hospital is located in extensive premises termed as Satish Kunj dontated by Seth Shantilal Mangaldas of Ahmadabad.

Recreation
The municipality maintains gardens and children parks for recreations for young and the old.

Tourist Places
1.Table Land
2.Sydney point
3.Kanga point
4.Katchbavadi

The Devil's kitchen situated to the south of the Tableland is also a place of mythological interest. Four miles from Panchgani are caves known as Rajapuri Caves wherein a temple of kartik Svami, son of God Shiva, is located.