Life & Heritage

Beyond the Bar

Away from the courts and the Foundation's programmes, Madhavraje's life is rooted in family, in the festivals of Miraj, and in the music, sport and history he has followed since school.

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Madhavraje Patwardhan with the Yuvaranisaheb of Miraj at an evening function

With the Yuvaranisaheb at a family celebration

With the Yuvaranisaheb at a festival celebration

Madhavraje Patwardhan and the Yuvaranisaheb of Miraj

Family

The Yuvarajsaheb and Yuvaranisaheb of Miraj

HH Shrimant Sou. Anusayaraje Madhavraje Patwardhan, Yuvaranisaheb of Miraj

Madhavraje's wife, the Yuvaranisaheb of Miraj, is a co-trustee of the Rajasaheb of Miraj Foundation. Together they represent the family at public programmes, festivals and temple ceremonies across Miraj and Sangli, and share in the Foundation's work in the town.

Home is divided between Miraj, where the family has lived for more than two and a half centuries, and Pune, where Madhavraje went to school and studied law.

Pursuits

Interests outside the law

A lifelong student of music, sport and history, and of the markets he first studied as a schoolboy.

Indian classical music

A love of Indian classical music, and violin training through Grades 1 to 3 of the Suzuki method.

Tennis & table tennis

His two racquet sports, on court and at the table.

Golf & fencing

Two sports of precision, one on the course and one on the piste.

Yoga

A regular practice for body and mind.

Chess

A regular player of the game.

History & literature

Editor of the family history archive since 2018 and of An Outline of the Patwardhan Dynasty.

Capital markets

A BSE course on capital markets in 2016 began an interest he still follows closely.

Public speaking

Trinity grades in speech and drama, and a member of the English-Speaking Union, Pune.

A traditional ceremony under the royal umbrella at Miraj — A traditional ceremony at Miraj.

At a temple shrine in Miraj — At a temple shrine.

In a gold sherwani, pearl necklaces and saffron pheta — In ceremonial dress.

Faith & Traditions

Festivals of Miraj

Each year the family celebrates a five-day Ganesh Utsav at the Ganpati Temple on Ganesh Talav, which the Miraj Trust is now renovating. The Ganpati who sits at the centre of the Miraj crest, and the motto beneath it, श्री गणपती चरणी तत्पर, are a daily reminder of that devotion.

Beyond the festival calendar, Madhavraje oversees the restoration of the Madhavji Devalay, built in 1799, and the reconstruction of the Ganpati Mandir at Miraj Killa.

Emblem of the Miraj State: Shree Ganesh beneath the royal umbrella, flanked by two lions

Heritage

The House of the Patwardhans of Miraj

For more than two and a half centuries the Patwardhans have been custodians of Miraj Fort and the town around it, since the Saranjam of Miraj was granted in 1762. Madhavraje is the twelfth generation of the line. Since 2018 he has edited the family's history archive, and in 2023 he edited An Outline of the Patwardhan Dynasty.

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