Nashik, Nov 16 (PTI) Ashes of noted historian and Padma Vibhushan awardee Shivshahir Babasaheb Purandare were immersed at Ramkund in Maharashtra's Nashik district on Tuesday.

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Purandare's close aide and trustee of Sahitya Prasar Kendra Pratishthan Makrand Kulkarni performed the necessary rituals and immersed the ashes in Ramkund. Purandare (99), died at a Pune hospital on Monday after a brief illness. An authority on the Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Purandare was admitted to Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital in Pune last week and was being treated for pneumonia.

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