Veer Mhaskoba is Kal bhairava

Bhairava

Bhairava , sometimes known as Bhairo or Bhairon or Bhairadya or Bheruji , Kaala Bhairavar or Vairavar , is the fierce manifestation of Lord Shiva associated with annihilation...

 an Avatar

Avatar

In Hinduism, an avatar is a deliberate descent of a deity to earth, or a descent of the Supreme Being and is mostly translated into English as "incarnation," but more accurately as "appearance" or "manifestation"....

 of the Hindu

Hindu

Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...

 deity Shiva

Shiva

Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...

, worshipped at the temple of Veer Mhaskoba in Purandhar taluka's Pune

Pune

Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...

 district, near Sasvad in the village of Veer

Veer

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The clan deity of many Hindus living in Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

 province, India

India

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, Veer Mhaskoba is worshipped in particular by the Dhangar

Dhangar

The Dhangar caste is primarily located in the Indian state of Maharashtra...

 caste. He is also worshipped by tribal and pastoral people at Jawali

Jawali

Jawali, Maharashtra is small village located in Mahadeva Mountain range of Phaltan Tehsil of Satara district of Indian state of Maharashtra....

, Mhaswad

Mhaswad

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, Borban and Sonori.