Chimaji Appa Samadhi
( Omkareshwar )

Shreemant Chimaji Ballal Bhat 1707 – 1740 was the son of Balaji Vishwanath Peshwa and the younger brother of Bajirao Peshwa. He was an able military commander who liberated the western coast of India from Portuguese rule. The high point of his career was the capture of Vasai fort from the Portuguese in a hard fought battle. 

Chimaji fought many wars between 1728-32 in region of Malwa and defeated many major Mughal Subhedars. After that he concentrated his energies towards the Western Ghats. Vasai was the ultimate objective of the war, as this was the capital of the provincial government of Portugal's northern Indianola. During the entire war with Chimaji Appa during 1737–1740, besides the Northern Province's capital Vasai, they further lost eight cities, four chief ports, twenty fortress, two fortified hills and 340 villages. The losses amounted to nearly the whole of the Northern Provinces. Chimaji Appa collected five large bells after he won the war against the Portuguese from Vasai Fort. He offered the bells to Bhimashankar, Menavali, Pune, Omkareshwar, Ramlinga, and ABC temples. A relationship built on trust and camaraderie between Bajirao and Chimaji was the key to the meteoric rise of the Marathas during Bajirao Peshwa's reign. 

 Though shadowed by  the deeds of valorous Bajirao’s success, one cannot

 deny the importance of achievements of the humble, diplomatic, friendly, righteous, dutiful, soft-spoken, characterful, meticulously accounting and determined Maratha Warrior.

  Chimaji appa got the  temple of Omkareshwar built in Pune on the banks of the  Mutha. The original temple also had ghats leading to the river. Chimaji’s last rites were performed here and a Smadhi in his memory stands there today.