Morachi Chincholi (मोराची चिंचोळी)

 Morachi Chincholi (मोराची चिंचोळी) by name itself means a village of tamarind trees (Marathi:चिंच Chincha) & town of Dancing Peacocks(Marathi:मोर More) all around. It is situated near Ahmednagar-Pune Highway about 55 km from Pune. Even today, one can find lot of peacocks everywhere in this small village.^[1]

It is said that during times Peshwe dynasty lot of tamarind trees were planted over here which attracted Peacocks to this place. The villagers also claim that their ancestors kept on planting tamarind trees and cohabited with this bird over here. Now there are around 2500 Peacocks in this region.