Purandare had started writing stories related to the period of Shivaji's reign at a very young age, which were later compiled and published in a book titled Thinagya ("Sparks").

His most well-known work is the drama, Jaanata Raja, a widely popular play on Shivaji published and first staged in 1985.

Since then the drama has been staged over 1000 times in 16 districts of Maharashtra, Agra, Delhi, Bhopal, and the United States.

For his works, in the field of drama, he was awarded the Kalidas Samman by the Madhya Pradesh government for 2007–08.

Her brother, Shree Ga Majgaonkar, and Babasaheb Purandare had a very close association in the field of literature.