Puntamba is a market town situated on the banks of the Godavari River in Rahata taluka, Ahmednagar District in the state of Maharashtra in India.

The old town is enclosed by a Defensive wall (or Tatabandi) which was built by the Patwardhan ruling family of Jamkhandi, but has fallen into disrepair.

[2] In modern times, large number of residents of the town are involved in farming of Cash crops such as sugarcane.

[3] Facilities and businesses in the town include a ST bus-stand, a post office, two commercial banks, six credit co-operative societies, and a godown for storing grains.

Cultural or religious facilities in the town include a traditional gym called akhada or talim, two dharmashalas (Hindu pilgrim lodges), three maths (Hindu Monasteries), a Christian church, a dargah (tomb of a Sufi saint) and four mosques.

[4] On the bank of the Godavari in town, there are low flights of steps or ghats to the water, one of which was built by Ahilyabai Holkar, the great temple-building ruler of Indore (1765–1795) and another by one Shri Shivram Dhumal.

On seeing this strange spectacle Changdev lost all his pride, bowed in submission to Dnyaneshvar and asked for his forgiveness.

Though very old, the temple of Changdev Maharaj is a simple structure with a mandap of 50'x30', open on all sides and covered with a roof of corrugated iron sheets having slope on four sides supported by a wooden frame and ten uncarved wooden pillars about eight feet in height.

The Godavari river which flows to the west of the temple provides a delightful scenic background during the monsoon season (June–October) but is reduced to a trickle by January.

[7] Farmers had decided to cut off food and milk supplies to cities or sow the Kharif crops.