About Jalgaon City :
Location: Northwest Of
Maharashtra
Main Attractions: Padmalaya,, Omkareshwar
Mandir, Ecchapurti Ganesh Temple, Patnadevi
Significance: A Major Centre For
Trade And Agriculture
Jalgaon located
in the northwest region of Maharashtra State is an agrarian city, which
lies north of Nasik (also spelt as Nashik), bounded in the north by
Satpuda range, in South by Ajanta range, in the west by Dhulia district
and in the East by Buldhana district.
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The city
is an active point for trade and agriculture produce. An important
feature of the district is that during summer season it becomes
very hot and temperature rises to 47° Celsius. The World famous
Ajanta caves is situated very near from Jalgaon station i.e. 50-km
by road.
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EXCURSIONS
Padmalaya
Among the two
and a half Shree Ganapati Peeths in India, this is regarded as the half
Peeth. It is called as Padmalaya Kshetra. This temple is located at
the top of a hill. There are small Ganapati temples on all sides of
the main temple. The padukas of Shree Govind Maharaj are located in
front of the temple. There is a huge bell next to the padukas. There
is a hall immediately next to the temple. A huge 3-4 ft tall stone mouse
is placed in this hall. There are two self existent (Swayambhu) Ganesh
idols in the sanctum. One idol has its trunk curving to the right and
the other to the left. Both the idols have silver crown.
Festival : On Bhadrapad shuddha 4.
Also a religious fair is held on Kartiki Pournima
Padmalaya also known, as "Prabhakshetra" is
a religious place located in Erandol Taluka about 4.8-km from Erandol.
It is famous for housing the temples of Lord Ganapati and Hanuman.
Pal :Pal is a place
located in Yawal Taluka is very famous for the cool temperature and
the nice natural site with dense forest aside.
Parola Fort :Parola fort was
built in 1727 and the size of the fort is 160 to 130-sq-meters. It is
believed that the fort belongs to the father of the Great Rani of Jhansi.
Swinging Towers Of Farkande : Swinging Towers
located 16-km from Erandol on the bank of Utawadi River are a real great
example of old day's construction technique. Both the towers are 15m
long and when one of them is waved the other towers also starts waving
automatically. It is believed that the construction is 250 years old
GENERAL INFORMATION
| Temperature Range
(Deg °c) |
Maximum |
Minimum |
| Summer: |
45°
C |
29º
C |
| Winter: |
26°
C |
6º C |
| Clothing: |
Cotton |
| STD
Code: |
0257
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| Population: |
400000 |
| Climate: |
Tropical |
Near by cities
Bhuswal: 25-km
Burhanpur (Madhya Pradesh): 90-km
Aurangabad: 153-kmsRBY CITIES
Nearest Air-port : We are 420 Kms
from Mumbai, 420 kms from Nagpur, 167 kms from Aurangabad, 256 kms from
Nasik
PRIME ATTRACTIONS
Omkareshwar Mandir :
Omkareshwar Mandir is one of the most famous and beautiful temples in
Jalgaon City, dedicated to Lord Shiva, situated at Jai Nagar. Shivratri,
Shravni Somvar, Ramnavmi, Gokulashtami are the biggest festivals celebrated
in this temple.
Ecchapurti Ganesh Temple : This temple is situated at Navi Peth, near
Balaji Sweet Mart in Jalgaon. On every Ganesh Chaturthi many devotees
visit this temple.
Mahatma Gandhi Garden : Mahatma Gandhi Garden
is a beautiful garden located near New Bus stand, having many different
flowers, very big area and game instruments.
Mehrun (Park) :Mehrun is one of the oldest parks located in
the centre of the city on Shirsholi road. It is a cool and nice place
with number of trees, which attracts many people. Late Shri Prithvirajji
Kapoor (renowned film artist) inaugurated the park. There are many types
of entertainment material available in the park. Generally the people
come to visit the parks on holidays or on Sundays mostly. Nowadays the
trend of watching television had extended to a great extent and so the
craze of people towards parks is reducing day by day.
J.K Park : J.K. Parks that was developed
recently is situated near Mehrun garden. Children love to come to this
park as they get what they want. Rabbits, Parrots, some types of sparrows
are among the main attractions of the park. Another attraction of the
place is a water pond, which is called as "Mehrun Talaav". The water
of the pond is too cool and the sunset view from there is very attractive.
The pond is full of water for nearly all the months of the year.
Patnadevi : Patnadevi is an ancient and religious
place and it gained prominence, as it is the birthplace of the great
Scientist Bhaskaracharya.
