Important Places of Nashik

Artillery Centre

NewsTeam — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:09:37 -0500

Behind the Pandav Caves, is the biggest Artillery Center in Asia. This artillery center was shifted from Pakistan in 1947, and is now completing its 50th year. The Indian army's officers and soldiers are trained here. Training for 'Bofors Gun' is given here. The area is under military and is restricted for civilians

Balaji Mandir

NewsTeam — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:57:43 -0500

This temple, situated at the "Ramsetu" bridge near Sarkarwada, was built in 1771. The idols in the temple were found by Ganapatibuva Gosavi in the small village of Pannav-velli in Tamil Nadu. The Lord Balaji's crown is made out of gold embedded with pearls and diamonds. Balajiwale Trust looks after the maintenance of the temple.

Chambhar Leni- Teertharaj Gajapantha

NewsTeam — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:37:48 -0500

Nashik City and the surrounding area is famous for many temples, pilgrimage places etc. One of the sacred places for Jain Religion is Teerthraj Gajpantha , which is at Mhasrul, 16 kms from Nashik Road Railway station and 5 kms from Nashik City. The famous CHAMBER CAVES are a part of this place. It is situated on the top of a small hill which is only 400 ft tall. The staircase, built in black stone leads to the temple and offers a panoramic view. Although the nearby landscape is quite barren, some plantation has been recently done. This is a very serene place, conducive for meditation. read more »

Deolali Camp

NewsTeam — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:15:32 -0500

Deolali Camp is an important Indian military center. Deolali camp which is one of the oldest center in India, is located 16 km away from Nashik. The center was set up by the British in 1861. The area surrounded with gardens, playgrounds and wide roads proves its uniqueness. read more »

Dholya Ganapati Temple

NewsTeam — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:11:21 -0500

This Peshwa time Ganapati is located near the Ashok Stambh in the central Nashik. Conventionally, temples of Maruti, Ganapati, Bhairavnath were set up beyond the limits of a city or village. According to this convention, the Nashik’s inhabitation ended near this temple. The deity is lovingly called Dholya because of its impressive hugeness - aptly called Lambodar, Vishalkay etc. The temple is frequented by college students and is very crowded during the day. Gaikwad family looks after the idol and the temple.

Dutondya Maruti.

NewsTeam — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:01:55 -0500

This temple of Hanuman towering to a height of idol is 11.5 feet, is situated near Laxman bridge, built in 1771, by Shri Raghunath Bhatt Karte.
This idol of Lord Maruti is placed on the bank of Godavari river near Ramkund. This idol has two faces on either sides.

Godavari Temple

NewsTeam — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:05:05 -0500

The Godavari Temple was built by Elder Madhavrao Peshwa's mother, Gopikabai in 1760. This temple is open for devotees only during the period of Kumbhamela (once in 12 years) for 13 months. It is also called Ganga Temple.

Kalaram mandir

NewsTeam — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:15 -0500

Another important temple is that of Kala Ram. This temple was built by Peshwas. There are great processions and utsav on Ramnavami, Dasara and Chaitra Padwa (Hindu new year day). The specialty of the temple is that it was built with black stones.The stones were brought from Ramshej 200 years ago. It took 23 lakhs of rupees and 2000 workers to build the temple in 12 years. The apex of the temple is made up of 32 tons of gold. In 1930, Dr. Ambedkar performed Satyagraha, to allow the entry of Harijans into the temple.

Khandave Ganapati

NewsTeam — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:15:16 -0500

This 150-year old temple is in Somvar Peth in Nashik. The Ganesh idol is carved out of a single boulder but is not visible because of shendur applied all over the deity. This 6-feet tall temple along a wall belongs to Madhukar Murlidhar Khandave. Earlier this idol was in Khandave’s house. Later Jahangirdar Khedkar donated this place to Madhukar’s great grandfather and a wooden temple was built. Over a period, a stone temple was set up. Devotees believe that this Siddhi Vinayak fulfills their wishes and hence they offer modak, gulachi bheli, silver durvas etc.

Main Road Ganapati Temple

NewsTeam — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:12:44 -0500

This temple, which celebrated its centenary seven years ago, belongs to Damodar Vishnu alias Damu Anna Dongare. Born in a family of scholars in Vedshashtra, Damu Anna was very knowledgeable in medicine and also in music - he himself was a tabla player. The property on which this temple stands today, belonged to Damu Anna and there was a lovely garden watered from the well in the backyard. Once during meditation he sensed a divine directive to build a Ganapati mandir. Same night, he caught a burglar trying to break open a jeweller’s shop across the street. read more »