Hingoli district General information

Hingoli is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India. The district headquarters are located at Hingoli. The district occupies an area of 4,526 km² and has a population of 987,160 of which 15.60% were urban (as of 2001).This district is part of Aurangabad division. One of the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines, the Aundha Nagnath is located in Hingoli district.

History

Marathwada was initially under Nizam's regime. Hingoli former Taluka place of   Parbhani district was  there therefore part of Nizam's regime. It was actually Nizam's military base as it was border place with vidhrabha.In that era military troops, hospitals, veterinary hospital were in operation from Hingoli. Residents of Hingoli had experienced two big wars between Tipu Sultan and Maratha in 1803 and in 1857 between Nagpurkar and Bhosale. Being a military base the city was one of the important place of the Hydrabad State.

Some of the names like Pultan, Risala, Tophkhana, Pensionpura, Sadar Bazaar are famous today. In the 1956, post independence when the state were reconstructed Marathwada was attached to Mumbai State and in 1960 Hingoli became part of the Maharashtra State as part of Parbhani district. Later on 1St may 1999 Hingoli district came in to existence by division of Parbhani.

Location
   
Hingoli is situated at the northern part of Marathwada in Maharashtra. Borders of Hingoli are surrounded by Akola and Yeotmal in northern side, Parbhani in western side and Nanded at south-eastern side. The district came into existence by division of Parbhani district on 1st may 1999. Latitude Of Hingoli District is 19.43 N and Longitude is 77.11 E

Division

The state of Maharashtra, consisting of 35 districts, is divided into six administrative divisions, namely Konkan, Nashik, Pune, Aurangabad, Amravati, and Nagpur.

Tourist Place

Aundha Nagnath :The twelve jyotirlingas are the most significant places of pilgrimage for Hindus in India. Five of them happen to be in Maharashtra. Shiva has been worshipped in these places for centuries. Aundha-Nagnath is one of them. Anudha Nagnath is in the Hingoli District .This pilgrim center is of great significance, since it is considered to be the Eighth (adya), of the 12 jyotirlingas. It is believed that Dharmraj (eldest of Pandav) has constructed this beautiful temple while they were expelled for 14 years from Hastinapur. The temple of Nagnath has exquisite carvings. The temple is of Hemadpanthi architecture and is situated in about 60,000 sq. ft area. Large number of pilgrims visit this temple on shivratri and Vijayadashmi.


Mallinath Digambar Jain : At Shirad Shahapur village of Aundha Nagnath taluka place falls one of the most historical temples of jains. There exists statue of Lord Mallinath which is about 300 years old. There is legendary story of establishment of this temple. Years back the idol was placed at Ardhapur. Bhattarak shree Premanand once saw this idol placed in between other confuted idols and was annoyed. He seeked permission from Nizam to move the idol to Karanja. Nizam permitted him to take the idol to Karanja. While he was traveling he once stayed at shirad shahapur. There he saw dream in which he got message to establish the idol at shirad shahpur, only according to the famous temple came in to existence. Now it is well constructed with facilities for pilgrims to stay. Lot of Jain pilgrims from all over India visit this place.


Tulaja Devi Sansthan : Around 125 years ago, swami Keshavraj divinely versioned goddess TuljaBhavani and later on at a certain place while excavating he found sculpture of goddess TuljaBhavani. At same place he constructed temple. In the year 1967, a trust was formed to run the temple. Now the trust is trying to provide scholarships to students, residential complex for pilgrims and health service.  


Sant Namdev Sansthan :Narsi village in the district is birth place of saint shree Namdev. The saint was born in 1270 and his full name is Namdev Damaji Relekar. Population of the village is around 8000 and it is between Hingoli and Risod. Every year a fair is arranged in memory of the saint. The state government has declared Narsi as holy place and tourist place. The government has constructed a tourist home at Narsi. There are many followers of saint Namdev from Panjab and rest of India who frequently visit Narsi. Now the Sikh followers are constructing a Gurudwara at Narsi and they have also decided to construct a memorial of saint Namdev.