Aundha Nagnath
| Aundha Nagnath औन्ढा नागनाथ |
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| State : | Maharashtra | ||
| District : | Hingoli | ||
| Location : | 19 ° 33 ' N , 77 ° 2' E | ||
| Height : | 470 m | ||
| Area : | 27.33 km² | ||
| Residents : | 14,801 (2011) | ||
| Population density : | 542 inhabitants / km² | ||
Aundha Nagnath , sometimes just Aundah , ( Marathi : औन्ढा नागनाथ ) is a small town with about 15,000 inhabitants in the Hingoli district in the Indian state of Maharashtra .
location
Aundha Nagnath is located in the Marathwada region on the Dekkan Plateau at an altitude of approx. 470 m above sea level. d. M. The nearest major cities are Nanded-Waghala (approx. 63 km drive south-east) and Aurangabad (approx. 200 km north-west). The climate is subtropical and warm; Rain falls almost exclusively during the summer monsoon season .
population
The urban population consists almost without exception of Hindus and Muslims ; other religions are hardly represented. The male population is around 5% higher than the female.
economy
Agriculture is the livelihood of the region; Traders, craftsmen and service providers of all kinds have settled in the village.
history
Little is known about the medieval history of the place and the entire region; probably the Yadava or Seuna dynasty residing in Daulatabad ruled here . In the 13th century, the Sultanate of Delhi , and later the Bahmani Sultanate (until around 1490), which resided in Gulbarga and Bidar , took over power. From 1656 the Mughal ruler Aurangzeb extended his power to the Dekkan in several campaigns. In the phase of the decline of the Mughal empire, the local governor Asaf Jah I , who later received the title Nizam -ul-Mulk ( Urdu : نظامالملک = "folder of the empire"), took power and founded the princely state of Hyderabad , which also included the Marathwada Region until 1956.
Attractions
The Shiva temple, which was probably built in the 13th century under the rule of the Seuna dynasty , is revered by many Hindus as the Jyotirlinga temple. Towers and roof structures were largely destroyed in the course of Aurangzeb's Deccan campaigns, but the lower parts were largely spared. The rather unadorned and whitewashed structures today probably date from the 18th or 19th century. The intact base zone of the temple, on the other hand, is richly structured and the outer walls are decorated over and over with well-preserved figural and ornamental reliefs. In the cella ( garbhagriha ) there is a Shiva lingam, usually decorated with flowers, with a surrounding yoni .
- Surroundings
In the village of Shirad Shahpur, 14 km south-east, there is an approximately 300 year old Jain temple.
Web links
- Aundha Nagnath, Temple (Wikipedia, English)
- Aundha Nagnath, Temple (English)
- Hingoli district, attractions (english)