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Tehsil Shegaon, District Buldhana, Maharashtra.
Shegaon is a city and a municipal council in Buldana district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. As of 2001 India census, Shegaon had a population of 52,418. It has an average elevation of 275 meters (905 feet). Shegaon is located at 20.7833° N 76.6833° E, around 550 km east of the city of Mumbai and 300 km west from the city of Nagpur. It is located on Mumbai-Bhusawal-Nagpur route of the Central Railway of Indian Railways. From Mumbai several trains halt at Shegaon. Prominent being Vidarbha Express, Mumbai Howrah mail and express, Sewagram express, Nagpur-Pune express and Gitanjali express.
By road it is well connecting by neighbouring cities like Khamgaon, Balapur and Akola which are located on Hajira - Howrah(Kolkata) National Highway 6. The nearest airports are at Akola, Aurangabad and Nagpur.
Shegaon has acquired fame as a pilgrimage center because Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj lived there. Hindus consider Gajanan Maharaj a saint with miraculous powers. Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj Temple is built on the Samadhi of Gajanan Maharaj at Shegaon.
Shegaon is a city and a municipal council in Buldana district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. As of 2001 India census, Shegaon had a population of 52,418. It has an average elevation of 275 meters (905 feet). Shegaon is located at 20.7833° N 76.6833° E, around 550 km east of the city of Mumbai and 300 km west from the city of Nagpur. It is located on Mumbai-Bhusawal-Nagpur route of the Central Railway of Indian Railways. From Mumbai several trains halt at Shegaon. Prominent being Vidarbha Express, Mumbai Howrah mail and express, Sewagram express, Nagpur-Pune express and Gitanjali express.
By road it is well connecting by neighbouring cities like Khamgaon, Balapur and Akola which are located on Hajira - Howrah(Kolkata) National Highway 6. The nearest airports are at Akola, Aurangabad and Nagpur.
Shegaon has acquired fame as a pilgrimage center because Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj lived there. Hindus consider Gajanan Maharaj a saint with miraculous powers. Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj Temple is built on the Samadhi of Gajanan Maharaj at Shegaon.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shegaon
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 20°47'29"N 76°41'25"E
- SHRIRAM Nagar,शेगाव 0.4 km
- Vyenktesh nagar,शेगाव 0.8 km
- Rokadiya nagar 1.3 km
- Gajanan Maharaj's Anand Visava 1.6 km
- Anand Sagar 1.8 km
- Anand Sagar,Shegaon 2.1 km
- JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SHEGAON 3 km
- Paras Thermal Power Station (MAHAGENCO), 14 km
- Truman Guarding Site 15 km
- 220 kV MSEDCL Balapur S/s 18 km
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