Chamorshi is a Town and a
tehsil
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in
Gadchiroli district in the
India
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state
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of
Maharashtra.
It is located near the east bank of the
Wainganga River
The Wainganga is a river in India originating in the Mahadeo Hills in Mundara near the village Gopalganj in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. It is a key tributary of the Godavari. The river flows south in a winding course through the states of Madhya Prade ...
, which along with Wardha River forms the
Pranahita River
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at Chaprala which meets the
Godavari River. It is famous for the ancient historic temple of god Markandeshwar which is located at village Markanda. Temple is situated at the bank of the Wainganga river, which flows generally from North to South but at Markanda it takes Northward turn for 20 km before again going Southward.Markanda is also known as (vidharbhachi kashi).
Every year at mahashivratri there is Mela or fair at markanda.
Which last for 10 days.
There is also a chicdoh barrage near to chamorshi which has more than 35 gates, which is also a major attraction of this town.
There is also
mutnur 30km from chamorshi now a day it has famous tourist attraction for
vidharbha
Vidarbha (Pronunciation: ‹id̪əɾbʱə is a geographical region in the east of the Indian state of Maharashtra and a proposed state of central India, comprising the state's Amravati and Nagpur divisions. Amravati Division's former name is Be ...
people. Mutnur is small hill station.
Geography
Charmoshi has an average elevation of 182 metres (600 feet).
See also
*
Ashti, Gadchiroli
References
Cities and towns in Gadchiroli district
Talukas in Maharashtra
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