Chamorshi is a Town and a
tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...
in
Gadchiroli district
Gadchiroli district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, ¡É™É–t͡ʃiɾoliË is an administrative Districts of Maharashtra, district in Maharashtra, India. The city of Gadchiroli is the administrative headquarters of the district.
Offic ...
in the
India
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n
state
State most commonly refers to:
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of
Maharashtra
Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...
.
It is located near the east bank of the
Wainganga River, which along with Wardha River forms the
Pranahita River
The Pranahita River is the largest tributary of Godavari River covering about 34% of its drainage basin conveying the combined waters of the Penganga River, the Wardha River, and the Wainganga River. By virtue of its extensive network of trib ...
at Chaprala which meets the
Godavari River
The Godavari (, Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ¡od̪aËʋəɾiË is India's second longest river after the Ganges River, Ganga River and drains the third largest Drainage basin, basin in India, covering about 10% of India's total geographical area. It ...
. 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 west Indian state of Maharashtra. Forming the eastern part of the state, it comprises Amravati and Nagpur divisions. As per the 2011 Census, the region had a population ...
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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