Sahasrakund Waterfall (also Sahastrakund) is a waterfall on the
Painganga River
The Painganga River (also known as the Penganga River) is the chief river of the Buldhana district, Hingoli district, Nanded district, Yavatmal district, Chandrapur district and Washim district in the Maharashtra state in India. It flows along the ...
of
Nanded district
Nanded district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, aːn̪d̪eɖ is a districts of Maharashtra, district of Maharashtra state in central India. The city of Nanded is the district headquarters.
History
Nanded is mentioned in historica ...
, Maharashtra, India. This town is on the boundary of the
Yavatmal
Yavatmal ( is a city and municipal council in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Yavatmal District. Yavatmal is around 90 km away from divisional headquarters Amravati while it is away from the st ...
and
Nanded
Nanded is a city in Maharashtra state, India. It is the List of cities in Maharashtra, tenth largest city in the state and the List of cities in India by population, seventy-ninth most populated city in India. It is the second largest city in ...
districts on the
Painganga River
The Painganga River (also known as the Penganga River) is the chief river of the Buldhana district, Hingoli district, Nanded district, Yavatmal district, Chandrapur district and Washim district in the Maharashtra state in India. It flows along the ...
.
Sahasrakund situated at a distance 172 km from
Yavatmal
Yavatmal ( is a city and municipal council in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Yavatmal District. Yavatmal is around 90 km away from divisional headquarters Amravati while it is away from the st ...
and 100 km from
Nanded
Nanded is a city in Maharashtra state, India. It is the List of cities in Maharashtra, tenth largest city in the state and the List of cities in India by population, seventy-ninth most populated city in India. It is the second largest city in ...
. It is also 50 km from Nirmal and 100 km from
Adilabad
Adilabad, also known as Edlawada and Eddulapuram, is a city which serves as the headquarters of Adilabad district, in the Indian state of Telangana. Telugu, Urdu, Marathi, Lambadi and Gondi are the most spoken languages of Adilabad. Adilabad ...
.
Attractions
Along with natural scenery, the waterfall is also known for temples around it. Following are the temple around Waterfall:
#''Panchamukhi Mahadev Temple''
#''Ram temple''
#''Banganga Mahadev Temple''
It is considered as important tourist attraction in rainy season. Waterfall is also known for its rock pattern which looks like black metal.
Note
Sahasra is the correct prefix that means "a thousand", not SahasTra. However, it is invariably misspelled as the latter. Notice how the same prefix is spelled when referring to the crown chakra: "
Sahasrara Chakra" or when it occurs in family names (example: Sahasrabuddhe
) ''without'' a T. Also see
Sahasralinga
Sahasraliṅga (sanskrit: सहस्रलिङ्ग) is a pilgrimage place, located around 14 km from the Sirsi Taluk in the district of Uttara Kannada of Karnataka state in India. It is in the river ''Shalmala'' and is famous for bei ...
. The confusion arises because the Devanagari letter "Sa" (स) merges with "ra" (र) and looks like "tra".
See also
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List of waterfalls
This list of notable waterfalls of the world is sorted by continent, then country, then province, state or territory. A waterfall is included if it is at least tall and has an existing Wikipedia article, or it is considered historically sig ...
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List of waterfalls of India
References
External links
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Photo feature of Waterfall by ''eSakal''{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201332/http://www.esakal.com/esakal/20140923/5594595323930186287.htm , date=4 March 2016
Tourist attractions in Nanded district
Waterfalls of Maharashtra