Sarangkheda is a village in

Shahada The ''Shahada'' (Arabic: ٱلشَّهَادَةُ , "the testimony"), also transliterated as ''Shahadah'', is an Islamic oath and creed, and one of the Five Pillars of Islam and part of the Adhan. It reads: "I bear witness that there is ...

taluka in Nandurbar district of ( satpuda ) Maharashtra state in

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. Sarangkheda village is situated around 15 km South of Shahada on the bank of

Tapti River The Tapti River (or Tapi) is a river in central India located to the south of the Narmada River, Narmada river that flows westwards before draining into the Arabian Sea. The river has a length of around and flows through the states of Maharas ...

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Sarangkheda village and towns like Shahada, Nizar, Rajpipla, Taloda, Akkalkuwa, and Dhadgaon in the northern area of Sarangkheda ( satpuda pardesh ) were almost cut off from the rest of Maharashtra until 1957. In 1957, a bridge was built which connected villages and towns in the area north of the

Tapti The Tapti River (or Tapi) is a river in central India located to the south of the Narmada river that flows westwards before draining into the Arabian Sea. The river has a length of around and flows through the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat ...

river to the rest of ,

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Maharashtra. This Datta Mandir and Rawal Riyasat is almost 200 years old and renovated around 40 years ago. It is believed that the idol of Datta has been brought from

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in Patan district. Each year on the occasion of

Datta Jayanti Datta Jayanti, also known as Dattatreya Jayanti, is a Hindu festival, commemorating the birth day celebration of the Hindu Deity Dattatreya (Datta), a combined form of the Hindu male divine trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. It is celebrated ...

, an annual fair is held for around two weeks and main attractions of the fair is the

horse The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million ...

bazaar or horse trading. The fair attracts thousands of people all over India and for many purposes like horse riding, farming etc... Recently a barrage is built just to the east of the bridge to supply water for

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and drinking.Land Acquisition Branch, Dhule
. dhule.nic.in The village hosts a Horse trading fair every year in December calle
'Sarangkheda Chetak Festival
. This tradition has been going on since recorded in history over 300 years ago. Maharashtra Tourism Development corporation (MTDC) has planned to develop a horse museum for travelers that will inform them about the numerous qualities of breed, marking, lifespan and color etc. of horses. The Government has sanctioned Rs 4.98 crores for the museum and the dome-shaped horse museum will be constructed on 6.5 acres land along the Tapti River. The other amenities like art gallery, exhibition venue, audio-visual room, food stall, shops will be made in the museum.

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Villages in Nandurbar district {{Nandurbar-geo-stub