Vadner is a town of about 30,000 people in
Nashik district
Nashik district,(Marathi: Help:IPA/Marathi, ̪ɑɕɪk formerly known as Nasik district, is a district in Maharashtra, India. The city of Nashik is the administrative headquarters of the district. Nashik is well known for the production of win ...
,
Maharashtra
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state,
India
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.
Vadner is famous for its
grape
A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus ''Vitis''. Grapes are a non- climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters.
The cultivation of grapes began approximately 8,0 ...
s.
Vadner is 45km to Northeast side from nashik city.The town is predominantly an
agrarian one with approximately 80% of its population engaged in agriculture and related activities. The remaining 20% are in supporting activities like services, transport, and retail. Vadner is a fairly rich town due to grape farming.
The predominant religion in Vadner is
Hindu
Hindus (; ; also known as SanÄtanÄ«s) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym SanÄtana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...
, although
Islam
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is also practiced by many families. Most farmer families are
Phool-Mali and
Maratha
The Marathi people (; Marathi: , ''MarÄá¹hÄ« lÅk'') or Marathis (Marathi: मराठी, ''MarÄá¹hÄ«'') are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are native to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-A ...
. The caste divide is not very strong in day-to-day activities. However, in terms of marriages and political lobbying, caste divides are well entrenched.
Every year in the month of April, a festival takes place on the eve of the marriage of the god
Bhairvnath.
Many aspects of modern life remain underdeveloped in Vadner. Internet is available, and banking is carried out by local cooperatives. There is no major hospital and residents must rely on nearly larger towns for nonessential market items.
References
{{Nashik district
Cities and towns in Nashik district