Lahit Khurd is a village in

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, Maharashtra State in Western

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, situated on the Mula River.

Khurd and Kalan Khurd and Kalan (Hindi: ख़ुर्द और कलाँ, خرد اور کلاں Punjabi: ਖ਼ੁਰਦ ਅਤੇ ਕਲਾਂ, خرد اتے کلاں) are administrative designations used in India and Pakistan to indicate the smaller (Khu ...

are Persian language words which means small and big respectively when two villages have same name then it is distinguished as Kalan means Big and Khurd means Small with village Name. It is located 120 km from

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. The village has an area of 982.31 ha (1991). The population of Lahit Khurd is approximately 2,000. Lahit Kh is approximately 24 km from Otur and around 55 km from Malshej ghat. Every year after 15 days of Gudi Padwa the festival(Jatra) of goddess Aai Muktai is performed. The rituals are religious, people from different parts of the city visit on this occasion to perform the blessing of goddess Aai muktai.

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