Parli Vaijnath is a city and a

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counci ...

Beed district Beed district (Marathi pronunciation: iːɖ is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India. The district headquarters are located at Beed. The district occupies an area of 10,693 km² and has a population of 2,585,049 ...

in the

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of Maharashtra. It is the headquarters of the Parli taluka of Beed district. It is a holy city of sacred importance where many historical places still exist.

About

Parli is in Beed district identified by

Shri Vaijnath Temple Shri Vaijnath Temple (Marathi श्री वैजनाथ मंदिर ) is an ancient Shiva temple located at Parli Vaijnath in Beed district Beed district (Marathi pronunciation: iːɖ is an administrative district in the state ...

. Vaijnath temple is the one of the 12 Jyotirlinga in India and

Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited The Mahanirmiti or Mahagenco (Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited - MSPGCL) formerly known as MSEB (Maharashtra State Electricity Board) is a major power generating company in the state of Maharashtra, India and a wholly owned su ...

Parli Thermal Power Station Parali Thermal Power Plant is located at Parali Vaijnath in Beed district of Maharashtra. The power plant is one of the coal Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Co ...

. Other major industries include Vaijnath Sugar Factory,The India Cements Ltd and Ghawalkar Engine,Transmission and Motor Repair and Overhaul Facility. The Head office of Vaidyanath Co-Operative Bank is located in Parli. One of the biggest fair in Maharashtra takes place here on Mahashivratri. Parli is the largest taluka place in Marathwada region of Maharashtra.

In Mythology

It is said that

Savitri and Satyavan In Hinduism, Savitri and Satyavan ( sa, सावित्री ''Sāvitrī'' and ''Satyavān'') are a legendary couple, known for Savitri's love and devotion to her husband Satyavan. According to the legend, princess Savitri marries an exiled ...

lived here, and the famous incident of Savitri taking back her beloved husband's life from

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took place here, around the Narayan Mountain. By this claim it can be inferred that Parali was once part of the

Madra Kingdom Madra Kingdom (; ) was a kingdom grouped among the western kingdoms in the epic Mahabharata. Its capital was Sagala in Madra region, modern Sialkot in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The Kuru king Pandu's (''Pāṇḍu'') second wife was from M ...

, whose king was Ashvapati, the father of Savitri. The young Sage Markandeya is also believed to have got the boon to live here in Parli Vaijnath By this claim, since Markandeya had lived contemporarily to

Mahabharata The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; sa, महाभारतम्, ', ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India in Hinduism, the other being the ''Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the Kuruk ...

events, even have interacted with King

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, it can be understood that the Shivlinga of Vaijnath is at least of that time period and much possibly even before.

Religious and tourist attractions

Shri.Vaidyanath Mandir Parali. The History of Parli Vaijnath Temple says that Rani Ahilyabhai Holkar renovated the Parli Vaijnath Temple in the 1706 AD. At about 25 kilometres from Parali Vaijnath is

Ambejogai Ambajogai, (also called Ambejogai or Ambanagari) is a municipal council, Tehsil and subdivision in Beed district in the state of Maharashtra, India. Ambajogai is known as cultural capital of Marathwada. The town is named as Ambajogai after ...

. Aadishakti Mata Yogeshwari Devi Mandir, Ambajogai. She is the Kulswamini/ Kuldevi of most

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. First Poet Shri Mukundraj, Ambajogai. Mukundraj maharaj was one of the earliest

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literary poet. There is a Samadhi (Monument) of Mukundraj Maharaj at Ambajogai, 5 KM away from Yogeshwari Temple.

Demographics

As of 2011 has population of 90,975. Male constitute 52% females at 48%. Parli has an average literacy rate of 67.68% higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 60%. In Parli, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Transport

Parli Vaijnath railway station Parli Vaijnath railway station is a railway station in Beed district, Maharashtra. Its code is PRLI. It serves Parli Vaijnath city. The station consists of three platforms. The platforms are well sheltered. There is an elevator on platform no 1 ...

is a small railway station in

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. Its code is PRLI. It serves Parli city. The station consists of 3 platforms. Parli Vaijnath is well connected to

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, Nizamabad,

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, Jalna,

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and

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. The most common mode of transport within the city is auto-rickshaws. Cab services like Ola, Uber, etc. are not available.

Political leaders

* Gopinath Pandurang Munde was an Indian politician from Maharashtra. A popular Leader in Maharashtra called a Lokneta. He was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Union Minister for Rural and Panchayati Raj in Narendra Modi's Cabinet. *

Pankaja Munde Pankaja Munde (born 26 July 1979), also known by her married name Pankaja Munde-Palwe, is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra and National Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Early life Pankaja Munde was born to Gopina ...

, also known by her married name Pankaja Munde-Palwe, is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra and National Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party. * Dr. Pritam Gopinath Munde is a doctor and Indian politician who is the current Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Beed. In 2014, she won with a margin of 6,96,321 votes - the highest ever in India's electoral history. * Dhananjay Panditrao Munde is an Indian politician, who is currently a member of the Nationalist Congress Party, and was appointed cabinet minister in Uddhav Thackeray's Maharashtra State.

References

External links

Birds of ParliMaharashtra State Power Generation Co. Ltd.Unofficial website of Parli Vaijanathunderdevelopment website of Parli Vaijanath
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Yudhishthira asks Markandeya whether there has ever been a woman whose devotion matched Draupadi's, Markandeya replies by relating the story of Savitri and Satyavan
Cities and towns in Beed district Talukas in Maharashtra