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.
Officer
Members of Parliament
*Prataprao ...
, 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 stat ...
and
Nanded
Nanded is a city in Maharashtra state, India. It is the tenth largest city in the state and the seventy-ninth most populous city in India. It is the second largest city in Marathwada region. It is the district headquarters of Nanded distric ...
districts on the
Penganga 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 stat ...
and 100 km from
Nanded
Nanded is a city in Maharashtra state, India. It is the tenth largest city in the state and the seventy-ninth most populous city in India. It is the second largest city in Marathwada region. It is the district headquarters of Nanded distric ...
. It is also 50 km from Nirmal and 100 km from
Adilabad
Adilabad is a city which serves as the headquarters of Adilabad district, in the Indian state of Telangana. Telugu is the native language of Adilabad. Adilabad is famous for its rich cultivation of cotton. Hence, Adilabad is also referred as " ...
.
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
Sahasralinga 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 being the location where around a thousand lin ...
. The confusion arises because the Devanagari letter "Sa" (स) merges with "ra" (र) and looks like "tra".
See also
*
List of waterfalls of India
This is a list of waterfalls in India sorted by state. The Indian state of Karnataka has more waterfalls than any other state. Karnataka has 544 waterfalls which are at least 10 metres in height. Maharashtra comes second with 364 waterfalls. ...
References
External links
*{{cite web, url=http://nanded.nic.in/htmldocs/htmldocs/Sahastra-kunda.html , title=Welcome to Nanded District , publisher=Nanded.nic.in
Photo feature of Waterfall by ''eSakal''
Tourist attractions in Nanded district
Waterfalls of Maharashtra