Sakri is a
Town/tehsil in Sakri Taluka of
Dhule District
Dhule district (Marathi pronunciation: ̪ʰuɭeː is a district of Maharashtra, India. The city of Dhule is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is part of North Maharashtra.
The Dhule district previously comprised tracts of ...
of
Maharashtra
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state in
India
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.
Headquarters for the taluka is the town of
Sakri
Sakri is a census town and a taluka in the Dhule District of the Nashik division, Maharashtra state, India. The town of Sakri is the administrative headquarters for Sakri Taluka. Another Sakri is in Bihar, which is now a railway junctio ...
. In Sakri Taluka there is a large town named Pimpalner that has historical importance. Pimpalner hosts a religious fair in the name of Khandoji Maharaj, every year during the time of the
Ganesh Festival
Ganesh Chaturthi (ISO: ), also known as Vinayak Chaturthi (), or Ganeshotsav () is a Hindu festival commemorating the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha. The festival is marked with the installation of Ganesha's clay idols privately in homes and p ...
in the month of
Bhadra
''Bhadra''Feminine: sa, भद्रा, Bhadrā is a Sanskrit word meaning 'good', 'fortune' or 'auspicious'. It is also the name of many men, women and objects in Hindu mythology.
Male Figures King of Chedi
Bhadra was a king of Chedi Kingdom ...
. Pimpalner is located alongside the Panzara River, which is the lifeline of Dhule District.
Places of interest
Important temples:
* The famous Kanhaiyalal Maharaj temple at Amali, Sakri Taluka, is away from the town of Sakri towards Gujarat. The shrine is dedicated to Lord Vishnu or
Kanhaiyalal Maharaj.
*
Balsane and
Mangiji-
Tungiji are two prominent
Jain
Jainism ( ), also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion. Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and history through the succession of twenty-four tirthankaras (supreme preachers of ''Dharma''), with the first in the current time cycle being ...
pilgrim centers very close to Sakri.
* In the village of
Balsane, there are some well preserved caves, Mata Kanbai (Kandevi) Temple and Jain Swami Vimalnath temple.
There are temples (Brahma, Vishnu, Dasavatara) and mat on the banks of the
Burai river. The biggest is
Mahadeva Mahadeva may refer to:
Religion
*Mahadeva, a title of the Hindu god Shiva
** Parashiva, a form of Shiva
** Parameshwara (god), a form of Shiva
*Para Brahman, a Hindu deity
*Adi-Buddha, in Buddhism, the "First Buddha" or the "Primordial Buddha"
*M ...
temple.
* The famous
Kulsawamini Dhandai Devi Mata Temple at Mhasdi, Sakri taluka is away from Sakri. Dhandai Devi Manal was awarded with "Maharashtra Rajya Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vanasri Purskar"
Others places:
* The Panzara Kan Sahakari sugar mill is near the town of Sakri.
*
Panzara Dam
*
Akkalpada Dam
* In
Bhamer there is an
** old fort
** a series of monk's dwellings built into an escarpment.
:
Adarsh Madhyamik Vidyalaya, Sakri
S.G.Patil College, Sakri
New English School, Sakri.
Karmvir A. M. Patil Secondary And Higher Secondary College, Pimpalner.
Geography
Part of Sakri Taluka is in the
Western Ghats, and 35.27% of the taluka is forested.
(which is now
Asian Highway 46) is the major highway passes through the taluka.
Sakri is the biggest Tehsil in Maharashtra by area with 2 towns and 225 villages, also is the tehsil with most no.of villages.
Sakri Taluka is one of the largest taluka as per area in Maharashtra state. It has the highest number of villages than all other talukas in Maharashtra state.
It is divided into four regions by local people.
# Malmatha region ( माळमाथा परिसर )
# Panzara-Kan region ( पांझरा- कान परिसर )
# Katwan region ( काटवान परिसर )
# Kokan region ( कोकण परिसर )
Villages
Sakri Tehsil has eight revenue circles with 225 revenue villages, most quite small.
Many tribes live in those villages including
Kokna
Kokni, Kokna, Kukna is an Indian Adivasi tribal community found in Sahyadri-Satpura Ranges of Maharashtra (mostly residing in Nandurbar and Dhule districts - Sakri, Navapur talukas) and in Gujarat (mostly residing in Ahwa- Dang, Navsari and Val ...
,
Mavachi, Bhill and Vanjari.
Demographics
The people in Sakri Taluka are mostly Hindu. The languages most spoken there are
Marathi
Marathi may refer to:
*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people
*Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece
See also
*
* ...
and
Ahirani
Khandeshi is a language spoken in the Maharashtra state of India. It is spoken in the Khandesh region (Districts Dhule, Jalgaon and Nandurbar ुळे, जळगाव आणि नंदुरबार wedged between the territory of Bhi ...
.
References
Talukas in Maharashtra
Dhule district
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