Toranmal is a

Hill Station A hill station is a town located at a higher elevation than the nearby plain or valley. The term was used mostly in colonial Asia (particularly in India), but also in Africa (albeit rarely), for towns founded by European colonialists as refuges ...

in the municipal council of the Nandurbar district in the

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n state of

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. One can reach through

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. It is a hill station located in the

Satpura Range The Satpura Range is a range of hills in central India. The range rises in eastern Gujarat running east through the border of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and ends in Chhattisgarh. The range parallels the Vindhya Range to the north, and these ...

. Its

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Temple is the site of a

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attended by thousands of devotees on

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. On that occasion pilgrims walk barefoot for days from surrounding areas in the Nandurbar district but also from

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and

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. Toranmal is the prominent hill station of

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region. Toranmal is located between latitude 21 degrees, 54 minutes N, and longitude 74 degrees, 27 minutes E and 74 degrees, 30 minutes E, at the height of above mean sea level.

Approach

Toranmal is about from

city which is about from

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and about from

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. Nearest railway station is

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which is about and

Dondaicha Dondaicha-Warwade is a town and consists of a municipal council in Sindkheda Taluka in the Dhule District of Khandesh Region in the state of Maharashtra in India. History Under Maharao Jadavrao and Rao Shinde's of Dhanur, Dondaicha Village b ...

is about km from

Town. However, for approach from

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, train station to approach is Dhule (90 km) or Chalisgaon (145 km.). Nearest Airport is

References

*{{cite web, url = http://nandurbar.nic.in/, title = Nandurbar District, publisher = Government of

Villages in Nandurbar district Hill stations in Maharashtra Waterfalls of Maharashtra Tourist attractions in Nandurbar district