Hanga is a village in
Parner taluka
Parner taluka is a taluka in Ahmednagar district in the state of Maharashtra in western India.
Geography
Area
The following are area details:
Population
Parner taluka has a population of 274,167 according to the 2011 census. Parner h ...
in
Ahmednagar district
Ahmednagar district (Marathi pronunciation: ɦ(ə)məd̪nəɡəɾ, officially Ahilyanagar district, is the largest district of Maharashtra state in western India. The historical city of Ahmednagar is the headquarters of the district. Ahmednagar ...
of the state of
Maharashtra
Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...
.
[Maps of India, Map of Haga Village. https://www.mapsofindia.com/villages/maharashtra/ahmadnagar/parner/hanga.html.]
Temple
Hanga has a popular temple of
Shiva
Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐh and Hara, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the God in Hinduism, Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions w ...
popularly called as a Hangeshwar. It is situated at the bank of Hanga river. It is believed that in the month of August (
Shraavana
Śrāvaṇa () is the fifth month of the Hindu calendar. In India's national civil calendar, Śrāvaṇa is the fifth month of the year, typically beginning in mid to late July and ending in late August. In the Tamil calendar, it is known as ...
), every Monday inside the Hangeshwar temple, round shape pindis of rice takes shape automatically.
Religion
The Indian dialect used by the majority of the population in the village is Hindu,
or Hinduian; Hindu is the short version of the word.
Economy
The majority of the population has farming as their primary occupation.
References
{{Parner tehsil topics
Villages in Parner taluka
Villages in Ahmednagar district