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Nashik ) is a city in Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

, India

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. Nashik is located in the northwest of Maharashtra, 180 km

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from Mumbai

Mumbai

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and 202 km from Pune

Pune

Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...

. Nashik is the administrative headquarters of Nashik district

Nashik district

Nashik district, also known as Nasik district, is a district in Maharashtra, India. The city of Nashik is the administrative headquarters of the district.-Geography:Nashik district has an area of 15,530 square kilometres...

and Nashik Division

Nashik Division

* this division is known as North MaharashtraNasik division is one of the six divisions of India's Maharashtra state. The historic Khandesh region covers the northern part of the division, in the valley of the Tapti River...

. Nashik, which has been referred to as the "Wine Capital of India", is located in the Western Ghats

Western Ghats

The Western Ghats, Western Ghauts or the Sahyādri is a mountain range along the western side of India. It runs north to south along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain along the Arabian Sea. The Western Ghats block rainfall to the Deccan...

, on the western edge of the Deccan peninsula on the banks of the Godavari. It is claimed to be the fastest growing city in Maharashtra. Nashik has prospered the most in the past 20 years.

In addition to supplying the name to the famed Nassak Diamond

Nassak Diamond

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, the city is known for its picturesque surroundings and pleasant climate. The Godavari River flows through Nashik from its source, which lies to the southwest of the city, in Trimbakeshwar

Trimbakeshwar

Trimbakeshwar or Trambakeshwar is an ancient Hindu temple in the town of Trimbak, in the Nashik District of Maharashtra, India, 28 km from the city of Nashik GPS Reference 20.021944 N, 73.729935 E. It is dedicated to Lord Shiva and is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas.It is located at the source...

. Nashik Urban Agglomeration (Nashik UA) has a (projected year 2008) population of 1,620,000 and a total area of 264.23 km² which makes it the fourth largest urban area in Maharashtra in terms of population. Nashik is the third most industrialized city in Maharashtra after Mumbai

Mumbai

and Pune

Pune

.

Nashik is one of the world's holiest Hindu cities. Kumbhmela is held here once in 12 years along with four other cities in India

India

. Lord Rama along with Lakshmana

Lakshmana

Lakshmana was the brother and close companion of Rama, and himself a hero in the famous epic Ramayana...

and Sita

SITA

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spent 14 years of his exile at Tapovan

Tapovan

Tapovan comes from the two root words Tapasya - meaning specifically austerity, and more generally spiritual practice, and Vana, meaning forest, or wilderness...

near Nashik. The city came under the rule of Mughal

Mughal Empire

The Mughal Empire ,‎ or Mogul Empire in traditional English usage, was an imperial power from the Indian Subcontinent. The Mughal emperors were descendants of the Timurids...

in 16th century and was renamed Gulshanabad. It is also noted for its participation in freedom struggle. Freedom fighters like Veer Savarkar and Anant Kanhere were born in Nashik.

Known for its beautiful and picturesque surroundings, flourishing valleys, Nashik is home to many vineyards and orchards. Today, Nashik is rated as one of India's fastest growing cities. The city saw a fast uplift of development from 2002 with malls, , infrastructure, educational institutions etc. Nashik is known for its pleasant and cool climate, picturesque surroundings, high standard of living, greenery and well-developed infrastructure.

History

Hindu religion has it that Lord Rama, the King of Ayodhya, made Nashik his home during his 14 years in exile. At the same place Lord Laxman, by the blessing of Lord Rama, cut off the nose of Surpanakha

Surpanakha

Surpanakha or Shurpanakha is one of the most important characters in the Ramayana. Indeed, Valmiki comes close to claiming that if there had been no Kaikeyi and no Surpanakha, then there would have been no Ramayana and no war with Ravana...

and thus this place was named as "Nasik"(From Sanskrit word 'Nasika'). Several other references to the Ramayan era can be found in Nashik, which includes the Sita Gumpha caves, from where Sita, Lord Rama's wife, was abducted by Ravana. Nashik in 150 BC

150 BC

Year 150 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Flamininus and Balbus...

was believed to be the country's largest marketplace.

The city got its present name in 1818 when the Peshwa

Peshwa

A Peshwa is the titular equivalent of a modern Prime Minister. Emporer Shivaji created the Peshwa designation in order to more effectively delegate administrative duties during the growth of the Maratha Empire. Prior to 1749, Peshwas held office for 8-9 years and controlled the Maratha army...

s got control of the city. The Peshwa rule however, did not last long and the British captured Nashik in the very same year. In 1840, one of the first modern libraries of Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

(then, the Presidency of Bombay) was founded at Nashik.

Some of the major events in history of Nashik in the 1860s

1860s

The 1860s were an extremely turbulent decade with numerous cultural, social, and political upheavals in Europe and America. Revolutions were prevalent in Germany and the Ottoman Empire...

are-

1862 : Nashik Road railway station was built.
1864 : Nashik Municipality formed
1869 : Nashik district formed.

Nashik also participated in the freedom struggle of India. On December 21, 1909, 17-year-old Anant Kanhere shot the Collector of Nashik, Jackson in a theatre named Vijayanand theatre, where he had gone to see a play Sharada. Jackson died on the spot. The people involved in the incident, Anant Laxman Kanhere

Anant Laxman Kanhere

Anant Laxman Kanhere was an Indian independence fighter. On 21 December 1909, he shot the Collector of Nashik in British India. The Killing of Jackson was an important event in the history of Nashik and the Indian revolutionary movement.-Life:...

, Krishnaji Gopal Karve

Krishnaji Gopal Karve

Krishnāji Gopāl Karve was an Indian freedom fighter, a revolutionary. He had completed his B.A. and had taken admission to LLB in Mumbai University....

and Vinayak Ramchandra Deshpande were sentenced to death by hanging and were hanged soon after.

In 1914, Karmveer Ravsaheb Thorat, Bhausaheb Hire, Annasaheb Murkute, founded the Nashik District Maratha Vidya Prasarak Samaj (NDMVP), prominent educational institute in Nashik. The founders name was later give to K.T.H.M. college. The K.R.T. Arts, B.H. Commerce & A.M. Science College, Nashik (Popularly known as KTHM College) was established in 1969. The College is situated on magnificent campus on the bank of river Godavari.

In 1930, the Nashik Satyagraha was launched under the leadership of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar for the entry of Dalits in Kala Ram temple. In 1931, a meeting of the Bombay Province Charmkar Parishad was organised at Nashik to work out the Chambhars' position with regard to the Second Round Table Conference in which Babasaheb was going to participate. In 1932, Babasaheb organized his temple entry movement for the abolition of untouchability in Nashik.

On October 31, 1955, the Government of India

Government of India

The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...

inaugurated a press at Nashik for printing government stationery.

Geography

Nashik is located in northern Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

at 600m

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(1 968 ft) from the mean sea level.
The river Godavari originates from Trimbakeshwar

Trimbakeshwar

(24 km

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from Nashik) and flows through various parts of the city. The river forms the northern boundary of the city in some areas and then flows through the old residential settlement in the city.

Nashik lies on western edge of the Deccan Plateau

Deccan Plateau

The Deccan Plateau is a large plateau in India, making up the majority of the southern part of the country. It rises a hundred meters high in the north, rising further to more than a kilometers high in the south, forming a raised triangle nested within the familiar downward-pointing triangle of...

which is a volcanic formation. The soil here is primarily black which is favorable for agriculture. Prashant Koli, India's renowned Agricultural Scientist said;" It's the best in North Maharashtra Region due to its iconoelasticity"
The total land area of the city (Municipal Limits) is about 259.13 km² which makes it the third largest urban area of Maharashtra after Mumbai

Mumbai

Metropolitan Region and the Pune

Pune

and Pimpri Chinchwad Urban Region (together as Second).

Climate

Nashik has a mild climate for most of the year apart from the hot summers which last from March to mid-June. The city has a semi-arid climate under the Koppen climate classification

Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by Crimea German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen himself, notably in 1918 and 1936...

. The period from June to September is the (South West) Monsoon Season, which sees about 620 mm (25 inches) of rain. The city experiences a mild, dry winter from November to February, with warm days and cool nights, although occasional cold waves can dip temperatures. The maximum temperature ever recorded in the city was 44.8 °C (108.3 °F) on 12 May 1960 in Nashik. The lowest temperature recorded was 0.6 °C (33.1 °F) on 7 January 1945 in Nashik.
http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/nashik/004%20General/003%20Climate.htm

Demographics

According to the Census of India, 2001, Nashik had a population of 1,076,967. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Nashik had an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 64%; male literacy was 80%, and female literacy was 66%. In Nashik, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age. In the same year (census year 2001) the Nashik Urban Agglomeration had a population of 1,152,326 and thus it was the fourth largest urban area of Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

State after Mumbai

Mumbai

, Pune

Pune

and Nagpur

Nagpur

Nāgpur is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune...

.
The projected population of Nashik urban agglomeration (which includes abutting urban areas like Deolali) as on 1 January 2009 is 16,20,000.
Only 3% of Nashik lives in Slum.22 oct 2010

Administration

Nashik is the headquarter of Nashik District

Nashik district

and is also the headquarter of Nashik Revenue Division of Maharashtra. The city is administered by the Nashik Municipal Corporation which came into existence in 1982 by combining Nashik Municipality and surrounding civic bodies e.g. Nashik Road Municipality.
A planned area was introduced in Nashik which was designed and executed by CIDCO which is now administered by the Nashik Municipal Corporation.

Deolali

Deolali

Deolali is a small hill station and a census town in Nashik district, Maharashtra. It has several army establishments including the School of Artillery of Indian Army and nearby Airforce station...

, which is also a part of the Nashik urban agglomeration, has a separate civic body called the Deolali Cantonment Board.

Environment

Solid Waste Management Project from the Nashik Municipal Corporation
In the entire Nashik Municipal Corporation area about 225 MT of solid waste is generated per day. Unlike other Indian cities, this garbage is collected by vehicles titled 'Ghantagadi' (meaning the vehicle with a bell); a system which has resulted into a 'garbage dump free' city. Smaller versions of the ghantagadi ply in the congested old city areas.
A plant has been set by the Nashik Municipal Corporation near Pandav Leni (Pandavleni Caves

Pandavleni Caves

Pandav Leni, , are a group of 24 - 30, 1200-year-old Hinayana Buddhist caves. These were built by various Buddhist kings as homes for the saints. Most of the caves are Viharas except for the 18th cave which is a Chaitya...

) to process the garbage and convert into compost.
Rain water harvesting enforcement by the Nashik Municipal Corporation
The Nashik Municipal Corporation has made it mandatory for new constructions in the city to install a rain water harvesting system without which a completion certificate is not granted to the construction. This measure is expected to help recharge the aquifers and augment the ground water level in the city.

Cityscape

The older quarters of the city are peculiar to many similar cities of Maharashtra such as Pune

Pune

, Satara

Satara

Satara is a city located in the Satara District of Maharashtra state of India. The town is 2320 ft. above sea-level, near the confluence of the Krishna and its tributary river Venna. The city was the capital of the Maratha empire in the 17th century, hence one of the the historical cities of...

and Kolhapur. It is characterized by the wada
Wada (house)
Wada is a traditional mansion typically in the western part of India.-Examples:* Mangalgad in Dudhanewadi* The wada at Menawali* Shaniwar Wada in Pune, Maharashtra* Vishrambaug Wada in Pune*Raste wada...

s (a housing typology, wada would mean a courtyard house), narrow, shaded, winding streets, peculiar projections onto the street, streets swelling into a chowk

Chowk

Originally in Urdu , a chowk is a Town square, an open area commonly found in the heart of a traditional town used for community gatherings, Market square or simply traffic intersection:* Ashram Chowk Delhi* Banaras Chowk, Karachi...

(public courtyard) and the vibrant and active bazaar (market) streets leading towards the river (in many cases). Streets are identified by the goods they sell and still attract large number of buyers from the city and more so from adjoining towns and villages.

New development: Sprawling single residences and apartments

Areas around College Road, Gangapur Road, Jail Road, Indira Nagar, Pipeline Road, Ashok Nagar and Trimbak Road could loosely be categorized as the newly developed outer areas of Nashik. Quite a few prominent educational institutions are located in these areas and so are the modern day restaurants, coffee shops and hangouts of the young. Most of the construction in this zone has happened in the past 3 to 4 decades and comprises individual houses and multistory apartments. Almost all retail malls and multiplexes in the city are located in this zone.

Architecture

Rock-cut architecture
Rock-cut caves called Pandavleni Caves
Pandavleni Caves
Pandav Leni, , are a group of 24 - 30, 1200-year-old Hinayana Buddhist caves. These were built by various Buddhist kings as homes for the saints. Most of the caves are Viharas except for the 18th cave which is a Chaitya...

relating to Hinayana Buddhism are located near Ambad
Ambad
Ambad is a city and a municipal council in Jalna district in the state of Maharashtra, India. Ambad is notable for its temple dedicated to the Hindu goddess Matsyodari. In October of each year, devotees of the goddess gather in Ambad for the Hindu festival of Dashahara. A local tradition claims...

, about 10 km from the city center. The caves are believed to be carved out between 1st century BC and 3rd century AD. There are 22 caves which comprise chaitya
Chaitya
A chaitya is a Buddhist or Jain shrine including a stupa. In modern texts on Indian architecture, the term chaitya-griha is often used to denote assembly or prayer hall that houses a stupa.-History:...

and vihara
Vihara
Vihara is the Sanskrit and Pali term for a Buddhist monastery. It originally meant "a secluded place in which to walk", and referred to "dwellings" or "refuges" used by wandering monks during the rainy season....

with varying levels of carving and detail.
Chambharleni is another location of Jain rock-cut caves near Mhasrul, about 8 km from the city center.
Temples of Nashik
The city is home to hundreds of temples and shrines notably at the Ghat
Ghat
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s near Ramkund (which is the stretch of the river considered holy as it changes its course from westward to southward). The Kalaram Temple
Kalaram Temple
The Kalaram temple is an old Hindu shrine dedicated to Rama in the Panchavati area of Nasik city in Maharashtra, India. It is probably the most important Hindu shrine in the city. The temple derives its name from the statue of Lord Rama that is black in color.The literal translation of Kalaram...

, The Naroshankar Temple and the Sundernarayan Temple are most significant architecturally, all built in black basalt
Basalt
Basalt is a common extrusive volcanic rock. It is usually grey to black and fine-grained due to rapid cooling of lava at the surface of a planet. It may be porphyritic containing larger crystals in a fine matrix, or vesicular, or frothy scoria. Unweathered basalt is black or grey...

stone. Trimbakeshwar
Trimbakeshwar
Trimbakeshwar or Trambakeshwar is an ancient Hindu temple in the town of Trimbak, in the Nashik District of Maharashtra, India, 28 km from the city of Nashik GPS Reference 20.021944 N, 73.729935 E. It is dedicated to Lord Shiva and is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas.It is located at the source...

temple is 30 km from Nashik.
Traditional Wada structures of old Nashik
The old city's housing quarters primarily comprise the wada
Wada (house)
Wada is a traditional mansion typically in the western part of India.-Examples:* Mangalgad in Dudhanewadi* The wada at Menawali* Shaniwar Wada in Pune, Maharashtra* Vishrambaug Wada in Pune*Raste wada...

design. These are built-to-edge courtyard houses with rooms built around a central (multi-activity) courtyard opening onto the street. This design is a fine example of climate control and resulted in the peculiar urban form of narrow shaded streets and public courtyards.
Contemporary Residential Architecture
The urban form of outer Nashik used to be dominated by (generally) well-designed two story independent houses. As land costs soared these have been replaced by either row houses (houses with common side walls) or multistory apartments. The last decade has witnessed a trend of clusters of multiple buildings with a mix of typologies served by common amenities like a club and a swimming pool.
Contemporary Institutional and Public Architecture
There are a few architecturally notable public buildings in Nashik like The Nashik Municipal Corporation Administrative Headquarter, The Kusumagraj Smarak and The Dadasaheb Phalke Memorial at the foothills of Pandavleni Caves
Pandavleni Caves
Pandav Leni, , are a group of 24 - 30, 1200-year-old Hinayana Buddhist caves. These were built by various Buddhist kings as homes for the saints. Most of the caves are Viharas except for the 18th cave which is a Chaitya...

. Some of the recent projects comprising educational campuses and corporate buildings have demonstrated reasonable architectural flair at par with national and international architectural trends.

Parks and public spaces

Dadasaheb Phalke Memorial
Shivaji Garden
Somani Garden (Nashik Road)
Shagun Water park (Largest water park in Nasik)
Jawaharlal Nehru Udyan
Various Neighborhood Parks developed and run by the Nashik Municipal Corporation
Goda Park
Various Jogging Parks developed and run by the Nashik Municipal Corporation
Dongre Vastigruha Ground
Zilla Parishad Stadium Complex
CIDCO Stadium
Phalke Smarak
Pramod Mahajan Udyan, Gangapur Naka
Meenatai thakare udyan, Ashwin nagar
Shambhaji Stadium, ashwin nagar.

Key areas of Nashik

Bagwanpura
Chouk mandai
Hire nagar
Nisarg Society, Pathardi.
Kathda
Multanpura
BADI DARGAH
Nanawali
Dudh bazaar
Koknipura
Panchavati
Tilbhandeshwar Lane
Dahipool
Main Road
Shukla Lane
jail road

Tapovan
Tapovan
Tapovan comes from the two root words Tapasya - meaning specifically austerity, and more generally spiritual practice, and Vana, meaning forest, or wilderness...

Datta Nagar
juna kumbhar wada
Ekhlahre
Adgaon
Adgaon
Adgaon, known as Argaon during the period of the British Raj, is a village located in the Telhara tehsil near Akot in the Akola district of Maharashtra, India...
Hirawadi
Ramkund
Dwarka
Dwarka
Dwarka also spelled Dvarka, Dwaraka, and Dvaraka, is a city and a municipality of Jamnagar district in the Gujarat state in India. Dwarka , also known as Dwarawati in Sanskrit literature is rated as one of the seven most ancient cities in the country...
Kathe Galli
state bank
Shivaji Nagar
Bodhle Nagar
Deep Nagar
Upa Nagar
Tagore Nagar

Nashik Road
Nashik Road
Nashik Road is the name given to the suburb of Nashik that has the city's railway station...
DJP Nagar
Gauri Road
RTO
Devlali
Devlali Camp
Gandhi Nagar
Mhasobha Nagar
Francis Wadi
Mukti dham
Pakhal Road
Gen. Vaidya Nagar
Wadala
Bhabhanagar
Mumbai Naka

Tidke Colony
Gole Colony
Ganesh Nagar (Gagapur Road)
Thakkar Bazar
Ganjmal
CBS
Sahyadri Nagar (in CIDCO)
Gangapur Road
Sharanpur Road
College Road
Canada Corner
Mhasrul
MERI
Sharanpur
Ashok Stambh

Main Road
MG Road
Ravivar Karanja (RK)
Gangapur
Kamod Nagar
Bhimnagar
Ananadvali
Satpur
Ambad
Satpur MIDC
Ganesh Nagar
Ambad MIDC
Indira Nagar
Rjiv Nagar
Vinay Nagar

CIDCO
Mahatma Nagar
Trimbak Road
Rane Nagar
Ashwin Nagar
Symbiosis Area (Shravan Sector)
Govind Nagar
Wadala Naka
Bhadrakali
Pathardi
Pathatdi Fata
kamatwada
Kazipura
Badi Darghah
Gajanan Maharaj Temple (Kamod Nagar).
Malegaon

Prominient Personalities

Kusumagraj
Kusumagraj
Vishnu Vāman Shirwādkar , popularly known by his pen name, Kusumāgraj , was an eminent Marathi poet, playwright, novelist, short story writer, apart from being a humanist, who wrote of freedom, justice and emancipation of the deprived, In a career spanning five decades starting in...

, a famous and great Marathi
Marathi people
The Marathi people or Maharashtrians are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, that inhabit the Maharashtra region and state of western India. Their language Marathi is part of the southern group of Indo-Aryan languages...

poet.
Dadasaheb Phalke
Dadasaheb Phalke
Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke was an Indian producer-director-screenwriter, known as the father of Indian cinema...

, founder of Cinema of India
Cinema of India
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Tatya Tope
Tatya Tope
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, A great freedom fighter
Veer Savarkar, A freedom fighter, writer and poet.

Tourism

Nashik has been on the tourist map of India especially Hindu religious tourism because of the legend that Lord Rama lived here during his exile. Gangapur Road, College Road and Trimbak Road form the lifelines of the suburbs. For many, Nashik is just a pit-stop en route to Shirdi or Trimbakeshwar

Trimbakeshwar

. If one decides to stop and look around the city and its outskirts, there's plenty to see. The Gangapur Dam

Gangapur Dam

Gangapur Dam, is an earthfill dam on Godavari river near Nasik in State of Maharashtra in India.-Specifications:The height of the dam above lowest foundation is while the length is . The volume content is and gross storage capacity is ....

is a beautiful site. The Dudhsagar Fall near the village of Gangapur

Gangapur, Maharashtra

Gangapur is a city and a municipal council in Aurangabad district in the state of Maharashtra, India.-Geography:Gangapur is located on west side of Aurangabad-Ahmednagar Highway, 38 km from Aurangabad. Gangapur is Taluka place in Historical District Aurangabad...

is worth a look in the rains. A few kilometers away from Gangapur village is a Stone Age

Stone Age

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site. On the road to Trimbakeshwar

Trimbakeshwar

is the state's only Museum of Numismatics

Numismatics

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. Anjaneri Parvat near Trimbakeshwar

Trimbakeshwar

is well known for waterfall

Waterfall

A waterfall is a place where flowing water rapidly drops in elevation as it flows over a steep region or a cliff.-Formation:Waterfalls are commonly formed when a river is young. At these times the channel is often narrow and deep. When the river courses over resistant bedrock, erosion happens...

s during monsoon

Monsoon

Monsoon is traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation, but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with the asymmetric heating of land and sea...

season. Pandavleni Caves

Pandavleni Caves

, the 4th century BC caves of Buddhist

Buddhism

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origin, a Bird Sanctuary "Nandur-Madhyameshwar" popularly known as "Bharatpur of Maharashtra", which was started in 1950s

1950s

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, is a little ways from the city and is a mesmerizing place for nature and bird.

Overview

Nashik today is one of the fastest growing cities of India and has even been identified as a tier-1 metro. The city's economy is driven chiefly by the engineering and manufacturing industry (which has been around since the seventies

1970s

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) as well as the progressive agriculture in area surrounding the city. Auto majors such as Mahindra & Mahindra, BOSCH

Bosch

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and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) such as VIP

VIP

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, Samsonite

Samsonite

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, CEAT

CEAT Limited

CEAT Limited is a tyre manufacturing company based in Mumbai, India. CEAT is an abbreviation for Cavi Electrici Affini Torino...

etc. have their plants here and have spawned a huge network of auto component suppliers and engineering ancillary services. It is also a pharmaceutical hub with presence GlaxoSmithKline and Fem. In recent years, Nasik has also carved a niche for itself as India's "Napa Valley" and locally established wine brands such as "Sula" and "Zampa

Zampa

Zampa, ou La fiancée de marbre is an opéra comique in three acts by French composer Louis Joseph Ferdinand Hérold...

" have attained international acclaim.
Modern efforts are on to promote the growth of an export-oriented rose farming and wine industry in the district. It is home to an important thermal power plant (Eklahare

Eklahare

Eklahare is a census town in Nashik district in the state of Maharashtra, India.-Demographics: India census, Eklahare had a population of 12,010. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Eklahare has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male...

) and a National Treasury Printing Press (India Security Press

India Security Press

India Security Press is a government press in India where items like passports, visas, postage stamps, post cards, inland letters, envelopes, non-postal adhesives, court fees, fiscal, and hundi stamps are printed. The press is located near Nashik city in Maharashtra state of India. The security...

at Nashik Road

Nashik Road

Nashik Road is the name given to the suburb of Nashik that has the city's railway station...

). There are five "Industrial Zones" in the Nashik area and its outskirts (Satpur, Ambad

Ambad

Ambad is a city and a municipal council in Jalna district in the state of Maharashtra, India. Ambad is notable for its temple dedicated to the Hindu goddess Matsyodari. In October of each year, devotees of the goddess gather in Ambad for the Hindu festival of Dashahara. A local tradition claims...

, Sinnar

Sinnar

Sinnar is a city and a municipal council in Sinnar taluka of Nashik district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.-Geography:Sinnar is located at . It has an average elevation of 651 metres . Sinnar is one of the major industrial zones built around city of Nashik. It lies 30 km southeast of...

, Igatpuri

Igatpuri

Igatpuri is a city and a Hill Station municipal council in Nashik District in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located in the Western Ghats. The station lies in Nashik District between Mumbai and Nashik Road on the Central Railway. Igatpuri is known for its Buddhist Pagoda for Meditation...

and Dindori

Dindori, Maharashtra

Dindori is a town and taluka in Nashik district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.Dindori is known for its grape farming. Dindori is also the center for spirituality by "Swami Samarth Kendra" which is driven by the Annasaheb more.-External links:...

). Nashik has a number of sugar mills. It is also chief exporter of white onion

White onion

White onion is a type of dry onion that has a pure white skin and a sweet, mild white flesh.This onion is used in Mexican foods or complementing the flavors of other ingredients....

s and pomegranate

Pomegranate

The pomegranate , Punica granatum, is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub or small tree growing between five and eight meters tall.Native to the area of modern day Iran, the pomegranate has been cultivated in the Caucasus since ancient times. From there it spread to Asian areas such as the Caucasus as...

Investments in Nashik

Nashik is deemed "the third most industrialized city of Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune", mainly due to extensive industrial development in recent times. In Maharashtra, “Nashik” is situated at a distance of approximate 200 km from economic capital of country Mumbai (Bombay) as well as Pune.

Nashik already has a huge Companies and government institutions. Some of are as follows :

Defence Ministries Fighter Plane (MIG) Production Unit HAL ( Hindustan Aeronautics Limited) in Ozar
National Treasury printing press (India Security Press at Nashik Road)
Thermal Power Plant in Eklahare
Currency Note Press (CNP)
Artillery Centre at Deolali
Maharashtra Engineering Research Institute ( MERI )
Maharashtra State Health University
Yashwantrao Chavan Mahrashtra open university ( YCMOU )
Maharashtra Police Academy ( MPA )

Major Industries

The HAL

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited based in Bangalore, India, is one of Asia's largest aerospace companies. Under the management of the Indian Ministry of Defence, this state-owned company is mainly involved in aerospace industry, which includes manufacturing and assembling aircraft, navigation and...

plant is an aircraft manufacturing plant located 10 miles (16 km) from Nashik employing about 7000 people. Manufacturers who have set up plants in the Nashik MIDC area include:
Bosch India

Robert Bosch GmbH

Robert Bosch GmbH is a multinational engineering and electronics company headquartered in Gerlingen, near Stuttgart, Germany. It is the world's largest supplier of automotive components...

- previously MICO Bosch, Mahindra and Mahindra, CEAT

CEAT Limited

CEAT Limited is a tyre manufacturing company based in Mumbai, India. CEAT is an abbreviation for Cavi Electrici Affini Torino...

, Thyssen Krupp, Samsonite

Samsonite

, Atlas Copco

Atlas Copco

Atlas Copco is a Swedish industrial company that was founded in 1873. It manufactures industrial tooling and equipment.The Atlas Copco Group is a global industrial group of companies headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Revenues for 2009 totaled 63 billion SEK. The Group employs more than 33,000...

, Crompton Greaves

Crompton Greaves

Crompton Greaves is an Indian multinational engaged in design, manufacturing, and marketing of products related to power generation, transmission, and distribution based in Mumbai. Its part of Avantha Group. - History :...

, ABB, GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline plc is a global pharmaceutical, biologics, vaccines and consumer healthcare company headquartered in London, United Kingdom...

, Glenmark pharmaceuticals L&T

Larsen & Toubro

Larsen & Toubro Limited is an Indian multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Mumbai, India. The company has four main business sectors: technology, engineering, construction and manufacturing. L&T has an international presence, with a global spread of offices and factories, further...

, Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric is a French global company. It was founded in 1836 by two brothers, Eugène and Adolphe Schneider.In the first part of the 20th century, Schneider et Cie associated itself with Westinghouse Systems, a major international electrical group at the time. The group began manufacturing...

, Jindal Steel

Jindal Steel

Jindal Steel and Power Limited is the most valuable private steel producer in India, with an annual turnover of over US $2.1 billion , Jindal Steel & Power Limited is a part of about US$ 12 billion diversified O. P. Jindal Group. JSPL is a leading player in Steel, Power, Mining, Oil & Gas and...

, Kirloskar, IBP

IBP Co. Limited

IBP was originally founded by Abdul Karim Abdul Shakur Jamal under the name of Jamal's oil Company limited and was renamed as Indo-Burma Petroleum Company limited in 1909...

, Coca Cola, Siemens

Siemens

Siemens may refer toSiemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists, including:* Werner von Siemens , inventor, founder of Siemens AG...

, Matrix Laboratories Ltd., Visteon Automotive System India, and Warehouse.sipra engineers pvt Ltd. (Diecasting company).

IT Parks

Recently the government

Government of Maharashtra

Government of Maharashtra is the government for the state of Maharashtra in Western India.It is an elected government with 288 MLAs elected to the legislative assembly for a 5 year term.-Ministers:...

decided to prepare IT parks in the city of Nashik. Nashik is also emerging as a BPO

Business process outsourcing

Business process outsourcing is a subset of outsourcing that involves the contracting of the operations and responsibilities of specific business functions to a third-party service provider. Originally, this was associated with manufacturing firms, such as Coca Cola that outsourced large segments...

/IT destination and is in list of the selected Tier II cities for BPO/IT companies; companies like Datamatics, WNS, Winjit Technologies Pvt. Ltd., I-Tech System, Solutions (A Software Development co providing software for Courier and Logistics Industry), Nasik Online, Netwin and http://vtelnetsolutions.com/ gloStream , which develops electronic medical record software and practice management solutions, have a presence in Nashik.
Legrand at Sinner.

Data Centers

ESDS Software Solution Pvt. Ltd. has come up with the first Data center in Nashik. It is a 4000 sq ft (371.6 m²) data center in a 1 acres (4,046.9 m²) piece of land located in Satpur MIDC, NICE Area.

Government-run industries

The India Security Press

India Security Press

– The India Security Press (the National Treasury Press) was the biggest employer in Nashik for many decades until the late eighties

1980s

File:1980s decade montage.png|thumb|400px|From left, clockwise: The first Space Shuttle, Columbia, lifted off in 1981; American President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev eased tensions between the two superpowers, leading to the end of the Cold War; The Fall of the Berlin Wall in...

when a service-based economy started to thrive. The existence of the India Security Press is very beneficial to Nashik citizens. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

is located in Ojhar Township about 20 km from the city, where it is designs, manufactures and overhauls a variety of aviation products from basic trainers to highly sophisticated supersonic fighters, helicopters, transport aircraft, engines, accessories and systems.

Agriculture

Nashik is famous for grapes, onion

Onion

The onion , also known as the bulb onion, common onion and garden onion, is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. The genus Allium also contains a number of other species variously referred to as onions and cultivated for food, such as the Japanese bunching onion The onion...

s, and tomato

Tomato

The word "tomato" may refer to the plant or the edible, typically red, fruit which it bears. Originating in South America, the tomato was spread around the world following the Spanish colonization of the Americas, and its many varieties are now widely grown, often in greenhouses in cooler...

es. Nashik was famous for its table grapes for a very long time. In early 1925, the Table Grape revolution was started in Ojhar, a small town near Nashik, by Shree Raosaheb Jairam Krishnaji Gaikwad, the "Father of Indian Grapes." Today, table grapes are being exported to Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

, the Middle East

Middle East

The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...

, and Asia.

Urbanisation and development

Nashik has transformed from a small pilgrimage town to a modern mid-sized city in the last two decades. The growth of industries brought about a major growth in population resulting into expansion of the footprint of the city into the hinterland and resulted into growth of suburbs along the periphery of the city. The natural benefits of geography and climate and abundant availability of water catalyzed this growth.

The retail revolution in India also left an impact on Nashik with multiple medium and large sized retail malls opening up in the city . Stand-alone branded apparel stores and food chains followed the trend and have opened up outlets to cater to the growing urban population.the most developed area in nashik is collage road and gangapur road.

Custom Made Silver Work's

India is having an artistic tradition in ‘Design Based Culture’, right from Morya -Gupta - Mohonjodaro & Harappa civilization. Design Based Culture which means having Law, Order & System in every human interface activity, which ultimately offers freedom to grow, breath and live happily on the earth as every individual.
While living life happily, one needs food, cloth & shelter and besides this one also need to have better artistic things around to feel & enjoy happiness. Because of this basic human demand, India keep producing artifacts for everyone. Lot of day to day human made properties like glass, comb, tea pots, furniture, lock, types of keys, mirrors, food plates, types of mementos…etc.
In India, there a city called Nasik in Maharashtra state, where lot of metal and craft artist creates such artistic properties in Silver metal which is largely marketed in the country. There is one very famous family called ‘Sonawani’, whose 2nd generation is still into the business of silver works. Lot of temples, sculpture of Hindu God had decorated with his silver works till date. They had made such a beautiful ‘Attardani’, ‘Pandan’ ,‘Tabak’, ‘Gulabdani’…etc. which is designed out of combination of flowers, leaves, peacock & elephants faces, woman’s delicate hands, fingers which fits approximately in to 100 to 500 grams of silver metal. This is completely designed by hand crafted products & made by types of nails and hammer.

List of Malls in Nashik

The Nasik City Centre Mall
The Nasik City Centre Mall
Nasik City Centre is a mixed-use Shopping Mall complex in Nashik town which is developed by the Sarda group in partnership with Erdeen Fund Management, a PE firm from london...
Big Bazar, College Road
Big Bazar, Nashik Road
Big Bazar, City Centre Mall
Pinnacle Mall
Pinnacle Mall
The Pinnacle Mall is a large mixed used development in the city of Nasik, Maharashtra, South West India. It is a development on the Trimbak road square at the junction of the old Mumbai and Trimbakeshwar expressway. It is being developed by the Atal Buildcon company. Pantaloon will be the major...
Regimental Mall, Nashik Road
SK Mall, College Road
Pantaloons, City Centre
Reliance Trends, City Centre
Vishal Mega Mart, Bombay Naka
Housefull Mall
Swarga Mall
The loot
More stores
Reliance fresh
Spencers

One World Mall, Nashik Road (Under Construction, Believed to be completed by July 2011).
Sanjay Kakade group, state bank cidco

Auditoriums and Drama Theatres

Mahakavi Kalidas Natyamandir
Parshuram Saikhedkar Natyagriha
Dadasheb Gaikwad Sabhagriha
Paluskar Sabhagriha
Rasbihari International School

Multiplexes

Cinemax, City Centre Mall
Cinemax, Regimental Mall
Cinemax, College Road
Fame Multiplex, Pune Road
Big Cinemas, CIDCO
PVR Cinemas, Gangapur road(upcoming)
INOX,Untwadi(upcoming)
IMAX (1st 3d Theatre), Pune Road (upcoming)
E-square(upcoming)

Cinema theaters and multiplexes

Ashok Theater
ChitraMandir
Vijayanand
Damodar
Anuradha, Nashik Road
Prabhat Cinema
Vikas
Circle
Mahalaxmi
Vijay Mamta(It is now Fame)

FM Radio stations

There are 3 FM radio Stations in Nashik. All India Radio

All India Radio

All India Radio , officially known since 1956 as Akashvani , is the radio broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar Bharati. Established in 1936, it is the sister service of Prasar Bharati's Doordarshan, the national television broadcaster. All India Radio is one of the largest radio networks...

's Akaswani is aired on FM 101.4 MHz and Radio Mirchi

Radio Mirchi

Radio Mirchi is a nationwide network of private FM radio stations in India. It is owned by the Entertainment Network India Ltd , which is one of the subsidiaries of The Times Group....

& Red FM

Red FM

The name Red FM refers to more than one radio station:* Red FM , a commercial radio network covering the remote areas of Western Australia* Red FM , an Indian radio brand with stations broadcasting at 93.5 MHz across the country...

are on 98.3 and 93.5 FM.

Print Media

Newspapers

Gavkari, Deshdoot, Lokmat

Lokmat

Lokmat is the largest read & circulated Marathi language newspaper. It is the fifth largest Indian daily and in Marathi, it is the largest selling daily with 1.58 million copies a day. As per IRS 2010 Q3, Lokmat has a total readership of 23.67 million...

Sakal

Sakal is a Marathi language daily newspaper headquartered in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Sakal is the flagship newspaper of the foundation publication, Sakal Media Group. Present newspaper circulation of Sakal is approximately 1.5 million copies per day, mainly in Maharashtra...

, Navakal, Sandhyanand, Pudhari

Pudhari

Pudhari is a popular Marathi daily published from Kolhapur. It is the fourth-largest Marathi newspaper daily. Its editor is Pratap Sinh Jadhav....

, Mumbai lakshdvip

Cuisine

Nashik traditionally boasts of a Maharashtrian cuisine with influences from Khandesh

Khandesh

Khandesh is a region of central India, which forms the northwestern portion of Maharashtra state.Khandesh was the terminal territorial part under the rule of Mughals. The Start of Deccan region demarcated by the boundary of Khandesh....

, Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

and Gujrat

Gujrat

Gujrat is a city in Pakistan. It is the capital of Gujrat District and the Gujrat Tehsil subdivision in the Punjab Province. People living in Gujrat refer to themselves as Gujratis, which sometimes leads to confusion with people from the Indian state of Gujarat which adjoins Pakistan...

. The modern city however offers a range of restaurants with cuisines ranging from Punjabi

Punjabi cuisine

Punjabi cuisine is food from the Punjab region of northwestern India and eastern Pakistan. It can be non-vegetarian or completely vegetarian. One of the main features of Punjabi cuisine is its diverse range of dishes...

, South Indian to Chinese

Chinese cuisine

Chinese cuisine is any of several styles originating in the regions of China, some of which have become highly popular in other parts of the world – from Asia to the Americas, Australia, Western Europe and Southern Africa...

and continental cuisines. Variety of decent hotels in Nashik city serve food ranging from regions' spicy fare to international cuisine. One can also find the usual pizza & burger joints along McDonalds' fast food.

Sports

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

is the most popular sport in Nashik. The old city also patronizes traditional Maharashtrian sports like Kabbaddi and Kho Kho

Kho Kho

Kho Kho is an Indian and Pakistani sport played by teams of twelve players who try to avoid being touched by members of the opposing team, only 9 players of the team enter the field...

. There Are many big stadiums in NAshik City like Raje Sambaji Stadium, Golf Ground, YCMOU, RYK College The Nashik Gymkhana is the principal place for playing formal sports and also to get formal training. At least three swimming pool

Swimming pool

A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...

s are run by the Civil administration.

Healthcare

Regional Super Speciality Hospital (100 beds) run by the Government of Maharashtra
Government of Maharashtra
Government of Maharashtra is the government for the state of Maharashtra in Western India.It is an elected government with 288 MLAs elected to the legislative assembly for a 5 year term.-Ministers:...
Wockhardt Hospitals
NDMVP's Medical College's Hospital, Adgaon
Adgaon
Adgaon, known as Argaon during the period of the British Raj, is a village located in the Telhara tehsil near Akot in the Akola district of Maharashtra, India...
Life Line Hospitals
Apollo Hospital
Sanjivan Hospital Orthopedic and Pediatric Hospital

and Many Big :- Small Hospitals

Education

Nashik has been the educational hub of North Maharashtra. The city has two state-run universities, the Yashawatrao Chavhan Maharashtra Open University and the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences

Maharashtra University of Health Sciences

Maharashtra University Of Health Sciences is located in Nashik District, Maharashtra, India.The university was established on 3 June 1998 by the state Government of Maharashtra through an ordinance....

.Colleges in Nasik are affiliated to Pune University. Today the city houses a large number of private and governmental educational institutions offering higher education in Medicine, Engineering & Technology, Architecture, Pharmacy, Management among others. Indian Railway has also established its Advanced Training Institute for electrical engineers namely, Indian Railway Institute of Electrical Engineers IREEN here at Nashik.

Roads

Nashik is one of the major road junctions of India. The Mumbai

Mumbai

-Agra

Agra

Agra a.k.a. Akbarabad is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, west of state capital, Lucknow and south from national capital New Delhi. With a population of 1,686,976 , it is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh and the 19th most...

national highway(NH3) runs through Nashik. Nashik is also connected to Pune

Pune

with NH-50. Nashik is a major road junction of major state highway

State highway

State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...

s. It is well connected to Surat

Surat

Surat , also known as Suryapur, is the commercial capital city of the Indian state of Gujarat. Surat is India's Eighth most populous city and Ninth-most populous urban agglomeration. It is also administrative capital of Surat district and one of the fastest growing cities in India. The city proper...

, Aurangabad, Mumbai

Mumbai

, Pune

Pune

, Ahmednagar, Dhule

Dhule

Dhule is a city and a Municipal Corporation in Dhule district in northwestern part of Maharashtra state, India. It is one of the very few well-planned cities of India before Indian Independence.-Geography:Dhule is located at...

and many other cities. It has been seeing reasonable grown in terms of road infrastructure in the past few years or so.
A privately built and tolled expressway is nearing completion between Mumbai

Mumbai

and Nashik. The National Highway Number 3 (NH3) is being converted into a multi-lane tolled road.
This multi lane road has total 6 flyovers which will pass through the nasik city. This flyovers will start from garvare point and will end at hanuman temple in panchvati. Among this flyover one flyover is about 6800m.This flyover will start from mumbai naka and will end at hanuman temple. Larsen and toubro is developing this project costing over thousand crores.

Bus services

Buses are run by the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation to various cities, towns and villages around Nashik. They operate services from multiple bus terminals (New and old Central Bus Stand among others. The new CBS is the principal bus terminal. The city is well connected to major cities in the state Mumbai

Mumbai

, Pune

Pune

, Kolhapur, Satara

Satara

, the Konkan

Konkan

The Konkan also called the Konkan Coast or Karavali is a rugged section of the western coastline of India from Raigad to Mangalore...

Region, Aurangabad and other adjoining areas. Private bus operators run services buses to large cities around like Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur

Nagpur

Nāgpur is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune...

, Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...

, Surat

Surat

, Vadodara

Vadodara

Vadodara formerly known as Baroda is the third most populated city in the Indian State of Gujarat . It is one of the four cities with the population of over 1 million...

, Indore

Indore

Indore is one of the major city in India, the largest city and commercial center of the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. Indore is located 190 km west of the state capital Bhopal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Indore city has a population of 1,960,631...

, Kolhapur etc.

Taxi services

Transport services are provided by Taxis in the city which ply to Mumbai

Mumbai

, Thane

Thane

Thane , is a city in Maharashtra, India, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, northeastern suburb of Mumbai at the head of the Thane Creek. It is the administrative headquarters of Thane district. On 16 April 1853, G.I.P...

, Shirdi, Pune

Pune

and a few other locations.

Railways

Nashik Road Railway Station is an important railway station on the Mumbai-Kalyan

Kalyan

Kalyan is a city in Thane district of Maharashtra, and a major railway station lying at the junction of the north-east and south-east lines of the suburban Mumbai division of the Central Railway, 53 km north-east of Mumbai. Kalyan is also a major Taluka place, a tehsil of the Thane district...

-Manmad

Manmad

Manmad is one of the cities in Nasik district in the state of Maharashtra state in India. It is the third largest city in Nasik district, with a population of approximately 125,000...

-Bhusaval (and further to Delhi

Delhi

Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...

or Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

) sector of the Central Railway Division of Indian Railways

Indian Railways

Indian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....

which was the first ever electrified section in India. The railway station is about 11 km away from the city center (and hence called Nashik Road instead of Nashik). Also the Railway Minister announced rail wroughts to Dahanu road. A new bottling plant also will set up at Nasik. Train from Hyderabad will start shortly. Trains to Shirdi also passes from Nasik.

Deolali

Deolali

Deolali is a small hill station and a census town in Nashik district, Maharashtra. It has several army establishments including the School of Artillery of Indian Army and nearby Airforce station...

is another station (about 10 minutes train travel towards Mumbai) which serves the population residing in the Deolali Cantonment

More than 50 trains pass through this station daily and it is thus connected to Mumbai, Aurangabad, Nanded

Nanded

Nanded is the second largest city in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, India. It is also headquarters of Nanded district in the Marathwada Division of the state. It is an important holy place for the Sikh faith and is famous for the Hazur Sahib Gurudwara. It is the district headquarters once...

, Hyderabad, Bhopal, Agra

Agra

, Delhi

Delhi

, Nagpur

Nagpur

Nāgpur is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune...

, Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

, Jamshedpur, Guwahati

Guwahati

Guwahati, Pragjyotishpura in ancient Assam formerly known as Gauhati is a metropolis,the largest city of Assam in India and ancient urban area in North East India, with a population of 963,429. It is also the largest metropolitan area in north-eastern India...

, Jammu

Jammu

Jammu , also known as Duggar, is one of the three administrative divisions within Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state in India.Jammu city is the largest city in Jammu and the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir...

, Madgaon, Mangalore

Mangalore

Mangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about west of the state capital, Bangalore. Mangalore lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat mountain ranges, and is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in south western...

and so on.

Although the station connects to most northern and eastern parts of the country, The southern sector still needs consideration. Major passenger traffic is between Mumbai and Nashik. Fast-moving intercity trains like the Panchvati express

Panchvati Express

The 'Panchvati Express आदर्श पंचवटी एक्सप्रेस or Ideal Panchvati Express, is one and only Indian itercity superfast express train that connects Mumbai with Nashik. It is a daily means of transport for thousands of passengers travelling between the two cities. It is recorded in the Limca book of...

and the Godavari Express

Godavari Express

The Godavari Express is one of the most prestigious trains of South Central Railway and runs between Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad...

connect this station to Mumbai. These trains originate from Manmad

Manmad

Manmad is one of the cities in Nasik district in the state of Maharashtra state in India. It is the third largest city in Nasik district, with a population of approximately 125,000...

and principally cater the large number of business travelers from Manmad and Nashik to Mumbai and suburban area.

Airways

Kingfisher Airlines

Kingfisher Airlines is an airline group based in India. Its head office is Kingfisher House in Vile Parle , Mumbai. Kingfisher Airlines, through its parent company United Breweries Group, has a 50% stake in low-cost carrier Kingfisher Red....

runs only one daily flight in the evening at 17:30 hrs to Mumbai from Nashik's Ozar Airport

Ozar Airport

HAL Ozar Airport , is the airport of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited facility 17 km North-east from the city of Nashik, Maharashtra, India.The airport is used primarily to test and develop and construct aircraft for the Indian Armed Forces....

located at some 24 km from the city center. Deccan Airways also used to operate a flight to Mumbai from Ozar airport a couple of years ago which was later taken off due to lack of passengers. Nashik has another airport at Gandhinagar with a shorter runway and hence unfit for modern-day passenger aircraft. The government run Vayudoot

Vayudoot

Vayudoot was an airline in India established on 20 January 1981 as a joint-venture between the two state-owned carriers, Indian Airlines and Air India. The airline was headquartered at New Delhi's Safdarjung Airport....

used an operate a service to Mumbai from this Gandhinagar Airport during the 1980s

1980s

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