Nanded-The holy City

Nanded-

Nanded District is situated in the southeastern part of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Nanded city is the district headquarters of the district. Nanded District shares its border with Andhra Pradesh. There are several tourist attractions in Nanded and the Sikh Gurudwara is one them. With the help of the Nanded District Map tourists can locate the places of interest in the district and how one can reach there easily.

Geographic Location of Nanded: Situated at about 18*.15' and 19*.55' North latitude and 77*.7' to 78*.15' east longitude, the area of Nanded district is about 10,502 square kilometers. The district has nine talukas. They are; Nanded, Hadgaon, Kinwat, Bhokar, Billoli, Degloor, Mukhed, Kandhar and Loha.

Nanded district is rich in calcium, magnesium and carbonates, lime- stone and granite. One can find good quality soil in the river basin of Godavari, Mangurd, Mongia and Penganga.

Forest:
About 8.30% of the nanded's geographical area is covered by forests. This is 86000 hectares. Timber, firewood bamboo, grass, tendu leaves, gum, khenir wood are few of the forest produces.

Climatic Condition of Nanded:
Climate in Nanded district is usually tropical. During summer temperature raises up to 44 degree Celsius. While during winter the temperature drops to 90 degree Celsius. Nanded experiences an annual rainfall of about 1150 mm.

Time Zone:
Nanded follows Asia/Kolkata time zone id.

History of Nanded:
Nanded has a rich ancient history. Its historic existence can be traced back to the time of the Puranas of the Hindu Mythology. Nanded derived its name from Nandi-tat. Nandi-tat is believd to be the place where situated in the banks of river Godavari. According to the Hindu mythology, Nandi, vahan of Lord Shiva, performed penance at this place.

Other legend states that nine rishis known as Nand performed penance in this place, so the name Nand Tat.

Nanded is a place of various historic and spiritual monuments.

Rivers and tributaries in Nanded:
Rivers that pass though Nanded are:
Godavari, Penganga, Monjura and Mongad, Asna, Sita, Saraswati and Lendi

Languages spoken in Nanded:
Marathi, Hindi and Urdu are the languages chiefly used in Nanded.