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Shegaon Travel Information
Shegaon,
a municipal town in Khamgaon Tehsil is famous for the Samadhi
of Shri Gajanan Maharaja mystic saint as popular as Saibaba of
Shidi. You'll see a large number of pilgrims here, some coming
from distant parts of Western Maharashtra, Vidarbha. Allegorically,
Shegaon can be described as the Pandharpur of Vidarbha. Thousands
of devotees pay their respects at Samadhi every Thursday, which
is regarded as a special day.
See the temple of Shri Ram, also constructed in the premises of the shrine. If
you visit Shegaon on Ram Navami in Chaitra and on Rushi Panchmi in Bhadrapada
month of the Hindu Calendar, you can also attend the fairs held here on these
occasions.
Getting there :
By Air : Nearest airport is Nagpur, 316 kms.
By Rail : Shegaon is a station on the Mumbai-Calcutta
route of Central Railway.
By Road : Mumbai-Shegaon, 600 kms. (Mumbai-Nashik-Dhule-Jalgaon-Khamgaon-Shegaon)
Nagpur-Shegaon, 316 kms. (Nagpur-Amravati-Akola-Ural-Gaigaon-Shegaon).
Akola-Shegaon, 45 kms. (Akola-ural-Gaigaon-Shegaon).
State Transport buses ply from Mumbai, Nashik, Shivaji Nagar, Bhandara, Nanded,
Amravati, Nagpur, Akola, Chandrapur, Wardha, Yeotmal to Shegaon. |
