Muktainagar

Muktainagar
मुक्ताईनगर
Edalabad
town
Muktainagar

Location in Maharashtra, India

Coordinates: 21°3′8″N 76°3′18″E / 21.05222°N 76.05500°E / 21.05222; 76.05500Coordinates: 21°3′8″N 76°3′18″E / 21.05222°N 76.05500°E / 21.05222; 76.05500
Country  India
State Maharashtra
District Jalgaon
Population (2011)
 • Total 23,970
Languages
 • Official Marathi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 425306
Telephone code 91-02583
Nearest city Bhusawal
Lok Sabha constituency Raver
Vidhan Sabha constituency Muktainagar

Muktainagar (formerly known as Edlabad) is a small town situated (~21°03’08”N 76°03’18”E) on National Highway 6 (or Asian Highway 46) at the northern border of Maharashtra in India. Muktainagar is famous for its association with Muktai, the younger sister of Saint Dnyaneshwar, who attained Samādhi on the banks of the Tapti River at a place called Mehun (15 km from Muktainagar).

Demographics

Muktainagar is one of the 15 tehsils of Jalgaon district (formerly known as East Khandesh) and is in the Bhusawal subdivision for administrative purposes. Muktainagar has a population of about 18,408.

Muktainagar is the tehsil of Muktainagar Taluka. Muktainagar contains a police station, and government hospital.

Location

It is situated on the banks of Purna river, next to Malkapur (Vidarbha Region), Bhusawal, Tehsils and the Madhya Pradesh state border. Jalgaon is located 60 km from Muktainagar. Nadgaon is also nearby and is the village where the former president of India Pratibha Patil was born. Muktainagar is the hometown of Eknath Khadse, who represents Muktainagar in the MLA.

Schools and colleges

Economy

Agriculture and religious tourism are the source of most jobs in Muktainagar. Cotton, jowar and groundnuts are the predominant crops grown in the tehsil. The banana crop is cultivated on the banks of the Tapi and Purna rivers.

Culture

Maharashtriyan people celebrate festivals such as Gudipadva, Diwali, and Poda here. Muktainagar Varkari pilgrims go on Ekadashi to the Muktabai temple at Muktainagar. People go on pilgrimage at Pandharpur to meet the god Pandurang. In the month of February on Ekadashi, two days before Maha Shivaratri, a fair takes place at Muktai temple. People come to meet the goddess Muktabai and to take blessings from the goddess. A number of palaquins come to Muktainagar every year.

Changdev is a village near Muktainagar where there is a temple of Yogi Changdev Maharaj. On the occasion of Maha Shivaratri a fair takes place here on the banks of the Purna river. The temple exhibits the Hemadpanthi style of architecture.

Politics

Muktainagar is known for being the place where the ex-president of India Pratibha Patil started her political career in the early 1960s and was associated with it for quite a long time.

The Revenue Minister of Maharashtra is Eknath Khadse, who is the representative from Muktainagar. He is MLA of this constituency since 1989. He was leader of opposition from 2009 to 2014. Khadse is known as 'NathaBhau' in Maharashtra.

Raksha Khadse is also a well known member of Parliament who came from Muktainagar.

Jalgaon district Shivsena president Chandrakant Patil is also from Muktainagar.

Notable places

See also

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