Kanifnath

Kanifnath (मराठी: कानिफनाथ) also known as Kanhoba (कान्होबा), is one of the nine Mahayogis of Navnath Sampradaya. Lord Kanifnathji is an avatar of Prabuddha Narayan in one of Nav Narayan was a son of shri Vrushabh Dev mentioned in Bhagavata Purana. Lord Kanifnathji was a Great Mahayogi of Jalandhar Branch of nathsampradaya.

Temple

Kanifnath Temple is situated at Madhi near the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra. This temple was built around 300 AD by the communities tribes as well as scheduled castes. Saint Kanifnath had taken live samadhi.

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