Vairag

Vairag
village
Vairag Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 18°3′0″N 75°48′0″E / 18.05000°N 75.80000°E / 18.05000; 75.80000Coordinates: 18°3′0″N 75°48′0″E / 18.05000°N 75.80000°E / 18.05000; 75.80000
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Solapur
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	413402
Lok Sabha constituency	Usmanabad
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Barshi

Vairag is a developed village in Barshi Taluka of Solapur district in Maharashtra, India. The village is located centrally between Solapur District and Tehsil Barshi.

Its population is approximately 25,000 as per 2001 census.

Vairag is full of ancient temples. It is very famous for its Aadat Bazar. During the Nizam regime it was a great marketplace. The first Prime Minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru also visited the village.

The village hosts a Shri. Santanath Maharaj carnival(Yatra) in August, on the day of Narali-Pournima. on that day very big function people celebrating Like Playing Lezim, Jazz-Pathak, Dhol-Tasha like that and more. Vairag is the main village which is having 56 small villages inside its legal boundary. Also vairag having second no. of big Grampanchyayt in Maharashtra

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