The city of Nevasa is mainly famous for the Mohiniraj temple, the avatar of Lord Vishnu who beheaded Rahu and Ketu while distributing nectar. Every year a big festival of Shri Mohiniraj gets celebrated on the full moon day in the month of Magha of the Hindu calendar, which corresponds to January–February, in remembrance of Lord Vishnu's Mohini Avatar after Samudra manthan. The elegantly designed Mohiniraj Temple in Ahmednagar is dedicated to Lord Vishnu. The new structure of this temple was constructed in 1773 at a cost of about Rs. 5 Lakhs by Gangadhar Yashwant Chandrachude. The 75 feet tall temple is decorated all over with ornamental work. The shrine houses an image of Mohiniraj, better known as Lord Vishnu. Also, in the Sabhamandap, several images of other gods and goddesses such as Ganesh, Shiv – Parvati, Shani and Hanuman are displayed for their devotees. According to a legend associated to this place, at the time when the sea was churned to get nectar, Lord Vishnu appeared in the form of Mohini to distract the demons and deprive them of nectar. The demons stared at Mohini while Lord Vishnu distributed nectar to the gods and water to demons. Throughout the year three fairs are held in the town of Nevasa in honour of Mohiniraj. About fifty thousand people attend these fairs. Also part of this area is called Dandakaranya. The place where Lord Ram killed Marich is now a village called Toka, named after the arrow which Lord Rama used to kill Marich. Before Marich was killed by Lord Rama, he threw a Sura towards Rama. This village is called Suregaon. After that he threw Bhala, and hence that place is called Bhalgaon. Soon after that Marich shot an arrow, that place is called Banganga. At Banganga, the path of the riverGodavari is shaped like a DhanushyaBan, so this place is called BANGANGA.
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The remains of a multilevel settlement dating from the Paleolithic period to the Middle Ages have been discovered at Navasa. Excavations were conducted by H. D. Sankalia in the 1950s and by G. Karve-Corvinus in 1967. Nevasa's Aeneolithic layer reveals a settled agricultural culture characterized in the second millennium B.C. by implements similar to those of the Harappa civilization. Newasa is also famous as sasurvadi of Lord Khandoba, The First wife of Lord Khandoba is from Newasa bk name Mahalasa so khandoba is called Mhalasakant. Due to this pavitra sthal Sant Dnyaneshwar selected this place to write the world-famous grantha "Dnyaneshwari" "Bhawarthdipika" a commentary on Bhagavad Gita, popularly known as "Dnyaneshwari". Saint Dnyaneshwar wrote a Dnyaneshwari in Nevasa beside a pole which is still there. Every year palkhi of Dnyaneshwari is taken to Pandharpur during ashadi ekadashi. Mata Laxmi Temple is famous called Varkhedai in village Varkhed, Big Jatra is famous near about 7 to 10 lake people comes there Chaitra vaidya panchami for three days Chabina ceremony held there This Devi called in south name Laxmi-Chandralamba Devi Sannati, Gulbarga Dist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sannati Sannati or Sannathi is a small village, located on the banks of the Bhima River in Chitapur taluk of Gulbarga District of Northern Karnataka. It is famous for the Chandrala Parameshwari Temple and the excavations by the Archaeological Survey of India in the 1986. Moryachinchore is a famous village in Newasa Taluka. The More dynasty ruled the village for about 2,000 years. A royal temple of the More dynasty is Pohahicha Mahadev. In Nevasa there is also a famous village called sukali also known as Gundwadi. In Gundwadi, there is a temple of Shakambharidevi. There is beautiful temple of lord shiva in nearby village called Sureshnagar.
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A famous temple of Shani, Shani Shingnapur is located near Sonai in Nevasa Taluka. Devgad : It has beautiful temple of Lord Dattatreya founded by Late Guruvarya Sri Kisangiri Maharaj, it attracts worshippers from all over the state. This place is well known among devotees for its beauty and cleanliness. The palkhi from Devgad to Pandharpur Ashadhi Eakadashi under the leadership of Bhaskargiri Maharaj is famous for its strict discipline and cleanliness. Toka is The Border of The Great Maratha dynasty near Godavari River where Pravara meets Godavari River is Toka
