Aundha Naganath is a town and a tehsil

Tehsil

A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....

 in Basmat

Basmat

* Basemath, name of three women in Old testament* Basmath, a Taluka in Parbhani district in Indian State of Maharashtra....

 Subdivision of Hingoli district

Hingoli district

Hingoli district is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India. The district headquarters are located at Hingoli. The district occupies an area of 4,526 km² and has a population of 987,160 of which 15.60% were urban . This district is part of Aurangabad division...

 in Marathwada

Marathwada

The name Marathwada identifies one of the five regions in Maharashtra state of India. The region coincides with the Aurangabad Division.-Historical highlights:...

 region of the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

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There is famous Temple of Lord Shiva.

The Shiva Temple claims to be one of the Twelve Jyotirlingas in India. It is called as "NAGNATH TEMPLE" This claim is disputed by Nageshwar Temple at Dwarka

Dwarka

Dwarka also spelled Dvarka, Dwaraka, and Dvaraka, is a city and a municipality of Jamnagar district in the Gujarat state in India. Dwarka , also known as Dwarawati in Sanskrit literature is rated as one of the seven most ancient cities in the country...

, Gujarat.

It has been stated that this temple building was of seven-storyed before sacking it by Aurangzeb.

There is one famous story told about Sant Namdev

Namdev

Sant Namdeo or Bhagat Namdeo was born on October 29, 1270 in the state of Maharashtra village of Narasi-Bamani, in Hingoli district . His father, a calico printer/tailor, was named Damshet and his mother's name was Gonabai...

 and aundha nagnath, that when he was chanting Bhajan

Bhajan

A Bhajan is any type of Indian devotional song. It has no fixed form: it may be as simple as a mantra or kirtan or as sophisticated as the dhrupad or kriti with music based on classical ragas and talas. It is normally lyrical, expressing love for the Divine...

 in front of Aundha Nagnath temple with Sant Dnyaneshwar, Visoba Khechara

Visoba Khechara

Visoba Khechara , spelled also as Visoba Khechar or Visoba Khecar, was the yogi-guru of the Varkari poet-saint Namdev of Maharashtra, India. Visoba was a disciple of the Varkari poet-saint Dnyaneshwar . He had linkages with the Varkari tradition as well as the Nath tradition of Maharashtra...

 and few more Varkari

Varkari

Varkari is a Vaishnava religious movement within the bhakti spiritual tradition of Hinduism, geographically associated with the Indian states of Maharashtra and northern Karnataka. Varkaris worship Vithoba , the presiding deity of Pandharpur, regarded as a form of Krishna, an Avatar of Vishnu...

, the temple pujari told them it is obstruting their temple prayer and asked them to go away from temple. Then all varkaris went back side of the temple and started chanting bhajan there. That time Lord Shiva turned the whole temple to listen bhajan that's why Nandi is located on back side of temple.

A pilgrim centre of great significance, since it is considered to be the first (aadya) of the 12 Jyotirlingas in the country. A part from this honour, the temple of Nagnath has exquisite carvings. Nanded, 64 km. by road from Aundha, is famous for the Such Khand Huzur Sahib Gurudwara where Guru Gobind Singh's ashes are buried.
Aundha is a Holy place of eight jyotirlinga in the India.
Getting there :

By Air : Aurangabad, 210 km is a convenient airport.

By Rail : Chondi, 21 km. is the convenient railhead, Mumbai - Chondi, 614 km.

By Road : Mumbai-Aundha, 579 km, Nagpur-Aundha, 359 km, Aurangabad - Aundha, 210 km, Parbhani - Aundha, 50 km. State Transport buses ply from Nanded, Parbhani, Chondi to Aundha.

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