Baglan is a taluka in Nashik District

Nashik district

Nashik district, also known as Nasik district, is a district in Maharashtra, India. The city of Nashik is the administrative headquarters of the district.-Geography:Nashik district has an area of 15,530 square kilometres...

 in the Indian state 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...

. Sometimes Baglan Taluka is unofficially referred to as Satana

Satana (India)

Satana is a city and a municipal council in Nashik District in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is in the taluka of Baglan, which is sometimes called Satana, because of the city's dominance in the taluka. The name "Satana" may be derived from "Śāṭyāyani" one of the minor Upanishads of the...

, because of that city's dominance within the taluka.

History

While now a backwater, Baglan was once the site of the Baglan Kingdom, an Islamic sultanate that existed from 1308 to 1619. The native people in the area were the Bhil

Bhil

Bhils are primarily an Adivasi people of Central India. Bhils are also settled in the Tharparkar District of Sindh, Pakistan. They speak the Bhil languages, a subgroup of the Western Zone of the Indo-Aryan languages....

s and the Konkanas

Chitpavan

The Chitpavan or Chitpawan, also known as Konkanastha Brahmins , are a Smarta Brahmin community of Konkan, the coastal region of western Maharashtra in India....

.

Villages

Baglan taluka contains the following villages:Kikwari khurd by sanjay, Aarai, Aaskheda, Akhatvade, Ajmersaundan, Ambasan, dangsaundaneDasvel, Dyane

Dyane

Dyane is a census town in Nashik district in the state of Maharashtra, India.- Demographics : India census, Dyane had a population of 24,837. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Dyane has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy...

, Dasane, Jaikhedan,kakadgaon, Kersane, Karanjgavhan, Lakhamapur, Mangitungi, Mulher

Mulher

Mulher is a village in the Nashik district of Maharashtra, India.In ancient times, the village was located around the Mulher fort. Now, Mulher village is situated at foothills 2 km away from the fort. The village belongs to the period of Mahabharata, when it was known as Ratnapur...

, Munjawad Nampur, Pimpalkothe, Salher

Salher

Salher is a place located near Waghamba in Nasik district of Maharashtra, India. It is the site of the highest fort in the Sahyadri mountains and the second highest peak at after Kalsubai in Maharashtra.-History:...

, Shemali, Sompur, Tandulwadi, Taharabad, Tilwan Utrane, Nitane, Parner, Chirai Bodhri Bilpuri Mahad, Virgaon, Virgaonpade, Talwade, and Vayagaon

Temples

Ram Mandir is a Hindu

Hindu

Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...

 temple in Vayagaon, about 18 kilometres (11.2 mi) from Satana. About 30 kilometres (18.6 mi) from Satana is Mangi-Tungi, a hill with two prominent pinnacled peaks: Mangi, at 4343 feet (1,323.7 m) to the west; and Tungi, 4366 feet (1,330.8 m) high, to the east. Seven old temples are located on Mangi, and five on Tungi. There is a large temple with a high spire in the valley. There are numerous caves in the hills named after great saints such as Mahavir, Adinath, Shantinath, Parshwanath and Ratnatrya. Inside the caves there are over 300 statues to these various saints, with two large idols of Mahavir. The area is considered sacred by both Hindus and Jains and enshrines images of Jain Tirthankar

Tirthankar

In Jainism, a ' |ford]]-Maker", ) is a human being who achieves moksa through asceticism and who then becomes a role-model and teacher for those seeking spiritual guidance....

as in several postures including padmasana and kayotsarga

Kayotsarga

Kayotsarga is a yogic meditative posture that is also part of the Preksha meditation. Most of the Tirthankaras of Jainism are depicted in Kayotsarga posture. Kayotsarga means to give up one's physical comfort and body movements, thus staying steady, either in a standing or other posture, and...

. Sometimes, it is described as Siddha Kshetra, meaning a gateway to the state of enlightenment. A grand fair is held there annually during Kartik

Kartik

Kartik may refer to:* Kartika , a month in the Indian national calendar and Bengali calendar* Kartik * Karttikeya, the brother of Ganesha in the Hindu mythology...

 (September–October) where Hindus and Jains visit in large numbers to witness the grand rath yatra

Rath Yatra

Ratha Yatra is a huge Hindu festival associated with Lord Jagannath held at Puri in the state of Orissa, India during the months of June or July. Most of the city's society is based around the worship of Jagannath with the ancient temple being the fulcrum of the area...

. The area around Mangi-Tungi is also an ideal spot for hiking.