The town of Changdev is situated in Muktainagar

Muktainagar

Muktainagar is a small town situated on National Highway No. 6 and now become the Ashian Highway 46 at the northern border of Maharashtra in India...

 Taluka (earlier known as Edlabad) of Jalgaon district

Jalgaon District

Jalgaon district is a district of Maharashtra. It was formerly known as East Khandesh district. It has an area of 11,765 km², and a population of 3,682,690 of which 71.4% were rural....

 in 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...

, India

India

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. The town gets its name from yogi

Yogi

A Yogi is a practitioner of Yoga. The word is also used to refer to ascetic practitioners of meditation in a number of South Asian Religions including Jainism, Buddhism, and Hinduism.-Etymology:...

 Changdev Maharaj

Changdev Maharaj

Changdev Maharaj was a mystical yogi turned saint who is believed to have lived in the village of Vateshwar along the banks of the Tapti River for 1,400 years...

, an sant

Sant

Sant is an Indian term derived from a Sanskrit verb that means both "to be good" and "to be real". From the fifteenth century the term has often referred to those who sing the name of God and worship Him, particularly the bhakti poets of Marathi...

 who is believed to have stayed here for 1400 years. The town is situated about of 5 km from National Highway 6 and Hartala intersection.
The present day Changdev town used to be known as Shri Kshetra Bhingnapur and even before that as Sundarpur.