Ambejogai

Ambajogai is a city and a municipal council, Tehsil and subdivision in Beed district in the state of Maharashtra, India.The town is named Ambajogai after goddess Ambabai - Yogeshwari whose heritage temple is located here and is visited by peoples from all over Maharashtra, largely from the Konkan region. The town has a lot of heritage places and this township is known as the cultural capital of the Marathwada region. The town has other heritage temples like 12 khambhi, Kholeshwar, Mukundraj cave and Dasopant Swami Samadhi, Kashivishwanath, Amruteshwar. There is an ancient underground cave called Shivleni Caves (Hattikhana) or Jogai Mandap declared as a heritage point (Archaeological sites in Maharashtra), where Lord Shankar, Nandi and Elephants are carved in stone.In the 13th century Swami Mukundraj wrote first Marathi poetry 'Viveksindhu' in Ambajogai. This work is widely acclaimed for its literary quality as well as the philosophical content. It remains not only the first but among the best literary works ever produced in Marathi.Proposal to cover out spread Ambajogai districtThe Beed District is under proposal to be divided and a separate Ambajogai District be carved out. Due to increasing population, the city of Ambajogai already have almost all District administration offices. carved out of existing Beed district with the inclusion of the south eastern parts of Beed district which include Ambajogai, Majalgaon, Parli Vaijnath, Wadwani, Kaij, Dharur talukas in the proposed Ambajogai District. majalgaon city under Ambajogai district