Avhane

Avhane is a village of Shevgaon taluka of Ahmednagar district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is about 50km northeast of Ahmednagar and 50km from Aurangabad. This village is split in two parts as Avahne Khurda and Avhane Budruk. Avhane Budruk is famous for the temple of "Nidrista Ganapati", the Ganapati in the sleeping pose. There are only two Nidrista Ganapati: one in Chinchwad (Morya Gosavi), near Pune, and another one in the Avahne.