Nijampur Dhule

Nijampur-Jaitane, about 16km north-east of Pimpalner, is a small village in Sakri tehsil in Dhule district of Maharashtra state in India.LocationNijampur-Jaitane lies about 19 km north of Sakri. Maharashtra State Highway 17 (MSH 17) passes close to Nijampur. Nijampur is on Nandurbar-Sakri state highway. Nijampur-Jaitane is in sakri taluka.HistoryIt is said to have derived its present name from Nizam-ul-Mulk, who had halted there for some time. In the beginning of the 17th century (1610) it was described as the first great town between Surat and Agra and was inhabited by many wealthy money-lenders.Fragments of hemadpanthi temples found scattered throughout the village indicate that the place was of some consequence before the advent of the Muslims.TourismThe village has a few temples dedicated to various deities but those dedicated to Vitthal Rakhumai, Lord Balaji, Parasnath,Peshve kalin Ganpati Mandir and Gupteshvar are the only ones of any note.Balaji templeThe idol in the Balaji temple has a richly ornamented brass Prabhaval of excellent design.The temple is to said to have been built in 1769. It is a two stored building. Looked after by the Buwa family for 8 generations.Pashvanath Jain TempleTire antique shrine of Parasnath, the 23rd Jain tirthankar, now devoid of idol, is a structure of stone and cement of 22.86 metres × 17.98 metres (75 feet × 59 feet) dimensions.