Junnar - Tourism

Tourism

Junnar is the land of mystery & the mystery of land. Junnar has 2500 yrs prosperous history, adventurous geography with Granger ghats like Malshej Ghat, Darya Ghat, Nane ghat. some bullet point of tourism potential of Junnar are

• Junnar, subcapital of dynasty of Maharashtra, Satvahan kings known as Jirna Nagar at that time.
• Junnar, only one tahasil in Maharashtra state having highest number of dams [Pimpalgaon Joga Dam, Chilewadi Pachaghar Dam, Yadgaon

Dam, Manik Doh dam, Vadaj dam.

• World's's largest radio telescope, GMRTis in Junnar.

--Historical Naneghat is in Junnar from where trading with other countries was there before 2500yrs. --Junnar, Birthplace of Maratha king Chhtrapati Shivaji Maharaj --Junnar has highest number of mountain forts in Maharashtra state --Junnar has 2 Ashtavinayak, temples of Lord Ganesha out of 8 ashtavinayak. --Junnar has highest number of caves in Maharashtra --Junnar has several ancient religious places such as Khireshwar temple, Kukadeshwar temple. --Junnar is known for its fresh & healthy air known as "Sanitarium of India" where breathing problems can be cure easily. --Junnar has wide range of agriculture from traditional farming of rice up to the farming of export quality grapes. --Junnar Has largest density of leopord in world conserved 27 leopords in 500 sq m area. --Due to beautiful nature, attractive scenery shooting of several films is always going in Junnar. Fimls like Ravan, Tees Mar kHan, Tingya, Chalte Chalte & several Add films also shooted in Junnar. Doctor Sabir Lives in this Taluka. He is a well known Cancer Physician. Junnar is also well known for its historic jama masjid & Iddgah.It is also known for the tombs of virious saints.One can explore the architecture of medieval periods such as Adilshahi. Nature lovers also visit these forts for their natural beauty the rare species of flowers, trees etc. Malshej Ghat is the place to visit in rainy season it has awesome water falls. Nowadays, most of the Hindi film directors prefer shooting their films here because of its natural beauty. Agriculture is not only farming, its culture of entire human being. 3000 yrs ago Sage Parashara wrote 1st manuscripts of world on agriculture named "krushi Parashara" सुस्था भवंतु कृषकः धनधान्यसमन्विताwas his main prayer. Junnar was his tapobhumi. his translated manusripts are in the library of Parashar Agritourism, Junnar. Films like Raavan, Tees Mar Khan, and many south Indian films are also attracted to this location. Junnar also has many temples major two Ashtavinayak temples of lord Ganesha out of eight are situated in Junnar 1:- Ozer Ozer has the state of the art accommodation facility for tourists. Celebrity like Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Govinda, Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, and many more stayed there for months while shooting for there films.