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Close up of the top of Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple. Shri Trimbakeshwar is a religious center having one of the twelve Jyotirlingas. The extraordinary feature of the Jyotirlinga located here is its three faces embodying Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. Due to the excessive use of water, the linga has started to erode.
Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha is a Hindu religious mela held every 12 years in the Nashik district of Maharashtra, India. The name of the festival is also transliterated as Sinhastha or Singhastha. It is one of the four fairs traditionally recognized as Kumbha Melas, and is also known as Nashik-Trimbak Kumbha Mela or Nashik Kumbha Mela.
Trimbak (also known as Trimbakeshwar Trayambakēśvara) is a city and a municipal council in Nashik District in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple is located here, one of the twelve Jyotirlingas , where the Hindu genealogy registers at Trimbakeshwar, Maharashtra are kept.
Trimbakeshwar taluka has a population of 168,423 according to the 2011 census. Trimbakeshwar had a literacy rate of 68.91% and a sex ratio of 975 females per 1000 males. 26,691 (15.85%) are under 7 years of age. 12,056 (7.16%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 4.56% and 80.20% of the population respectively. [3]
Kumbh Mela 2015 was a Hindu pilgrimage held in Nashik, Maharashtra, India and Trimbakeshwar, in the Indian state of Maharastra. Pilgrims numbered 80 lakhs to 1 crore and 25 to 30 lakhs respectively during the one year celebration. The festival is considered the largest gathering of people from across the world to undertake the holy bath.
Trimbakeshwar Range is a mountain range in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra entirely situated in Nashik District. The range lies 30 km southwest [ 1 ] to the district headquarters Nashik . The saddle shaped depression of the Brahmagiri mountain protects Trimbak , a town considered holy by Hindus Devotees throng to this town to pay visit to the ...
Saptashrungi or Saptashringi (Marathi: सप्तशृङ्गि, Saptaśrr̥ṇgī) is a site of Hindu pilgrimage situated 60 kilometres (37 mi) from Nashik in Indian state of Maharashtra. According to Hindu traditions, the goddess Saptashrungi Nivasini dwells within the seven mountain peaks.
Two other Jyothirlingas—Bhimashankar and Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple—are also in Maharashtra state, close to Marathwada. Other major Hindu temples include: Tulja Bhavani Temple (Tuljapur, Osmanabad district) – considered [by whom?] one of 51 Shakti Peethas and one among the Saadeteen (3.5) Shakti Peethas of Maharashtra.