Ansing

Ansing is the village in Washim district of Vidarbh region of Maharashtra. This is specific name which relates ancient history of Sage Shringi Rishi, he was the one who performed Putrakameshti yajna or the holy pyre for Dasharatha and his wives Kaushalya, Kaikeyi and Sumitra. Then they begot Ram, Lakshman, Bharat and Shatrughna. Ansing is the corrupt name of Ek-Shring (one horn). Vibhandak, the father of Shring Riashi, had a baby boy from deer he copulated in the forest. So shameful was he about his act that he hid the boy from rest of the world. The boy had a Shring (horn) on his head. Therefore, he got the name Shring Rishi. Vibhandak used to met him alone & never allowed him to met anyone else. Shringi Rishi was given all education by his father. But never saw human being. One day some girls wandered into forest & this was the first interaction of Shring Rishi to humans. He was unhappy with his father but father explained him the facts. Shring Rishi was the one who did Putrakameshti yadnya for Raja Dashrath, after which Ram, Lakshman, Bharat & Shatrughna were born. There is an ancient temple of Shring Rishi in Ansing.

Ansing is on the midway between Washim & Pusad. The green forest zone starts immediately on the border of Ansing. This place is a big market place for many villages in the vicinity of 30 km.

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Transport

How to reach - Buses plying from Pune -Pusad, Pune- Yavatmal directly go to Ansing. So Aurangabad, Pune, Akola, Jalgaon, Washim & Yavatmal are directly connected to Ansing. Winter is very pleasant here. This is educationally very forward looking village. It has good hospitals, Schools, Colleges. One can get private sleeper coach buses from Pune to Ansing. Nearest Railway station is Washim.

Commercial Hub

Ansing has a special geographical & commercial place for almost 40 small villages. All their daily needs are generally bought from here. Therefore, there is a lot of transaction that happens here. There are many oil mills situated in Ansing, mainly dealing in ground nut oil. Every Wednesday there is weekly market in Ansing, people from near by villages come to buy groceries. Ansing also have cotton market where mainly Soyabean and cotton trading is done.