Parner

This article is about the Parner city in Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India. For the taluka in Ahmednagar district, see Parner taluka.

Parner पारनेर
town
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Ahmednagar
Taluka	Parner
Government
• Current MLA	Aamdar. Vijayrao Auti
Population  (2011)
• Total	About 15,000
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	414304
Telephone code	022488
Vehicle registration	MH-16,17
Nearest city	Takali Dhokeshwar, Supe, Nighoj, Alkuti
Lok Sabha constituency	Ahmednagar
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Parner

Parner, is an historic town in Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra, India. It is the headquarters town for Parner Taluka. 'Parner' was named after Rishi Parashar, whose son Maharishi Ved Vyas wrote famous epic "Mahabharat".

Geography

The town of Parner is located at coordinates 19° 0' 0" North, 74° 26' 0" East, at an altitude of about 790 metres (2,592 ft).

Education

Colleges

• New Arts, Commerce and Science College, Parner

Schools

• Zilha Prishad Prathamik Shala Mandave Khurd,Parner.
• Zilha Prishad Prathamik Shala Dilbadsha Wasti Devwadi Mandave Khurd,Parner.

Religion

The majority of the population in Mandave Khurd is Hindu. But also there are few Muslims and Christian and Buddhists. Old historic temples in Mandave Khurd are famous for their varied architecture. Parner is also known as Replica of Kashi ( Parner).

Temples in the town of Parner

• shriBuva maharaJ Temple KALEWADI(sawargaon).

• Vitthal Mandir Mandave Khurd.
• Adarsh Grampanchyat Mandave Khurd.
• Dilbadsha Baba Tempal Mandave Khurd.

Transportation

Bus

The town of Mandave Khurd Parner to Sagmner Road i.e.

These buses provides transportation for people throughout the state of Maharashtra. Road conditions have improved during the first decade of the 21st century.

Railway

Nearest railway station is in Ahmednagar, which is about 100 Kilometers away.

Agriculture

Farming is main occupation of the town's residents.

The main crops produced are:

• Bajara
• Jawar
• Wheat
• Onion
• Shugar cane
• Green pea
• Vegetable
• sugar cane
• Tomato

Industry

Shahajapur is place where now you can see Wind Mills (50-60) from 30-35 kilometers far all over the Mountains nearby supa, this place is energy center in Parner taluka. And also MIDC. Fastest growing village in ahmednagr.

Prominent Personalities

• Senapati Pandurang Mahadev Bapat (November 12, 1880 – November 28, 1967) was revolutionary & Indian freedom fighter. He was born in Parner village.
• Dr. Ramchandra Maharaj Parnerkar, founder of Shree Poornavadi Pariwar his niive place is parner. Every year thousands of followers gather at parner for GURU-SHISHYA melawa. (Union of teacher and followers) his PhD thesis of Poornawad is a classic work in economics and its been studied by numerous Indian and foreign universities. His successor Adv. Shree. Vishnu Maharaj Parnerkar now carry out all these activities and praches thesis.
• Shri Anna Hazare, veteran Socialist, hails from famous Ideal village of "Ralegan Siddhi" which is located in Parner Tahshil.
• Sant Niloba rai, hailing from Pimpalner near Raleagn Siddhi, stayed for some time here in Parner in pursuit of his spiritual attainments. He is the one who dared ask Lord Vitthal to go back as he had asked not Him but his perceived Guru Saint Tukaram to appear before him.
• Ganapat Baba Atmadnyani of Vadgaon Savtaal (Karmabhumi) was born in Vadgaon Amali near Ahemednagar, was one of the Jewels of Parner, a Self-Realised Soul, blessed by Datt-Savtaal. He led his life of a spiritual authority, blessed with Vak-Siddhi (whatever he "said"..happened) worked for benevelence of Society. He left behind a legacy of his spiritual experiences in form of a book titled "Parakh Pad"(meaning the scripts based on self-experience)which is an equivalent of "Amrutanubhav" of Sant Gyaneshwar.
• Sant Hirabai (Borhade) of Vadner (near Nighoj) is an unimaginable life blessed by Adiguru Dattatreya. (to be further added....).
• Parner happens to be one of the Most fortunate and auspicious place to have been blessed by Sakshat Swaroop of Adishkati - H.H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, founder of Sahajayoga (www.sahajayoga.org) when She came to Parner in year 1983 on insistence of State Bank Officer Shri. Bawale and hold a Public Program in Bakhal (बखळ) to give Self-Realization to residents of Parner. The land of Bakhal is manifesting the Divine vibrations (Param-chaitanya) even today !
• Shri Anna Hazare, veteran Socialist, hails from famous Ideal village of "Ralegan Siddhi" which is located in Parner Taluka.