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Nighoj

Nighoj ^[1] is famous for Malganga^[2] Temple and Pot Holes ^[3] in Kukadi River. The Nighoj Kund is much more famous for Pot Holes <^[4]>.The big pot like shapes made in rock at Nighoj. They are also called as Kund. Kund are the gigantic Potholes which are supposed to be the largest in Asia according geologists. Lot of People from all over world come to see this miracle of god. Most of the people from Nighoj are now working in Mumbai with the fisheries Business. There is one river nearby Nighoj called Pushpawati. Nighoj is situated in Parner Taluka(Ahmednagar ,Maharashtra,India). Nighoj is 70 km From Pune and near the Shirur.

The river Kukdi that flows by Nighoj village in Maharashtra has shaped up beautiful potholes in the riverbed that have fascinated geologists and visitors.

EVERY year over six lakh devotees visits Nighoj, a village 75 kilometres from Pune in Ahmednagar district, to witness a “miracle”. At the stroke of midnight, villagers claim, an earthen pot filled with water emerges from the main well in the village, the pot is put on display for three days and after a grand procession, it’s immersed into the well so that it rises again the next year. Everyone here amazed by the miracle.

Bigger miracles—like the small gorges the river Kukdi, a tributary of the Bhima river, has formed over the years. The river, which flows by the village, takes a semi-circular turn less than 50 metres behind the temple, throwing up swirls and water currents that beat relentlessly against the hard basalt rockbed. The river has done this for countless years, giving rise to one of the most fascinating vignettes of geology in the Deccan plateau beautiful rock formations and several potholes formed by the water flowing through the stone.

The potholes—spread over three kilometres with an average depth of over 100 feet—give the basin the look of a canyon. “This is a geographical phenomenon where the pebbles that are carried by the river get locked in the cracks developed in the basalt rock riverbed. These pebbles, which rotate due to the water current, form pot shaped cavities in the basalt rock. This is what you see in Nighoj. The process is spread over thousands of years.

Faith, the villagers say, can move mountains, so what’s a river? Geologists, foreign researchers and photographers who frequently visit their village.

A team of researchers from National Geographic had visited Nighoj to study the potholes as well as to study the birds in the area. In 1997, Citizen magazine had reported about the potholes.The villagers of Nighoj, primarily agriculturists who grow wheat, onion and sugarcane

How to go:-

Nighoj is situated on Nagar-Pune Highway.

There are two ways-

1) Catch Nagar highway. Stop at Ranjangaon Ganpati. then take left from there. And Ask there about nighoj. Anyone can tell you.

2)Go to Shirur by Nagar highway. Cross the Shirur City. After the Ghodnadi Bridge take first left. Ride for 24 K.m. . You are now in Nighoj. Kunda_the Famous potholes are here. Enjoy.

You can locate Nighoj on Google Map.

Search for Nighoj Potholes in Google Map.

Here is link.

1]http://maps.google.co.in/maps?source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=nighoj&sll=18.512819,73.856964&sspn=0.322952,0.64064&ie=UTF8&hq=nighoj&split=1&hnear=&ll=18.737305,74.227753&spn=0.645049,1.281281&z=10

2]http://www.maplandia.com/india/maharashtra/ahmadnagar/nighoj/

Right time to visit-

In Rainy season River flows full of water so you cud not see the potholes.But you can enjoy beautiful nature. with Water Falls.

so you can visit in any other season.