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Nashik or Nasik (नाशिक in marathi)is a city in India's Maharashtra state. Nashik is in the northwest of Maharashtra, 185 km from Mumbai (Bombay) and 220 km from Pune. Nashik is the administrative headquarters of Nashik District and Nashik Division. The "Wine capital of India" and popularly known as the "Grape City" is located in the Western Ghats on the banks of Godavari River, has become a center of attraction because of its beautiful surroundings and cool and pleasant climate. Nashik has a personality of its own due to its mythological, historical, social and cultural importance. The city, vibrant and active on the industrial, political, social and cultural fronts, has influenced the lives of many a great personalities. The Godavari River flows through the city from its source lies to the west-southwest of the city, in the holy place of Trimbakeshwar. Nashik is surrounded with beautifull mountains, which attract many adventure lovers as well as bird wachers.

Historically the city has been a religious center - it is one of the four cities in India that hosts the massive Sinhastha Kumbh Mela once in twelve years. Temples and ghats (steps) on the banks of Godavari have made Nashik one of the holiest places for Hindus all over the world.

The third most industrialised city of Maharashtra after Mumbai & Pune is famous for its grapes, and ongoing efforts are underway to promote the growth of an export-oriented wine industry in the district.

It is believed that, Nashik got its name during the Ramayana period. Shurpanakha, the sister of the demon Ravana had proposed to marry Rama.Hearing this Rama ordered Laxmana to cut off shurpanakha's nose (Nasika).Thus 'Nasik' got its name. Nashik is famous for the ghats around Panchavati, the area of 5 banyan trees. Sita was abducted by Ravana from this place.

Recent industrial growth has brought about modernization and development. The city is home to an important thermal power plant (Eklahare) and a National Treasury Printing Press (India Security Press in Nashik Road). There are five 'Industrial Zones' in the Nashik area and outskirts (Satpur, Ambad, Sinnar, Igatpuri and Dindori).

Major Industries
Among various companies that have operations in these industrial estates are: Mahindra and Mahindra, MICO (Bosch), VIP Luggage, Crompton & Greaves, GlaxoSmithKline, Larsen & Tubro(L&T), Asea Brown Boveri(ABB), Siemens, Samsonite, Ceat, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), FEM pharmaceuticals, etc.

Famous people

Dadasaheb Phalke
Swatantryaveer Savarkar
Veer Bapu Gaidhani
Kusumagraj (V.V.Shirwadkar)
R. D. Kaprekar
Vasant Kanetkar
Anant Kanhere
Dadasaheb Potnis (founder of Gavkari)
Karmveer Dadasaheb Gaikwad

Climate

Extremes: max 44.8 °C (108.3 °F) on May 12, 1960, at Nasik. The lowest, also at Nasik, was 0.6 °C (33.1 °F) on January 7, 1945. ^*

Places of interest

Trimbakeshwar, one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, about 27 km from city and 38 km from Nashik Road railway station.
Anjaneri, birthplace of Hanuman, who was the greatest Bhakta of Rama, 20 km by road from Nasik city.
Vani (Nashik) or SaptaShrungi, Amist range of seven(sapta) hills(shrung), there a beautiful temple of goddess Jagadamba(Durga), 52 km from Nashik City.
Kawnai
Pandawaleni, 5000 years old historic caves, within the Nashik city.
Muktidham, a marble temple complex honoring many Hindu Gods situated in Nashik Road, about 8 km (5 miles) from Nashik
Kalaram Temple, a famous temple of Rama built in black rock.
Ozar, the location of one of the units of the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. and Air 29 km. from Nashik.
Kalsubai, highest mountain of western ghats.
Phalke smarak , A memorial of DADA SAHEB PHALKE situated near pandavleni.
Someshwar, a temple of lord Shiva on river bank of Godavari.
Vedmandir, a temple of vedic scriptures.
Ram Kunda, a holy water reservoir, where the legend goes that a dip in Ram Kunda in Sinhstha Kumbh Mela can wash of person's all sins.
Sita Gumpha, small cave said to be place of hiding of Sita.
Kapaleshwar, probably only temple of lord Shiva without Nandi as dwarpal.

Travel to Nashik

By Air : Mumbai airport is the nearest international airport from Nashik. You can cheaply fly into Nashik on Air Deccan, which operates daily flights to Mumbai and Nagpur. Nashik has a small, air-force operated airport sometimes used for non-military purposes, while the Hindutan Aeronautics Limited airport is at Ozar, 21 km from Nashik.

By train : Nashik Road station is nearest station approximately 8 km from main city, and is on Mumbai-Kalyan-Itagpuri-Manmad rail-route.

By road : From Mumbai: Nashik is 180 Km to the North-East of Mumbai-Agra Highway) and rail ([[Nashik Road station on the Mumbai-Bhusawal Central Railway). Visitors to Nashik can avail of multiple public and privately operated buses (leaving from Dadar station in Mumbai) or private taxicabs to travel to and from Nashik and Mumbai.

From Pune: Nashik is 215 km to the North of Pune, and is connected by road (National Highway 50 to Gujrat) that passes through the Nashik Road railway station area (which also has the first and only road flyover of Nashik city). Buses and taxicabs ply regularly between Nashik and Pune.

Educational institutions

Major Schools in Nashik:

Pethe High school, established 1924 (Marathi Medium)
D.D. Bytco Boys Highschool/ Y.D.D. Bytco Girls Highschool (Marathi Medium)
Sarda Kanya Vidyalay (Marathi Medium)
Boys' Town Public School, Nasik (one of the oldest and best english medium schools, alumni include Nari Contractor, ex.skipper of indian cricket team)
St. Xavier's high school, established 1961
Silver Oak
Nirmala convent high school
Madhyamik Vidyalaya,untawadi, CIDCO.(Marathi medium)
Rachana Vidyalaya
J S Rungta Vidyalaya
Navarachana Vidyalaya
St. Philomena's Convent High School, founded in 1946
Fravashi Academy, Nashik (English Medium)
Bhonsala Military School
St.Francis high school
Rangubai Junnare English Medium High School

Major colleges in Nashik :

R.Y.K Science College
H.P.T Arts College
B.Y.K. Commerce College
KTHM College
S.M.R.K College
K.K. Wagh College of Engineering
Bytco College
Symboisis College
Panchavati College
Bhonsala Military College

External links

Rangubai Junnare English Medium School YahooGroup: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rjemhs/
Nasik district Gazetteers http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/nasik/index.htm
http://nashik.nic.in/ - An Official website of Collectorate, Nashik
http://www.nashikcorporation.com/ - Nashik Municipal Corporation
http://www.maharashtratourism.gov.in/mtdc/Nashik.aspx?strpage=nashik_main.html - Tourism - Nashik, Maharashtra, India
http://www.wikimapia.org/#y=19990127&x=73749847&z=12&l=0&m=a - Overview of Nashik on Wikimapia