Jintur

Jintur जिंतुर جنتور Jainpur
city
Jintur Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 19°37′N 76°42′E / 19.62°N 76.7°E / 19.62; 76.7Coordinates: 19°37′N 76°42′E / 19.62°N 76.7°E / 19.62; 76.7
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Parbhani
Elevation	455 m (1,493 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	44,291[1]
Languages
• Official	Marathi, Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	431509

Jintur is a city and a municipal council in Parbhani district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Geography

Jintur is located at 19°37′N 76°42′E / 19.62°N 76.7°E / 19.62; 76.7.^[2] It has an average elevation of 455 metres (1492 feet).

Demographics

As population of 2011 India census,^[1] Jintur has population of 44,291 of which 22,616 are males while 21,675 are females. Jintur has female sex ratio is of 958 higher than Maharashtra state average of 929.^[1]

Literacy rate of Jintur city is 78.26 % lower than state average of 82.34 %. In Jintur, Male literacy is around 83.45 % while female literacy rate is 72.90 %. In Jintur, 14.83% of the population is under 6 years of age.^[1]

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.91 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.80 % of total population in Jintur.^[1]

Historical Places

Shri Digamber Jain Atishya Kshetra Nemgiri Samsthan Jintur

An ancient Jain Temple Shri Digamber Jain Atishya Kshetra Nemgiri Samsthan is situated in sub hills of Sahyadri Mountains 3 kilometers (2 mi) north of Jintur in Parabhani District of Maharashtra. There are two hills Nemgiri and Chandragiri famous for their ancient artistic and miraculous Jain Cave Temples and Chaityalayas.

Nemgiri Hill

Neminath-Parshwanath-Shantinath Bhagavan idols inside caves

There are seven caves and Idols of Bhagvan Mahaveer, Bhagvan Adinath, Bhagvan Shantinath, Bhagvan Neminath, Bhagvan Parshwanath, Nandishwar and Bhagvan Bahubali. In first cave of Nemgiri, an attractive idol of Lord Mahaveer in cross legged seating posture is installed, 3.5 feet in height. This was installed in V.S. 1676. Ancient feet images of Acharya Bhadrabahu are also here attractive pilgrims. In second cave there is an ancient idol of Lord Adinath in state of meditation & penance. In third cave there a 6-foot idol of Lord Shantinath with symbol of deer is seen. This was supposed to be touching down at few points till few years back. But now black marble has been installed underneath.

In a fourth cave 7.5-foot-high beautiful idol of Baghwan Neminath in cross legged seating posture is seen. Bhagvan Neminath idol is the largest Padmasanastha Idol and in Cave Number 5 a miraculous idol of Lord Antariksha Parshwanath is staying in the space 3 inches high from surface. This idol is about 6 feet (1.8 m) tall. The tiny sixth cave has 4.5-foot Nandishwar. However if considered as a Manastambha for Mulnayak Neminath bhagwaan with four heads in four directions. The last one, the seventh cave has a statue standing 5.5 feet high of idol of Lord Bahubali.

In whole world you can see these three idols only in Jintur. It is an old temple and for last 400 years it has been created by King Sanghavi and his family and nowadays maintained by the Digamber Jain samaj Jintur.

Two more Digamber Jain temple situated in city, one is Shree Parshvanath Digamber Jain Mandir(Nice Glass work to see here) and another one is Shree Mahaveer Digamber Jain Mandir.

Chandragiri Hill

A Choubeesee carved on a flat rock is very artistic here, that includes great standing idols of Lord Shantinath, Kunthunath & Arahnath and this was installed in V.S. 1665.

How To Reach Nemgiri/Jintur

View Most nearest Railway Station is Parbhani about 41 km. By Bus From Parbhani One hour journey - Frequent buses are available.

From Aurangabad Four hours journey - Good frequency in day time. Nearest Airport is Aurangabad.

From Jintur Bus Stand to Nemgiri Sansthan

Local auto rickshaws are best way to reach nemgiri

Other Places

1. Yeldari dam

2. Shri Nrusimha Temple Varud

3. Sai Baba Mandir

4. Balaji Mandir

5. Gajanan Mandir

6. Gajanan Maharaj Mandir @ Halvira from 13 Km. away on Mantha Road

7.Mainapuri temple

8 Pachalegaon temple

9 sidheshwar temple

10 kehal nathuram maharaj temple

11 Shri Ram mandir

12 Motha Maroti mandir

13 Shri Ramban devi mandir

14 Amba devi mandir Bhogaon

15 Shree Chintamani Parasnath Digmbar Jain mandir

16 Shree 1008 Bhagavan Mahaveer Digambar Jain Mandir

Interesting places

There are many places around Jintur, specially Aundha Naganatha Temple 43 km (27 mi) from the Jintur, this is one of the very ancient temple, Yeladari dam 12 km (7.5 mi) and a very good place to visit, Charthana, Mainnapuri, Ganeshpur is near from jintur there is temple of ganesha every sankshti chaturthi people come from jintur by walk ganeshpur is around 24 km from jintur

Charthana - This village name came from the King Charudatta who was ruled this area. Charthana has 365 Hemad panthi temples around this area. Apart from it ~40 temples are visible. which include Barav & temples built in the 11th century.

Education

There are many good institutions around the town, like New Era English School, Dyneshwar Vidyalay, Jawahar Vidyalay,Eklavya balvidya mandir(primary & secondary),Dr. Zakair Husain primary school, ITI Jintur, DSM college and Government Polytechnic and Viasrao Deshmukh Urdu High School & Jr. College. Ihyaul Uloom is one of the old islamic madrasa in the town, Maulana Shakeel Ahmad Sahab is the founder of this madrasa,number of people studied in this madrasa.Ihya Uloom is located back side of Busstand Jintur and near Eid Gah.

Connectivity

Town has been connected to parbhani, Hingoli, Aurangabad by road. Nearest Railway Station Parbhani 43 km, Nearest airport Nanded 100 km and Aurangabad 160 km.

By road:There are many buses plying to Jintur from Parbhani (40 km) and Aurangbad (160 km).

By train:One need to go to Parbhani first and from there by bus to Jintur

By air:One need to go to Aurangabad by plane and from there by bus to Jintur.

See also

• Zari
• Bori
• Charthana
• Nemgiri

References