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Shri Narasimha Temple पोखर्णी (नृ.)

पोखर्णी (नृ.) Devasthan is located 18 km from Parbhani. Narasimha Dev Temple is an attraction for pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh and other nearby states. The Shri Narasimha Temple premises are very large. The main temple is in a three-foot by four-foot room. The entrance is equally small. The Narasimha Devi temple at पोखर्णी (नृ.) was built about 1000 years ago. That is 1300 BC. The construction is in the Hemadpanti Vastu style.

Legend: The king who built this temple had his children cured of blindness. The Raja devotees wanted to go to the temple in the newly built temple of Narmamahadeva village in the village, but the villagers refused to allow them. Instead, two beautiful deities, holding a Chitra and a Shakti, were installed in Pokhran.

पोखर्णी (नृ.) village details

पोखर्णी (नृ.) is a village in Parbhani subdivision, Parbhani district and Maharashtra state. The pin code of पोखर्णी (नृ.) village is NA. The total population of पोखर्णी (नृ.) village is 4481 and the number of households is 830. The female population is 49.8%. The literacy rate of the village is 61.6% and the female literacy rate is 25.3%.

Location and administration

पोखर्णी (नृ.) is 20 km from the sub-district headquarters Parbhani and 20 km from the district headquarters Parbhani. पोखर्णी (नृ.) has a total area of ​​2559.29 hectares, non-agricultural area of ​​179.71 hectares and total irrigated area of ​​739.29 hectares. This village has 8 hours of agricultural power supply in summer and 8 hours of agricultural power supply in winter. The total irrigated area of ​​this village is 739.29 hectares, of which 1500 hectares are irrigated through canals and 220 hectares are irrigated through boreholes/tubewells.