Tuesday, 26 February 2013

Toranmal Dhule Tourism, Travelling guide, Tourist places near Toranmal Dhule


Toranmal is a popular hill station located in the municipal council of the Nandubar district in Maharashtra. The seven ranges of the Satpura hills surround the region. Thick cover of forests surrounds this hill station, which has different varieties of flora and fauna.

The hill station is 55 km from the city of Shahada and is around 305 km from Nashik and around 200 km from the city of Surat. It is famous for the Gorakhnath Temple, which is a popular Yatra site for Hindu devotees during Mahashivratri. 

Considered the second coolest hill station of the state, Toranmal was earlier a tribal area and derived its name from the tribal goddess Torana, whose temple is located in the hilly regions of the plateau. In ancient times, Toranmal used to be the centre of control of the Mandu rulers from Madhya Pradesh.

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