GRISHNESHWAR

   Grishneshwar also famous as Ghushmeshwar is a holy place of worship for Hindus. This place is the home of one of the twelve Jyotirlingas. Daulatabad which was first called Devagiri is about 11kms from Grishneshwar. The world-famous cave temple with beautiful rock paintings named Ellora is close to Grishneshwar. 

   Ahilyabhai Holkar built The Grishneswar temple. He also renovated the Kasi Viswanatha temple and Vishnu Paada temple at Gaya.

    History says that Lord  Shiva made his presence here and gave back life to the dead son of his ardent devotee Kusuma and hence adored as one of the 12 Jyotirlingas.

   And also visit to the near-by Ajanta and Elora caves, Bani Begum Garden, Aurangabad Caves  could spring up your excitement.

 

By Air : Aurangabad airport is the nearest airport.

By Rail : Aurangabad has direct trains to Bombay, Manmad, Nasik, Kalyan, Secunderabad (Hyderabad) 

By Road  : Aurangabad has good roads to Ajanta 106 kms, Bombay 392 kms, Ellora 30 kms, Nasik 221 kms, Pune 229 kms ,Shirdi 136 kms. Bombay, Shridi and Pune have good access to the other major cities.