Nanded (नांदेड), Maharashtra

Takht Shri Hazoor Sahib Gurdwara in Nanded


Nanded (Marathi: नांदेड; Punjabi: ਨੰਦੇੜ; Urdu: ﻧﺎﻨﺪﻳﮍ) is a city in the state of Maharashtra, India. It covers 52 sq km (20 sq mi) and has a population of 551,000 people (2012 estimate). The city is the second largest in the Marathwada region behind Aurangabad. It is a holy city to Sikhs.

Nanded is situated on the northern bank of the Godavari river. Its history goes back to antiquity. It was part of the Nanda Dynasty in the 5th century BC and became part of the Maurya Empire of Emperor Ashoka around 272 BC.

The position of Nanded as a spiritual center for the Sikh faith goes back to 1708, when Gobind Singh, the tenth spiritual leader of the Sikhs, came to Nanded and establish the Guru Granth Sahib, the religious text of Sikhism.

Today Nanded is a growing city with its economy supported by the textile, sugar and pharmaceutical industries. The insurance and banking sectors are also rapidly developing here.

Planning your trip to Nanded

You can take a train to Nanded from Amritsar, Aurangabad, Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune and Sriganganagar, among others.

Places of Interest in Nanded

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