Shegaon Temple

ShegaonAbout this sound pronunciation (help·info) (Marathi: शेगांव) is a town and a municipal council in Buldana district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.Shegaon has a tourist attraction called "Anand Sagar", an INR 3 billion project.It is maintained by the The Gajanan Maharaj Sansthan. It surrounds a big artificial lake. It has a meditation centre, an aquarium, temples, play grounds, lush green lawns and open theatre where fountain-show is conducted for entertainment. It has been beautifully decorated with state of art artefacts and carvings all over. An amusement park has also started with a toy train encircling the entire place. mayur suresh gawande tarhala. Anand Sagar is spread in 350 acres area, and the main work of project began on 8th April, 1999. The Sanstha was facing water problem, which was big challenge to them and they brought water from Man River which is 9 km away from here & done rain harvesting which help them to overcome water problem. Around 500 laborers & around 200 expert Sculptors from Rajasthan worked here to create main Entrance, Marble Temple & other Sculptures. Initial estimation of the project to be implemented in three phases was of 300 Crore Rupees. It was dedicated to Country on 12th December, 2002 by Vice President, Hon. Shree Bhairavshinghji Shekhawat. Anand Sagar is a huge complex with a big lake, several Green Lawns, Children’s Playing area, Temples, Meditation Centre, An Fish Aquarium, Open Theatre where Fountain show is conducted, Beautifully decorated with Sate of art artifacts & carvings all over Area, an Amusement park with a Toy Train encircling the entire place. In Anand Sagar around 50,000 trees of different types has been planted. An Artificial island of 300’ x 60’ x 40’ size has been created in the center, to create same as Swami Vivekanand Center at Kanyakumari. In which there is “Dhyan Kendra [Meditation Centre]” & Statue of Swami Vivekanand with around 30’ to 35’ size. There is a good facility for dining at economical rates. There are many amenities for the devotees, including free wheel chairs, baby prams and Umbrellas. To cover all places at least in Anand Sagar it will take around 8 to 10 Hours.

One can easily reach Anand Sagar as there is regular free bus service from Bhakta Niwas 5 & 6, which drops near to the main gate of Anand Sagar and also one can reach here by Auto. As it was near Anand Vihar, we hired a shared Auto, which charged us Rs 10/- per seat. Before we move ahead, lets have some information about Anand Sagar. Anand Sagar is developed by Shree Gajanan Maharaj Sansthan, taking in to consideration the increasing number of devotees coming at Shegaon Mandir for Darshan, as there was no place nearby Shegaon to spare time. Sansthan has decided to develop a place which should be spiritual as well as entertainment Center for Devotees.