Parbhani district

Parbhani, earlier also known as Prabhavatinagar, is one of the eight districts in the region of  State of. The district had a population of 1,527,715 of which 31.76% were urban as of 2001.

Geography
Parbhani district lies between 18.45 and 20.10 North Latitudes and 76.13 and 77.39 East Longitude. The district is bounded on the north by district. On the east by district, on the South by  and on the West by  and  districts.

This entire region, a district geographical region, was a part of. After reorganization of states in 1956 it became a part of the then state and from 1960 onwards it is part of the present  state.

The state capital of is  to the west; Parbhani is well connected by road to other major towns in  and also in the neighboring state of.

Parbhani is a major railway junction connecting with. It is also known as a store of Jowar in. In the field of education the parbhani is known for the famous Marathwada agricultural university which is very helpfull for the peoples residing all around.

Area and Administrative Divisions
Parbhani district covers an area of about 6250.58 sq.km. The district is divided into 9 administrative Sub-units ( Tahsils)-Parbhani, Gangakhed, Sonpeth, Pathri, Manwath, Palam, Selu, Jintur, and Purna.

Salient Physical Features
The hills on the north east form part of the Ajanta Hill ranges which passes through Jintur Tahsil. The hills on the southern side are the Balaghat Hill ranges. The district is at an average height of 357 m from mean sea level.

Land of Saints
Parbhani has been described as the land of saints, as several saints have been associated with Parbhani including like from Narsi,  from. The famous Bhaskarbhatt was from Bori in Parbhani district.

Near Parbhani is the town Selu, where Guru of shri Sai Baba "Shri Babasaheb Maharaj" was living. Sai stayed with him for 12 years during which time he acquired knowledge from his Guru.

The river Godaviri flows through this district. There are so many good temples on the bank of Godaviri river. One of them is the Mudgaleshwar Temple at Mudgal, (Pathri. Taluka.)

the school nutan vidyalay in selu is one of the oldest school in region established in 1939 swami ramanand tirth was related to this school there is one darga of sufi saint shah abu shah wali very famous in parbhani

Mudgaleshwar
It is located on the bank of Godavari river. Temple is in the midst of river. Temple was built by "Ahilya Bai". Lord "Narasimha Swamy" has taken the form "Shivalinga" along with his wife "Mahalaxmi" and son "Moudgalya" and daughter-in-law "Jaanabai". During rainy season the temple will be immersed in water. To have darshan one has to swim to the temple. Best time to visit is summer season i.e from April to June. To reach the place one has to travel by train via "Parbhani" or "Parli Vaidyanath".

2003 blasts
In 2003, a mosque was bombed by three men on separate motorcycles. At least 26 people were injured. This is related to the attacks on and  blasts in 2004, where masked motorcyclists were also responsible for throwing bombs. 

Famous places
The famous temple called "Pardeshwar" is also built in the city. In this temple the shivlinga is built.