:Nashik

{{main|History of Nashik}}

Nashik was known as "Padmanagar" during the Satya Yuga, "Trikantak" during the Treta Yuga, "Janasthana" during the Dvapara Yuga, and finally "Navashikh" or "Nashik" during the Kali Yuga, according to Hindu traditions.{{Cite web |date=10 February 2021 |title=History of Nashik |url=https://www.mintageworld.com/blog/history-of-nashik/ |access-date=17 October 2023 |website=Blog {{!}} Mintage World |language=en-US}} Nashik is significant in history, social life, and culture. The city is located on the banks of the Godavari River, making it a sacred site for Hindus around the world. During his 14-year exile from Ayodhya, Rama, the king of Ayodhya, is said to have made Nashik his home.{{Cite magazine |date=5 March 2018 |title=Kala Ram Temple, Lord Rama's Home in Nasik |url=https://www.sanskritimagazine.com/kala-ram-temple-lord-ramas-home-in-nasik/ |magazine=Sanskriti Magazine |access-date=14 October 2023}}

The Nashik Tram was started from the Old Municipal Building on the main road to Nashik Road railway station around 1889.{{Cite web |date=10 May 2024 |title=Once upon a tram: The story of India's tramways |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-history/story-of-indias-trams-tramways-mumbai-9316868/ |access-date=2 March 2025 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}} The tram served the people of Nashik for almost 44 years. The tram station was at the Main Road, and the tram reached the Nashik Road railway station via the present Main Road, Bhadrakali Market, Ghasbazar, and Phalke Road. It covered a distance of about eight to ten kilometres, and the stretch used to be covered with dense jungle at the time. In the article ‘Nashik-then’, poet Kusumagraj wrote: "If the carriages were full, the tram would leave. It would ring the bell and drive out of the village to the main road and then to the grass market.

In the 1900s, the Indian Freedom Fighter, Sri Vinayak Damodar Savarkar along with his brother founded a secret society named Abhinav Bharat in Nasik under the name "Mitra Mela"{{Cite web |title=Abhinav Bharat |url=https://cmsadmin.amritmahotsav.nic.in/district-reopsitory-detail.htm?5751}} which was one among many in Maharashtra. On 21 December 1909 a member of Abhinav Bharat, Anant Kanhere a student from Aurangabad assassinated Nashik's governor A. M. T. Jackson while he was watching a play in a theatre.{{Cite web |date=23 December 2024 |title=An assassination 115 years ago that had the British gunning for Veer Savarkar |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/an-assassination-115-years-ago-that-had-the-british-gunning-for-veer-savarkar-2654179-2024-12-23 |access-date=2 March 2025 |website=India Today |language=en}} Kanhere was arrested on the spot and after investigation, police arrested Vinayak Savarkar and others for conspiring against the government to instigate an armed rebellion. The case was known as the "Nasik Conspiracy Case - 1910". In the court trial in Bombay, police alleged Savarkar was the brain, moving spirit and inspiration of the conspiracy extending over many years. Bombay court sentenced him to life imprisonment, and transportation to notorious Cellular Jail at the Andaman Islands; Savarkar's elder brother Babarao Savarkar also received the same punishment and others received varying degrees of imprisonment. ICS officer Jackson's assassination created a sensation in Poona, Nasik and Bombay, the case and subsequently imprisonment made Savarkar famous.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/marathi/india-42465309|newspaper=BBC News मराठी|title= सावरकरांनी...}}{{Cite book |title=संपूर्ण तलाठी लेखी परीक्षा मार्गदर्शक |publisher=Vidyabharti |year=2020 |location=Latur |language=mr}}{{cite web|url= http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/libweb/historicalcases/cases/Nasik_Conspiracy_Case_-1910.html|website=Bombayhighcourt.nic.in|title=Nasik Conspiracy Case - 1910|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409230639/http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/libweb/historicalcases/cases/Nasik_Conspiracy_Case_-1910.html |archive-date=9 April 2009 }}

In 1930, the Nashik Satyagraha was launched under the leadership of B. R. Ambedkar for the entry of Dalits in Kalaram Mandir (Temple). In 1931, a meeting of the Bombay Province Charmakar Parishad was organised in Nashik to work out the Chambhars' position concerning the Second Round Table Conference in which Babasaheb was going to participate. In 1932, Babasaheb organised his temple entry movement for the abolition of untouchability in Nashik.B._R._Ambedkar

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Nashik lies in the northern part of Maharashtra state, at {{convert|584|m|abbr=on}}{{cite web |url=http://nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/disoverview.htm |title=Overview of District |website=Official Website of Nashik District |publisher=Nashik.nic.in |access-date=1 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405153304/http://www.nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/disoverview.htm |archive-date=5 April 2015 }} from the mean sea level, which gives it ideal temperature variation, particularly in winters.

The river Godavari originates from the Brahmagiri Mountain, Trimbakeshwar about {{Convert|24|km|abbr=on}} from Nashik, and flows through the old residential settlement, now in the central part of the city. Due to the high pollution created by factories in proximity to the city, the river was dying at an alarming rate. It has since been successfully cleaned.{{cite web |title=geography |url=http://www.ecoindia.com |access-date=21 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190118214332/http://www.ecoindia.com/ |archive-date=18 January 2019 }}

Nashik lies on the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, an ancient volcanic formation.{{cite web|url=http://nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/geology.htm |title=Official WebSite of District |publisher=Nashik.nic.in |access-date=16 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716225947/http://nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/geology.htm |archive-date=16 July 2011 }}

Trimbakeshwar is about {{Convert|30|km|abbr=on}} from the city, it is where from river Godavari originates. The land area of the city is about {{convert|259.13|km2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.nashikcorporation.com/html/history/index.shtml |title=History of Nashik |publisher=Nashikcorporation.com |access-date=16 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227072248/http://www.nashikcorporation.com/html/history/index.shtml |archive-date=27 December 2008 }}

The city's tropical location and high altitude combine to give it a relatively mild version of a tropical wet and dry climate (Köppen Aw). Temperatures rise slightly in October, but this is followed by the cool season from November to February. The cool season sees warm temperatures of around {{convert|28|C|F|1|disp=or}} during the day, but cool nights, with lows averaging {{convert|10|C|F|disp=or}}, and extremely dry air.

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| location = Nashik (Ozar Airport) 1991–2020, extremes 1965–present

| Jan record high C = 40.2

| Feb record high C = 38.6

| Mar record high C = 40.4

| Apr record high C = 42.8

| May record high C = 44.8

| Jun record high C = 43.3

| Jul record high C = 35.4

| Aug record high C = 34.3

| Sep record high C = 36.5

| Oct record high C = 38.5

| Nov record high C = 44.0

| Dec record high C = 44.4

| year record high C = 44.8

| Jan high C = 29.0

| Feb high C = 31.5

| Mar high C = 34.9

| Apr high C = 37.6

| May high C = 37.4

| Jun high C = 32.1

| Jul high C = 28.0

| Aug high C = 27.6

| Sep high C = 29.1

| Oct high C = 31.7

| Nov high C = 30.6

| Dec high C = 29.4

|year high C = 31.6

| Jan low C = 10.4

| Feb low C = 12.6

| Mar low C = 16.2

| Apr low C = 20.0

| May low C = 22.4

| Jun low C = 23.2

| Jul low C = 22.3

| Aug low C = 21.6

| Sep low C = 21.2

| Oct low C = 18.6

| Nov low C = 14.7

| Dec low C = 11.8

| year low C = 17.8

| Jan record low C = 0.4

| Feb record low C = 0.6

| Mar record low C = 5.7

| Apr record low C = 8.8

| May record low C = 13.5

| Jun record low C = 18.3

| Jul record low C = 17.0

| Aug record low C = 17.0

| Sep record low C = 13.5

| Oct record low C = 9.8

| Nov record low C = 4.4

| Dec record low C = 2.2

| year record low C = 0.4

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| Jan rain mm = 0.6

| Feb rain mm = 3.2

| Mar rain mm = 7.5

| Apr rain mm = 1.1

| May rain mm = 10.2

| Jun rain mm = 120.1

| Jul rain mm = 240.6

| Aug rain mm = 196.5

| Sep rain mm = 169.4

| Oct rain mm = 68.0

| Nov rain mm = 26.2

| Dec rain mm = 2.3

| year rain mm = 845.9

| Jan rain days = 0.1

| Feb rain days = 0.1

| Mar rain days = 0.7

| Apr rain days = 0.1

| May rain days = 1.1

| Jun rain days = 6.6

| Jul rain days = 14.4

| Aug rain days = 12.5

| Sep rain days = 10.0

| Oct rain days = 4.5

| Nov rain days = 1.7

| Dec rain days = 0.3

| year rain days = 52.0

|time day = 17:30 IST

| Jan humidity = 32

| Feb humidity = 25

| Mar humidity = 20

| Apr humidity = 20

| May humidity = 30

| Jun humidity = 64

| Jul humidity = 81

| Aug humidity = 82

| Sep humidity = 78

| Oct humidity = 54

| Nov humidity = 44

| Dec humidity = 39

|year humidity = 47

|source 1 = India Meteorological Department

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}}Nashik has been ranked 19th best “National Clean Air City” (under Category 1 >10L Population cities) in India according to 'Swachh Vayu Survekshan 2024 Results' {{Cite web |date=7 September 2024 |title=Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2024 |url=https://prana.cpcb.gov.in/ncapServices/robust/fetchFilesFromDrive/Swachh_Vayu_Survekshan_2024_Result.pdf |website=Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2024}}

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Nashik is the fourth largest city in Maharashtra in terms of population after Mumbai, Pune, and Nagpur. According to the Census of India, 2011, Nashik had a population of 1,486,053. Males constitute 782,517 of the population, and females 703,536. The Metropolitan Nashik population was 1,561,809, in which 821,921 were males and 739,888 were females. Nashik city had an average literacy rate of 89.85%: male literacy was 93.40%, and female literacy was 85.92%.{{cite web|title=2011 Census Nashik|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/361-nashik.html|website=India 2011 Census|access-date=21 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708095900/http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/361-nashik.html|archive-date=8 July 2018}}

The sex ratio is 894 per 1,000 males for Nashik city. The child sex ratio is 865 girls per 1,000 boys. In Nashik, 11.42% of the population is under 6 years of age.{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/361-nashik.html|title=Nashik City Population Census 2011 – Maharashtra|access-date=27 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703090619/http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/361-nashik.html|archive-date=3 July 2015}} In the census year 2001, the Nashik Urban Agglomeration had a population of {{formatnum:1152326}}. Thus, it was the fourth largest urban area of Maharashtra State after Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur. The projected population of Nashik urban agglomeration (which includes abutting urban areas like Deolali) as of 11 November 2012 is {{formatnum:1562769}}.{{cite web |first=Thomas |last=Brinkhoff |url=http://www.citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html |title=The Principal Agglomerations of the World – Population Statistics & Maps |publisher=Citypopulation.de |date=23 January 2010 |access-date=16 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704112702/http://www.citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html |archive-date=4 July 2010 |url-status=live }}

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At the time of the 2011 census, 76.69% of the population spoke Marathi, 11.80% Hindi, 3.26% Urdu, 2.16% Gujarati and 1.26% Marwari as their first language.{{cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra (Town level) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10253/download/13365/DDW-C16-TOWN-STMT-MDDS-2700.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}}

{{See also|Nashik division|Nashik district}}

Nashik city is governed by the Nashik Municipal Corporation.{{cite web|url=http://nashikcorporation.in/|title=Nashik Municipal Corporation :: Nashik Municipal Corporation|website=nashikcorporation.in|access-date=21 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113015429/http://nashikcorporation.in/|archive-date=13 January 2019|url-status=live}} Nashik is the district headquarters of the Nashik District, {{cvt|185|km}} away from Mumbai. The city has developed on both banks of the Godavari, which divides the city into almost equal halves.{{cite web|title=Nashik Municipal Corporation :: General Body|url=http://nashikcorporation.in/public/article/index/id/39|access-date=8 October 2020|website=nashikcorporation.in|archive-date=12 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012005530/http://nashikcorporation.in/public/article/index/id/39}}

The ward committee consists of councillors representing the electoral wards within the territorial area of the ward committee.{{cite web|title=Nashik Municipal Corporation :: Ward Committee |url=https://nashikcorporation.in/article/index/id/60|access-date=9 October 2020|website=nashikcorporation.in|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011070605if_/https://nashikcorporation.in/article/index/id/60}} There are six ward committees namely Nashik (E), Nashik (W), Nashik Road, Panchavati, CIDCO and Satpur. The main function of the committees is to approve the cost of works for the wards, incorporate the expenses in the budget etc.

The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) is planning to start major civic projects in 2020. Projects like the creation of more smart roads, setting up of 800 CCTVs, installation of LED streetlights, Goda beautification project, construction of two major water treatment projects (WTPs), upgradation of STPs, making smart parking operational, etc. would be given priority by the municipal corporation.{{cite web|last=www.ETGovernment.com|title=Maharashtra: Major civic projects of Nashik Municipal Corporation to get boost in 2020 - ET Government|url=https://government.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/smart-infra/maharashtra-major-civic-projects-of-nashik-municipal-corporation-to-get-boost-in-2020/73025022|access-date=9 October 2020|website=ETGovernment.com|language=en}}

In the Nashik Municipal Corporation area about 225 MT of solid waste is generated per day. Unlike other Indian cities, this garbage is collected by vehicles titled 'Ghantagadi' (meaning the vehicle with a bell): a system which has resulted in smaller versions of the ghantagadi ply in the congested old city areas. A plant has been set by the Nashik Municipal Corporation near Pandav Leni (Pandavleni Caves) to process the garbage and convert it into compost.{{cite web |url=http://www.nashikcorporation.com/html/aboutus/nmc_cdp/Chapter8.pdf |title=Concept Paper on Preparation of City Development Plan For Three Cities of Jharkhand Under Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Missi |access-date=16 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304050821/http://www.nashikcorporation.com/html/aboutus/nmc_cdp/Chapter8.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2009 }}

The NMC provides an online website for various civic services like birth certificate registration, medical services, taxes, development services, etc.{{cite web |title=Civic Services Nashik Municipal Corporation |url=https://civicservices.nmc.gov.in/services |website=civicservices.nmc.gov.in |access-date=9 October 2020}}

Image:Grape vineyards Viticulture Farming Sula winery Nasik Maharashtra India.jpg

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In early 1925, the table grape revolution was started in Ozhar, a small town near Nashik, by Raosaheb Jairam Krishna Gaikwad. Today, table grapes are exported to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.{{cite news |last=Pawar |first=Tushar |date=16 May 2012|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/Indias-grape-export-up-by-nearly-60-this-year/articleshow/13159649.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624215657/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-16/nashik/31725908_1_containers-tonnes-grape-export |archive-date=24 June 2013 |title=India's grape export up by nearly 60% this year |work=The Times of India |url-status=live |access-date=28 September 2013}}

The total cultivatible area in Nashik district is 864,000 hectares, of which the average Kharip crop area is 663,200 hectares, and the average Rabbi crop area is 136,500 hectares. The sown area is 658,763 hectares (99%) and the forest land is 340,000 hectares (21.75%). The uncultivable area is 23,000 hectares (1.48%).{{cite web |url=http://nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/agriculture.htm |title=Official Website of Nashik District |publisher=Nashik.nic.in |date=31 October 2012 |access-date=2 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505181155/https://nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/agriculture.htm |archive-date=5 May 2016 }}

File:SU-30_MKI_Lajes.JPG is manufactured at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited plant in Nashik]]

The Igatpuri-Nashik-Sinnar investment region is an important node in the US$90 billion Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project.{{cite news|title=Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor launched in Maharashtra|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/archive/delhi-mumbai-industrial-corridor-launched-in-maharashtra/1230819/|access-date=13 January 2018|agency=Financial Express|date=4 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114021338/http://www.financialexpress.com/archive/delhi-mumbai-industrial-corridor-launched-in-maharashtra/1230819/|archive-date=14 January 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Khapre|first1=Shubhangi|title=Magnetic Maharashtra: Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor to be showcased|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/magnetic-maharashtra-delhi-mumbai-industrial-corridor-to-be-showcased-5058042/|access-date=19 May 2018|agency=Indian Express|date=10 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519121542/http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/magnetic-maharashtra-delhi-mumbai-industrial-corridor-to-be-showcased-5058042/|archive-date=19 May 2018|url-status=live}}

Nashik is a defence and aerospace manufacturing hub with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited aircraft manufacturing plant located at Ozar.{{cite web|url=http://hal-india.com/aircraftdivisionnasik.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323073214/http://hal-india.com/aircraftdivisionnasik.asp|title=Welcome to HAL – Aircraft Division|archive-date=23 March 2013}} The Currency Note Press{{cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=92109 |title=Currency Note Press, Nashik has Highest Ever Monthly Production of 451.5 Million Pieces (MPCS) of Banknotes during January, 2013 |date=8 February 2013 |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India |access-date=21 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015107/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=92109 |archive-date=7 February 2019 |url-status=live }} and India Security Press are on Nashik Road, where Indian currency and government stamp papers are printed respectively.{{cite web |url=http://cnpnashik.spmcil.com/SPMCIL/Interface/Home.aspx |title=CNPN Home |publisher=Cnpnashik.spmcil.com |date=21 October 2010 |access-date=28 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627223555/http://cnpnashik.spmcil.com/spmcil/Interface/Home.aspx |archive-date=27 June 2013 }}

Industrial areas in Nashik district are Satpur, Ambad, Sinnar, Igatpuri, Dindori and Vinchur. The proposed additional areas are Sinnar, Malegaon and Rajur Bahula.{{cite web|title=MSME Nashik report|url=http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/Nashik%20Profile.pdf|website=dcmsme.gov.in|access-date=8 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809191616/http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/Nashik%20Profile.pdf|archive-date=9 August 2017|url-status=live}}

Industries in Nashik district include Atlas Copco, Robert Bosch GmbH, CEAT Limited, Crompton Greaves, ThyssenKrupp, Epcos, Everest Industries, GlaxoSmithKline, Hindustan Unilever Limited, Kirloskar Group, Dabur, KSB Pumps, Larsen & Toubro, Mahindra and Mahindra, United Spirits Limited, Mahindra Ugine Steel, Samsonite, Shalimar Paints, Siemens, VIP Industries, and Indian Oil Corporation.{{cite web |title=Brief Industrial Profile of Nashik District |url=http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/Nashik%20Profile.pdf |author= |date=2017 |publisher=GOI Ministry of MSME |access-date=8 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809191616/http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/Nashik%20Profile.pdf |archive-date=9 August 2017 |url-status=live }}

Apart from manufacturing, Nashik is an emerging investment destination for Information Technology companies. Tata Consultancy Services has invested in Nashik under the government of India BPO promotion scheme (IBPS). Also WNS, Accenture, TCS{{cite news|title=India BPO promotion scheme|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-cm/tata-consultancy-services-sets-up-business-process-service-centre-in-patna-117051100644_1.html|newspaper=Business Standard India|access-date=9 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809132329/http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-cm/tata-consultancy-services-sets-up-business-process-service-centre-in-patna-117051100644_1.html|archive-date=9 August 2017|url-status=live|date=11 May 2017|last1=Market|first1=Capital}} has set up Digital Impact Square, or DISQ, which is a social innovation center.{{cite news|title=After Pune, Nashik is emerging as latest hub for tech startups in India|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/after-pune-nashik-is-emerging-as-latest-hub-for-tech-startups-in-india/articleshow/53578201.cms|newspaper=The Economic Times|access-date=9 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811205935/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/after-pune-nashik-is-emerging-as-latest-hub-for-tech-startups-in-india/articleshow/53578201.cms|archive-date=11 August 2017|url-status=live|date=7 August 2016|last1=Layak|first1=Suman}}

Nashik has a textile industry. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development has selected Yeola Block for development of Paithani Cluster. To facilitate exports, a container freight station was started at MIDC Ambad by the Central Government.{{cite web|url=http://nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/industry.htm|title=Industry|website=Official Website of Nashik District|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406030911/http://www.nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/industry.htm|archive-date=6 April 2015}}

{{Main|Nashik grape|Nashik valley wine}}

Nashik has been described as "The Wine Capital of India". The Nashik region reportedly produced 10,000 tonnes of grapes per year.{{cite web|url=http://food.ndtv.com/food-drinks/nashik-to-host-first-grape-harvest-fest-692988|title=Nashik Harvest|publisher=Food NDTV|access-date=27 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208062354/http://food.ndtv.com/food-drinks/nashik-to-host-first-grape-harvest-fest-692988|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=live}}

In 2013, there were 22 wineries in Nashik, out of 46 wineries throughout India.{{cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/-maharashtra-s-grape-wine-industry-has-bright-future-ahead-106121301085_1.html |title=Business Standard |publisher=Business Standard |access-date=27 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208050415/http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/-maharashtra-s-grape-wine-industry-has-bright-future-ahead-106121301085_1.html |archive-date=8 December 2015 |url-status=live |newspaper=Business Standard India |date=13 December 2006 |last1=Pawar |first1=Tushar }} The largest vineyard in Nashik is the Sula Vineyards.

In the harvest season, Nashik is home to several wine festivals, such as the India Grape Harvest and SulaFest.{{cite news |last1=Bhosale |first1=Jayashree |title=Nashik wineries host festivals to boost sales and create brand awareness |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/liquor/nashik-wineries-host-festivals-to-boost-sales-and-create-brand-awareness/articleshow/28544355.cms?from=mdr |access-date=5 October 2023 |work=The Economic Times |date=8 January 2014}}{{cite news |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/et-now/corporate/leaders-of-tomorrow-nashik-the-wine-capital-of-india/videoshow/9609493.cms |title=Leaders of Tomorrow: Nashik- The wine capital of India |date=15 August 2011 |work=Economic Times |access-date=28 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803213739/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/et-now/corporate/leaders-of-tomorrow-nashik-the-wine-capital-of-india/videoshow/9609493.cms |archive-date=3 August 2015 |url-status=live }}

{{Main|Culture of Nashik}}

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In February 2016, The Statue of Ahimsa, a {{cvt|108|ft}} idol of the first Jain tirthankara Rishabhdev carved in monolithic stone was consecrated at Mangi Tungi nearly {{cvt|122|km}} from Nashik city. It is recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest Jain idol in the world.{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/Guinness-Book-to-certify-Mangi-Tungi-idol/articleshow/51275366.cms|title=Guinness Book to certify Mangi Tungi idol|work=The Times of India|access-date=17 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207235500/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/Guinness-Book-to-certify-Mangi-Tungi-idol/articleshow/51275366.cms|archive-date=7 February 2018|url-status=live}}

File:036 Cave 10, Front (33928302236).jpg Vihara" at Pandavleni Caves, (circa 120 CE).]]

The Trirashmi (Pandavleni) Caves, or Nashik Caves, are a group of 24 caves carved between the 1st century BCE and the 2nd century CE,Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History by Susan E. mouurya [https://books.google.com/books?id=MBuPx1rdGYIC&pg=PA168 p.168] representing the Hinayana Buddhist caves.

• Gangapur Dam is on the river Godavari near Gangawadi village and is an earthen dam, Nashik.{{cite web|url=http://nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/irrigation.htm|title=Official WebSite of Nashik District|access-date=27 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810122732/http://nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/irrigation.htm|archive-date=10 August 2013}}
• Chankapur dam on the Girna river is one of the big dams built by the British in the 19th century. It is {{cvt|3|km}} from the village Abhona in Kalwan tehsil and {{cvt|60|km}} from Nashik.
• Kashypi Dam is on the Kashypi river near Rajapur, Nashik.
• Girna Dam is an earth-fill dam on the Girna river near Nandgaon, Nashik District.
• Darna Dam is a gravity dam on the Darna river near Igatpuri, Nashik district.

{{Main|Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha}}

The Kumbh Mela is celebrated every six years at Haridwar and Prayagraj and Maha Kumbh takes place every twelve years at four places: Prayagraj, Haridwar, Ujjain, and Nashik. According to the Puranas, it is believed that Kumbh derives its name from an immortal pot of nectar, which the devatas (Gods) and rakshasas (Demons) fought over. The four places where the nectar fell are at the banks of the river Godavari in Nashik, river Kshipra in Ujjain, river Ganges in Haridwar and at Triveni Sangam of Ganga, Yamuna and invisible Saraswati River in Prayagraj.{{cite web |url=http://www.kumbhamela.net/origin-of-kumbha-mela.html |title=History of Kumbh Mela – Origin of Kumbh Mela |publisher=Kumbhamela.net |access-date=2 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918193908/https://www.kumbhamela.net/origin-of-kumbha-mela.html |archive-date=18 September 2018 }}{{cite web |url=http://nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/kumbh.htm |title=Official WebSite of Nashik District |publisher=Nashik.nic.in |access-date=2 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406005718/http://www.nashik.nic.in/htmldocs/kumbh.htm |archive-date=6 April 2015 }}

There are numerous gardens built and maintained by NMC throughout the city. Shivaji Garden on Main Road is one of the oldest.

There were rose farms near Mumbai Naka. NMC Pushpotsav (Festival of Flowers) is celebrated every year in main building, Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan.

Sarvajanik Vachanalaya Nashik is one of the oldest libraries and reading rooms of India established around 1840 by Britishers. Spread across several stories and over numerous rooms, the collection of 1,75,000 books includes English, Marathi, Hindi and Sanskrit books.

Kalidas Kala Mandir and Parshuram Saykhedkar Natyagruha are drama theatres regularly visited by the public.

Gunga Jumna Superhit movie of Dilip Kumar was shot in Nashik's various villages including Nandur Vaidya, Wadivarhe etc. The plot of film is set in Haripur of Uttarpradesh, although actual shooting was held at Igatpuri in Nashik. Nashik known for its historical palaces and village stereotype villas has become a site of immense excitement for many film lovers to explore it's architectural richness. Although with time, style and architecture of buildings has drastically changed, leaving old buildings abandoned now.{{Cite web |first=Deshdoot Digital |title=Veteran actor Dilip Kumar’s inseparable bond with Nashik |url=https://deshdoot.com/veteran-actor-dilip-kumars-inseparable-bond-with-nashik/}}

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Nashik has its airport located at Ozar and an old airport at Gandhinagar which connects Nashik to Mumbai. The Gandhinagar Airport is now reserved for the military. Nashik Airport is a domestic airport and is connected to Ahmedabad, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Indore, Bangalore,{{cite news |title=Daily Nashik-Bengaluru flight from Sept 10; industries cheer |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/daily-nashik-bengaluru-flight-from-sept-10-industries-cheer/articleshow/111029408.cms |work=The Times of India |date=16 June 2024 |access-date=22 October 2024}} Jaipur(via Indore){{Cite news|url=https://www.lokmattimes.com/nashik/nashik-jaipur-direct-flight-service-launched-by-indigo-connecting-cities-in-under-three-hours-a519/|title=Nashik-Jaipur Direct Flight Service Launched by IndiGo, Connecting Cities in Under Three Hours|date=30 October 2024|publisher=Lokmat Times}} and Nagpur.

Nashik Road railway station is city railway station along with Deolali which lies within the city boundary. Regular travellers also travel to Kasara or Igatpuri from Mumbai and take a cab or bus to reach Nasik.

Nashik is served by National Highway 60.{{Cite web |title=The List of National Highways in the Country is as under |url=https://morth.nic.in/sites/default/files/Details-of-National-Highways-as-on-31.03_1.pdf |access-date=5 October 2023 |website=morth.nic.in}} Mumbai-Nashik Expressway connects Nashik to Mumbai.{{cite web|url=https://peakinfra.com/assetz/mnel/ |title=Mumbai Nashik Expressway Private Ltd (MNEL) | Peak Infrastructure |publisher=Peakinfra.com |date= |access-date=5 August 2022}}

India's first 10-lane expressway is going to be built between Nashik and Pune{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}. The Surat-Nashik-Chennai expressway goes through Nashik city. The Samruddhi Mahamarg also goes {{cvt|15|km}} from Nashik city.

• Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) rolled out its city bus service Citilinc on 8 July 2021. The previous state government had given its nod to the NMC to take over the city bus service from the ailing Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC).{{Cite news|date= 27 September 2020|first=Tushar|last=Pawar|title=NMC to gift its city bus service to citizens on Diwali |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/nmc-to-gift-its-city-bus-service-to-citizens-on-diwali/articleshow/78338950.cms|access-date=9 October 2020|work=The Times of India|language=en}}
• Metro [Proposed] – Greater Nashik Metro is proposed by Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited. It was cancelled on opposition since there seemed no severe requirement with availability of wide road connectivity across city.
• Trams [1889–1933] - Nashik was the third city in India after Kolkata and Mumbai to get trams. Trams started operation in 1889. It originated from the Old Municipal Corporation building located on Main Road and terminated at the Nashik Road railway station (8–10 km). It passes through areas of Ganjamal (the now defunct bus stop was earlier a tram stop) and behind the Fame Multiplex. Brady's; a private company funded the project and later introduced India's first petrol-engine-driven tram under the aegis of Nasik Tramway Co. The tramway closed down in around 1933 owing to the successive years of famine and plague, it had run into heavy losses.{{cite web |title=Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 8, page 332 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library |url=http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_338.gif |access-date=22 April 2022 |website=dsal.uchicago.edu}}{{Cite news |last=Pardeshi |first=Nikhil |date=5 February 2021 |title=1889-1933: Remembering the good old tram of Nashik |url=https://www.deshdoot.com/deshdoot-times/1889-1933-remembering-the-good-old-tram-of-nashik |access-date=22 April 2022 |work=Deshdoot}}
• AutoRickshaws - The city has a number of autorickshaws that work on sharing as well as direct fare basis.
• OLA - The city has OLA app working with rickshaws and cars. Earlier Uber was also serving.

{{Main|Education in Nashik}}

The city has two state-run universities: the Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University and the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences.

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in India}}

;Twin towns and sister cities

• {{flagicon|Hungary}} Budapest, Hungary (2018){{cite web|title=Maharashtra Tourism|url=https://twitter.com/mtdc_official/status/997125758450520065|access-date=17 May 2018|quote=Budapest and Nashik to be sister cities as collaboration between Hungary and Maharashtra to have a roadmap ahead for mutual synergies!Shri Jaykumar Rawal, Hon Minister Tourism, Shri Vijay Gautam IAS PS, Shri Aashutosh Rathod JtMD, interacting with the Hungary delegation at Sahyadri|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729194320/https://twitter.com/mtdc_official/status/997125758450520065|archive-date=29 July 2018|url-status=live}}

Tehsils of Nashik:

• Malegaon
• Dindori
• Nandgaon
• Igatpuri
• Kalwan
• Baglan taluka

{{Further information|Category: People from Nashik|label1=People from Nashik}}

• Madhav Mantri, international cricketer{{Efn|Madhav Mantri played for team India, Maharashtra cricket team and Mumbai cricket team.}}
• Abhishek Raut, cricketer
• Anant Laxman Kanhere, revolutionary, freedom fighter
• Anjana Thamke, athlete
• Dadasaheb Phalke, Film director, and editor regarded as the "father of Indian cinema"
• Pandit Dattatreya Vishnu Paluskar, Hindustani classical vocalist
• Dadasaheb Gaikwad (Bhaurao Krishnaji Gaikwad), politician, social worker
• Vamandada Kardak, Ambedkar movement activist, Marathi poet.
• Baburao Bagul, Marathi author
• Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, renowned freedom fighter, revolutionary, right-wing ideologist, politician, poet and author{{cite web |title=Veer Savarkar Biography - Vir Savarkar Indian Freedom Fighter - Vinayak Damodar Savarkar History |url=http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/veer-savarkar.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150827034859/http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/veer-savarkar.html |archive-date=27 August 2015 |access-date=11 September 2015 |website=www.iloveindia.com}}
• Kusumagraj, Marathi poet, playwright and novelist
• Shivaji Tupe, painter
• Krishnaji Gopal Karve, Indian freedom fighter, revolutionary
• Tatya Tope, leader in the Indian Rebellion of 1857
• Dhairya Dand, inventor, artist, designer
• Kavita Raut, long-distance runner
• Sunil Khandbahale, innovator, entrepreneur, language enthusiast{{cite news|title=Young Achievers|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/edex/Young-achievers/2013/11/11/article1879868.ece|access-date=5 January 2015|agency=Indian Express|date=11 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110001843/http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/edex/Young-achievers/2013/11/11/article1879868.ece|archive-date=10 January 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Youth Icon|url=http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/rssarticleshow/msid-19026839,prtpage-1.cms|access-date=5 August 2013|newspaper=Maharashtra Times|date=16 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117103326/http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/rssarticleshow/msid-19026839,prtpage-1.cms|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=live}}
• Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar, recreational mathematician
• Nazima, actress
• Aishwarya Narkar, actress in Marathi films, serials and plays, Hindi serials, commercials
• Anita Date-Kelkar, actress, known for Radhika in Mazhya Navryachi Bayko
• Sayali Bhagat, model/actress, Femina Miss India World 2004
• Mahadev Govind Ranade, Indian scholar, social reformer and author
• Ramesh Raskar, computer scientist
• Dattu Baban Bhokanal, rower
• Chinmay Udgirkar, actor
• Vidit Gujrathi, Indian chess player
• Saiyami Kher, actress
• Anjali Patil, actress
• Shashank Khaitan, film writer, director, actor and producer
• Mrunal Dusanis, actress
• Lalita Pawar, actress
• Chhagan Bhujbal, politician
• Uttamrao Dhikale, politician
• Pradnya Gadre, badminton player

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