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Trimbak

Trimbak
त्रिंबक
Trambak
city
Trimbak is located in Maharashtra
Trimbak
Trimbak
Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 19°34′N 73°19′E / 19.56°N 73.32°E / 19.56; 73.32Coordinates: 19°34′N 73°19′E / 19.56°N 73.32°E / 19.56; 73.32
Country  India
State Maharashtra
District Nashik
Elevation 750 m (2,460 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 12,056
Languages
 • Official Marathi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

Trimbak is a city and a municipal council in Nashik District in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple is located here, one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, where the Hindu genealogy registers at Trimbakeshwar, Maharashtra are kept.. The origin of the sacred Godavari river is near Trimbak.

The Simhastha Kumbh Mela in the Nashik district was originally held at Trimbak, but after a 1789 clash between Vaishnavites and Saivites over precedence of bathing, the Maratha Peshwa shifted the Vaishnavites' bathing place to Ramkund in Nashik city. The Shaivites continue to regard Trimbak as the proper location of the Mela.

Trimbak is located at 19°34′N 73°19′E / 19.56°N 73.32°E / 19.56; 73.32. It has an average elevation of 720 metres (2362 feet).

As of 2011 India census, Trimbak had a population of 12,056. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Trimbak has an average effective literacy rate of 89.61%: male literacy is 94.12%, and female literacy is 84.88%. In Trimbak, 11.10% of the population is under 6 years of age.


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