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ALEGAON
Alegaon, situated in 20° 20' north latitude and 76° 50' east longitude is a village on the river Nirguna in Balapur tahsil 17 miles to the south of Balapur, the tahsil headquarters. It has according to the Census
of 1971, a population of 4,305 souls. A weekly market is held on every Sunday. It has a post office and a middle school. Wells form the main source of water supply. Medical facilities to the people of the village are provided by a private medical practitioner, a dispensary and a hospital.
'Alegaon', according to the old Gazetteer 'is a place of pilgrimage for Manbhaus, and especially, it appears, for the Bhoyars among them, the adherents who have not wholly separated themselves from worldly life or donned black garments. Fairs arc held on Chaitra Paurnima (April-May) and Karttik Paurnima (October-November), when about 2,000 and 150 persons assemble, respectively. The objects of reverence are-two temples, one of Walkeshwar Maharaj on the bank of the Nirguna and the other of Uttareshvara in the gaokos, within the old village wall. About the names of these two temples the story goes that an incarnation of Krishna passed through the village on his way from Isvi in Mehkar tahsil, ate some walka fruit by the river-side, and left for the north (uttar).'
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