Madhi

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CountryIndia India
Telephone code02428
Mahdi
mahdi
City
Mahdi is located in Maharashtra
Mahdi
Mahdi
Coordinates: 19°09′19″N 75°06′16″E / 19.1552°N 75.1045°E / 19.1552; 75.1045
CountryIndia India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictAhmednagar
TalukaPathardi
Named afterMadhi
Languages
  OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone code02428
Vehicle registrationMH-16
Websitemaharashtra.gov.in

Madhi is a village in Pathardi taluka of Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra.

Samādhi place of Shri Kanifnath one of Navnaths. The Kanifnath fair is held on Phalguna Vadya 5(Holi) to Chaitra Shuddha 1(Gudhi Padwa) for 15 days in honour of the saint Kanifnath. The nomadic tribe-Gopal enjoys the honour of firing the sacred Holi at this place. The community courts of the tribes administered justice and solve the family disputes. The Bazar of Donkeys is held during the yatra., was believed to be the seat of one of the principal preachers and philosophers of the Nath sect, Kanifnath, as mentioned in the Navnath Sar (A composition that contains tenets of Navnath panth.) It is also a holy place for nomads of the Vaidu community from all over India. More than 7 lakhs Nath-bhakt visits at "Madhi" on Phalgun vadhya panchami (Rangpanchami)

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