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Khuldabad Urs Festival

Khulabad is a place situated at a distance of 5 km from the Ellora caves and 22 km from Aurangabad on the Aurangabad-Ellora route. This place is also known as the 'valley of saints' because of huge presence of Sufi saints. They were migrated to this place hundreds years back.
Khuldabad is a holy shrine for Muslims. It has a tomb built by the last Mughal emperor, Aurangazeb. Khulabad Urs festival, which celebrates here for five days, is a very popular fair that attracts a large number of devotees.
Nearest railway station and airport is at Aurangabad. This place is well connected by road as well. Bus and taxi services from Aurangabad to Khuldabad are very good. One can stay at the hotels in Aurangabad.

Fair and Festival Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a land of rich cultural heritage and traditions. The diverse form of landscape and environment make the state's culture more colourful. Maharashtrians celebrate every fair with great fervour and enthusiasm. The sacred Kumb Mela at Nashik that comes after every twelve years is regarded to be the most important religious fair in Maharashtra. As Maharashtrians have great belief of Lord Ganesh, Ganesh Utsav at Sangli and Pune are the fairs that Maharashtrians celebrate with great fun fare, which are attended by the maximum number of visitors even from foreign countries. The Maharashtra government in collaboration with the Union government is promoting the Pune fair as a major tourists attraction. Other important temple fairs include Changdeo fair at the Markandeya Temple near Edlabad, Kiran Utsav at the Mahalaxmi Temple at Kolhapur, Rathyatra at the Kalaram Temple in Nashik, and the Shrirama Rathotsava fair and the Navaratra Mahalaxmi fair at the Navaratra Mahalaxmi temple in Jalgaon. The Khuldabad Urs is a festival for Muslims; celebrated for five days. Mount Mary Festival, which is held every year at Bandra, Mumbai attracts huge crowds of the city. The Snake festival at Battis Shirala town too attracts large number of tourists from India and aboard.

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