CHANGDEO FAIR

Location : 6 Kms. at the North West of Edlabad, Maharashtra Famous as : Religious Site, Sage Markandeya Is Believed To Have Practised Penance Here. Time of the festivity : January - February

Changdeo is the place where the well-known sage Markandeya is believed to have practised penance. The place is also deemed holy because of the confluence of the Purna and Tapi rivers and so pilgrims visit this place once a year to have a holy bath.

The place is at a distance of about 6-km in the north west of Edlabad. A fair is held at this place during the month of Magha (January-February) and about 80,000 pilgrims attend it every year. They mostly comprise of workers, peasants and majority of them belong from the Vidarbha region of the state.