Connectivity
Road
Jalgaon is well connected to the major cities of Maharashtra state as well as to the cities like Mumbai, Nashik, Pune Nagpur, Durg, Raipur, Sambalpur and Kolkata through Asian Highway no. 46 (formerly National Highway no. 6).
Rail
Jalgaon railway station lies on the main railway line. Several trains like Karnataka Express, Punjab Mail, Navjeevan Express, Jabalpur Garibrath Express, etc. have a stop at Jalgaon. Recently some more express trains like Gitanjali Express, Goa Express and Sachakhand Express have also been provided with stoppage. Though an important city and district place, many of the trains stop at Bhusawal due to operational convenience of Railways. Though this arrangement of providing stoppage to Bhusawal junction is of great inconvenience to commuters of Jalgaon. But the imperial structure set by the British is continuing till the date. Bhusawal railway junction, which is exactly 25 kilometers away from Jalgaon city, is one of the major railway junctions in Maharashtra. It connects the city with New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, etc. Jalgaon all so connect to big western Indian city like surat by tapti rail line which under doubling.
Air
Jalgaon Airport, at Kusumba (approximately 6 km from the city) has been upgraded by the AAI and was inaugurated on 23 March 2012 by the President of India, Smt Pratibha Patil.
Local transport
A new bus service called "JMTU" was started by the Jalgaon Municipal Corporation on 15 August 2009. More than 10,000 people travel by the Ecobus daily. it is an economical bus service being operated by a private operator after paying some royalty to the Municipal corporation. When the services were started it was quite economic but subsequently within 5 months the fares were raised to considerable levels in the interest of the private operator.
Tourist attractions
"Swinging towers of Farkande(????? ?????)"
It is the uncommon but the most precise work of engineering where when a tower is vibrated other vibrates automatically while there is no physical supports for the working in between two towers.
"Khoj Gandhiji Ki" Gandhi Teerth
Gandhi Teerth is located at Jain Hills, Jalgaon. This is located six kilometres away from main city towards Pachora. This is a state of the art museum, where you can see as well as experience Mahatma Gandhi's Life and work. There are 25 different sections connecting each other, a unique example of art and multimedia coexistence. This is the only Mahatma Gandhi museum using audio guide facility in English, Hindi and Marathi. Gandhi Teerth has their own Archives section, where you can see more than 8000 books written by and about Gandhiji, more than 2 lac pages of digitized documents, 152 Audio speeches by Gandhiji, 85 documentaries and 116 countries original philatalic material on Gandhiji. These archives have the diaries of Mahadevbhai Desai, Manuben and more than 5000 issues of various weekly publications which were published by Gandhiji in India's freedom movement.
Ajanta Caves
The famous Ajanta Caves are 57 km from Jalgaon. Ajanta caves were carved by Buddhists.
Padmalaya
Padmalaya is a Ganesh temple considered as one of the 3.5 peeths. It is a temple with two statues of Ganesh (swayambu) which have trunks bending on right as well as on left. You can walk to Bheemkund- the place where Bheema killed Bakasura in Mahabharata. The Padmalaya has got the very big history from the Mahabharata. The place was first known as 'Ekchakranagari' but later on it was pronounced as Erandol. thumbnail
Manudevi
Its place almost 30 km north of city, located in satpuda forest ranges. Which has a local transportation till village Adgaon by MSRTC buses. From Adgaon you can hire richshaw or people from village provide the service with bullock cart. Manudevi is kul-daiwat of almost 90% khandeshi people and everyone visits the place often. Best time to visit is during monsoon, it has a water fall of @ 60 Feet height, which is pleasant to see when it is raining. Water of the fall looks like milk and creates a pleasant environment around the temple. People come to visit the place from all over the country and few have visited from other country as well. After visiting Jalgaon, Manudevi is not a place to miss. People from Adgaon are supportive of visitors and they have formed a trust to support and help visitors.
Mehrun Lake
"Mehrun" is another famous spot in the district for its famous fruit 'Bor'. A fun park is located nearby the premises as well.Supposedly the name Jalgaon is inspired by Mehrun Lake, meaning of 'Jal' being water.
Muktainagar
Muktainagar is a sacred place which was named after Sant Muktabai who was younger sister of Sant Dyaneshwar. Actual temple of Sant Muktabai is situated at 'Kothali'.
Pal Sanctuary
Pal is a small village situated in Raver taluka. Here, the beauty of the nature is breathtaking. It is located in Satpuda.
Unapdev : Hot water Spring
Unapdev located in foothills of Satpuda hills range, Unapdev is one of holy remote place at a distance of 2 km from Vardi village & 6 km from Adavad in Chopda taluka of Jalgaon District in Maharashtra state of India. Hot water fountain is one of the key attractions of Unapdev tourist place. This places have special mention in ancient holy 'Ramayana' and had auspicious touch of Lord Rama during his fourteen years expulsion from Ayodhya. Khandesh's deity Manudevi, Shiragad's Amba Bhavani Goddesses are other two sacred places in nearby Yaval Taluka. The word 'Un-ap' means hot water and in Khandesh's Ahirani language 'Vuna Dev' stands for the almighty that generated this fountain. The hot water flowing right throughout the year from the mouth of godly cow is another factor of attraction for tourist visiting this spot. This uniquely constant temperature hot water has healing effects for skin ailments. The ancient stories quotes that 'This hot water breeze was generated by Lord Rama for Sharbhang rishi having faced torments from evils.
