Goregaon-Raigad

Goregaon-Raigad

 Goregaon is a city in the Raigad district of Maharashtra. Goregaon is an educational center from years to the peripheral area. Situated near to the river Kal , Goregaon is well resourceful with WATER, Electricity, Education, Culture, NATURE and many more.The original name was "Ghodegaon" , the combination of Ghode (Horses) and Gaon (Village), which was main Horse trading centre in the rule of Chatrapati Shivaji.There is nearby village named "Ghodeghoom" at 10km distance on steep hilltop.The warriors used to purchase horse from Goregaon (Ghodegaon) market after trial round at Ghodeghoom.

                                                                                   

 There are three lakes in the village made to cater the water supply for the horse market.

*  The Mallikarjun Temple, (1 Km north side on the hill). Temple of Mallikarjun or Siddhesvar is said to have been built about 800 years ago.The shrine is said to be self-originated or Svayambhu. Situated on the top of the hill, bounding the village to the north, it is 413 feet in height.The Ganapati temple has a building which though unimposing is only of its kind in India, for the fact that the shrine has its upper half of the body of a male and the lower half that of a female. Existence of sricakra marks another distinguishing feature of this temple. To visit this temple you will have to climb 400 steps on the northen side hill of Goregaon.