"Karanja" or "Karanja Lad" (Marathi: ) is a city and a municipal council in Washim district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Karanja is also known as Karanja (Lad) or Karanja Lad and mainly referred as the latter most of the times. Karanja is a holy place for Hindus, Muslims and Jains. It is the birth place of Shri Nrusimha Saraswati Swami Maharaj, supposed as the 2nd incarnation of Lord Dattatreya. The town is named after Saint Karanj. There is also a large lake known as "Rishi Talao". The town was looted twice by famous Maratha sardar Prataprao Gujar on the order of then sole sovereign Hindu King Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.Karanja is also ruled by Nawab Subhan Khan, whose "MahaL" is currently used as a Municipal Council Office.His Godowns are used as police station of Karanja.He has made lots of structures all around Karanja Lad . Even he had covered the Karanja by a Wall and Four Doors namely 1} Delhi Gate 2]Darwha Gate 3] Mangrul Gate and 4] Poha Gate.You can see his...
