MUL

About Mul

Mul is a city and a municipal council in Chandrapur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Pincode of Mul is 441224. Mul is located at 20.07N 79.67E.[2] It has an average elevation of 198 metres (649 feet). Places to visit: Somnath is just 9 km away from Mul, well connected via road. Somnath is a well-known tourist place around Chandrapur district. Amtepharm is located in Somnath, which is run by Baba Amthe for leprotic patients. There is also a ritual place known as markandadeo at about 25 km from mul. There is lord shiva Temple is situated in village at the bank of the Wainganga river, which flows generally from North to South but at Markanda it takes Northward turn for 20 km before again going Southward. It is believed that this uttar vahini (Northward flow) of wainganga river makes this place more sacred to worship lord shiva. A great yatra is heals here on occasion of mahashivratri and thousand of devotees gathers together to worship lord shiva. Mul is mainly known for rice production, having 53 rice mills covering 90% of rice production in whole Chandrapur district. Rice is supplied throughout Maharashtra involving big cities like Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Amravati, etc. The educational facility in Mul was very poor. It found surprising that there is no well-known B.Sc., M.Sc. college for higher studies. But fortunately, Karmaveer college is offering Bachelore in science since 3 to 4 years.