Ambad

Ambad is a town with a civil committee in Jalna region in the province of Maharashtra, India. Ambad is remarkable for its sanctuary devoted to the Hindu goddess Matsyodari. In October of every year, lovers of the goddess assemble in Ambad for the Hindu celebration of Dashahara. A neighborhood custom cases that the name "Ambad" was given to this city by a Hindu Raja named Ambarisha. As per this custom, Raja Ambarisha would love the goddess on a stone slope which took after a fish. As a result of this fish-molded shake slope, the goddess was named Matsyodari "in the stomach of fish".

The sanctuary was built by Ahilya Devi Holkar, who likewise has created Ambad by developing Pushkarini and Kavandi water repositories. Ambad is second by populace in Jalna area. There is Government Polytechnic College situated in a city, implies there are two Govt. Polytechnic Colleges in Jalna region, one in Ambad and other in Jalna. City has one Municipality on court street. As of the 2001 India statistics, Ambad had a populace of 26,096. Guys establish 53% of the populace, and females 47%. Ambad has a normal education rate of 65%, which is higher than the national normal of 59.5%. 15% of the populace is under 6 years old.