Sillod

Sillod is a major city and municipal council in the Aurangabad District of the Indian state of Maharashtra. A village named Shivanitapur once stood on the site of the modern day city. According to some historians, there is a Hemadpanthi style Mahadev Mandir still standing in Mhasoba Colony, the old area of city. Mhasoba is the Gram Devasthanam (Hindu temple) of Sillod. And also Durgamata Mandir There is also similar temple dedicated to Hindu mystic Siddheshwar Maharaj at Dhotra as well as several well-known villages in the area which are connected to the city by road. There is also similar temple dedicated to Hindu mystic (Nilkantheshwar)) devsthan at Nillod.

Sillod lies 40 kilometres from the world-renowned Ajanta Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site popular for its colourful paintings of ancient India. Borgaon Bazar village is renowned as the Samadhi meditation site of Swami Narayan Saraswati Maharaja where his followers discovered his roots of Samadhi around 2000. To date several well-known personalities from South India and West India to visit Borgaon Bazar. Nillod: On the Sillod Aurangabad road Nillod village is situated. In this village there