Nandur Madhameshwar Bird Sanctuary

Nandur Madhmeshwar Bird Sanctuary is named after village Nandur located in the area and name Madhmeshwar is after the God Shiva, a temple around 250 years old construction that located in a downstream rocky area of the reservoir. It is also a pilgrimage center for Mahanubhav Pantha worshipers. Due to drought and famine situation in the period of British Indian Governance, the British had built a stone pickup wear in the year 1907-1913 on the confluence of two rivers the main river Godavari and its tributary Kadva. Later on, in the year 1950, it had been rejuvenated and reconstructed as Nandur Madhmeshwar Project.  There are two lateral gates to control water level and outlet canals as left and right canals for irrigation to agriculture.  In 1986 it has been declared a bird sanctuary by Government of Maharashtra State Department of Forest and Wildlife. The sanctuary has three parts or components the reservoir and its backwater area, downstream rocky area around Madhmeshwar temp...