Mahashivratri is a major festival celebrated here. Shivaji Maharaj used to visit the temple. Shikhar Shingnapur" is situated in Shinganapur hills at 23 kms north east of Dahiwadi. This place is crowned by a very famous temple of "Lord Mahadev" who is known as "Kuldaivtya" of Maharashtra. This temple is very beautiful, it is built in big stones and it covers area about of an acre or two. There are
almost 150 stairs to climb to reach to the temple. This name was driven ages of Devgiri Yadav King "Raja Shinganraje" (1210-47) and this temple was also visited by the Shivaji Maharaje. During his campign against Mughal, "The Afjalkhan" stayed here for some days. On left side of the Mahadev temple, there is another temple of "Bali Mahadev Amriteshwar" which is almost same of the "Shiva" temple. People visit Shinganapur everyday but there are special festivities during the festival of "MahaShivratri" in February-March. The great fair or "Jatra" is held from the "Bright fifth to the full moon of "Chaitra" in March-April and at this time there is big rally called "Kawad" by the way of "Mungi Ghat"which is really adventurous. If you think to visit here then you will first have to go to Dahiwadi and from there you can find a bus via Vavarhire to Shinganapur. As well as there are direct route from Phaltan and Akluj. So friends visit Shinganapur to pray "Lord Mahadev". On the front, about twenty feet from the ground, four lotus-like ornaments are cut in relief, two on each side of the arch. The insides ornaments are on the left wall a relief of three knotted cobras and on the right one of Krishna riding on a five-hooded cobra. As in the lower gateway there are vaulted chambers on the sides with stone elephants, one of which is evidently an object of worship. There is also in the centre the raised threshold with a cylindrical block decorated with chain work and flanked with mask-like ornaments. Eleven more steps lead to the terrace on which the temple court is built. About ten yards to the right of these is a chamber built in the terrace which contains the footprints of Mahadev. The terrace is ascended by about twenty steps cut in the masonry, the rise of each step being about one foot. The walls on each side of this entrance are over eight feet above the level of the court-yard and were evidently intended to support another arch which however was never built.
