Domegaon is a village in the outlying Shrirampur Tehsil of Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra located on the banks of River Godavari.
Mr. Prithipal Singh shares that ‘more than 165 years ago, an old handwritten copy of Guru Granth Sahib was brought to be preserved in Domegaon.’ It is believed that the Sikhs of Shrirampur learnt about it around 65 years ago.
A marble stone on the Gurdwara wall has the following inscription: “The construction of Gurdwara Sri Birdh Baba holy person. Domegaon was started by a Nanded saint on May 25th, 1968. About 150 years ago, a Sikh saint of Punjab, who had a hand-written copied version of Guru Granth Sahib kept it in this place in a thatched hut, which has now been converted to a Gurdwara. The village is situated on the banks of River Godavari, which often gets flooded since the times of the Birdh Baba. Guru Granth Sahib was carried to River Godavari and prayers were offered to Ganga Mai (Godavari) so that the floods would recede. The local people had full faith in Guru Granth Sahib and Birdh Baba. The floods abated after the prayers and people were spared from huge losses. This tradition continues to date. For instance, on August 6th, 1968, when there was a flood the village people repeated the same thing and there was no damage to the village.”
How to reach
Belapur Railway Station is the nearest railway link, about one kilometre from Shrirampur Bus Stand, while Pune Lohegaon Airport, about 110 km from Ahmednagar, is the nearest air link.
