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Ambajogai is a city and a municipal council in Beed district in the state of Maharashtra, India. The town is connected to India's freedom fighters and current politicians, such as Swami Ramanand Teerth, Babasaheb Paranjape and Digambarrrao Deshpande(Harbaji Guruji) who fought against razakars (Hyderabad) to end the Nizam regime in Hyderabad state. This township is known as cultural capital of Marathwada region. It was known as Mominabad before 1948.

The town has a heritage temple dedicated to the goddess Yogeshwari, which is visited by people all over Maharashtra, largely from the Konkan region. The town has other heritage temples like[Sakleshwar]\12 khambhi, Kholeshwar, Mukundraj and Dasopant, Kashivishwanath, Amruteshwar.

In the 13th century Swami Mukundraj wrote, in Ambajogai, what is known to be first Marathi poetry 'Viveksindhu' [Meaning: The Ocean Of Wisdom']. This work is widely acclaimed for its literary quality as well as the philosophical content. It remains not only the first but among the best literary works ever produced in Marathi.