A potpourri of ancient and contemporary, religious and modern, oriental and occidental and a vivid fabric woven with the multicolored threads of history and culture, literature and theater, education and industrialization, Nasik is a wide spectrum of everything that is finest and the best! Sanctified by the presence of Lord Ram, the venue of the Maha Kumbh Mela and the home to numerous revered temples, this holy land is a confluence of enlightened spirituality with fathomless devotion. Venerated as one of the most sacrosanct pilgrim destinations of the state of Maharashtra, Nasik receives a deluge of thousands of devotees every year.

Nestled in the lap of Western Ghats on the banks of the blessed river Godavari on the western periphery of the Deccan Plateau, Nasik, a dainty little city furnishes as the administrative capital of the Nashik district. Boasting of its rich mythological, cultural and historical heritage, the city Nasik has today rendered itself a domicile of booming industries and a thriving center of commercial enterprises. A home to a number of Governmental and private sector ventures and the throbbing nerve of higher education, Nasik has also made its mark in the field of agriculture. A part of the green belt and famous for its onions, tomatoes, strawberries and other fresh veggies, Nasik is acclaimed far and wide for its export quality table grapes as well as wine grapes. Rightly known as ‘the wine capital of India’, Nasik has recently acquired the fame of producing some of India’s best wines.

Apart from that, Nasik has also experienced the heyday of literary and theatrical activities as it has been a home to a number of celebrated masters of Marathi Literature and poetry. Moreover, this city didn’t hold itself back when it was a time to fight for the Independence. Nasik gifted the Motherland ‘Bharat Mata’ its beloved sons Veer Savarkar and Anant Kanhere. Recognized for its scenic environs, flourishing valleys and pleasant climate today Nasik is rated a blossoming tourist destination and one of India's fastest growing cities. Nasik saw a rapid uplift of development from the year 2002 with its increasing number of industries, infrastructure, educational institutions, IT parks, and malls and so on.

The mythological history of Nasik leads us back to the Ramayana period when Lord Ram along with his wife Sita and brother Lakshman is believed to have spent 14 years of his exile here. Nasik was a part of a forest named Dandakaranya back then. This is the very locale where Surpanakha; the sister of the demon king Ravana attempted to seduce Ram and in the endeavor lost her nose and ears at the hands of Lakshman. As Lakshman cut the nose i.e. ‘Nasika’ of Surpanakha, this region came to be known as ‘Nasik’. To top all these Ramayana episodes, Nasik was also the venue from where Devi Sita was taken hostage by Ravana and carried to his capital Lanka which lead to the legendary ‘Ram Ravana Yudhha’. In Treta Yuga, Nasik was known by the name ‘Trikantak’, it was ‘Janasthana’ in Dwapar Yuga and in Kali Yuga this civic became 'Navashikh' or 'Nasik'. Apart from being associated with the nose of Surpanakha, the name Nasik or Navashikh also finds its roots in the geographical features of this city nested in the midst of nine hills, namely: Durga, Ganesh, Chitraghanta, Pandav, DingerAli, Mhasarul, Pathanpura and Konkani.

From archaeological excavations it is established that the territory around Nasik was occupied by humans in the early Stone Age. Nasik flourished as the largest market place of the country in 150 BC. It was once a part of the far reaching empire of Monarch Ashoka and later it belonged to the realm of Satvahanas. From 1487 AD, the Nasik province came under the governance of Mughals. In 1568 AD the great Muslim saint Hazrat Peer Sayed Sadique Shah Hussaini Sarmast Madni Naqwi Chisti migrated to Nasik from Madina and settled here who named this city ‘Gulshanabad’. This name, which means; ‘the city of roses’ was prevalent during the Mughal rule over Nasik. This metropolitan also served as a home of Emperor Akbar who has described Nasik (Gulshanabad) at length in his autobiography Ein-e-Akbari. Finally the city was rechristened as Nasik during the dominance of Peshwas. Raghobadada and Anandibai Peshwa had stayed at Nasik during the later part of their life. Nasik was revered by the title the 'Land of the Brave' when it was under the regime of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Nasik surrendered to the British on 19th April 1818.

British had fallen in love with the pristine natural beauty of Nasik and contributed a lot in its development. They also built here Asia’s largest golf course and established Deolali Cantonment. Nasik Municipality was formed in the year 1864 and in 1869; it was made a full fledged District with its present 13 talukas. The nation wide Independence Movement also burgeoned in Nasik with the active participation of the ‘Nasikkaras’ including Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Babarao Savarkar, Anant Laxman Kanhere, Krishnaji Gopal Karve, Vinayak Ramchandra Deshpande etc. Mr. Jackson, the then Collector of Nasik was murdered on 21st December 1909 by Anant Laxman Kanhere in the Vijayanand Theater of Nasik which actually challenged the British Rule.