Vidarbha’s
presiding deity Ambadevi is at Amravati. It was here that the activities
of Sant Tukdoji Maharaj, Sant Gadge Maharaj, Sant Gulabrao Maharaj who was
blind gained momentum. The spellbinding Chikhaldara hill station and Melghat
forests of Amravati are main tourist attraction. Teakwood trees, rare medicinal
herbs, tigers and other wild beasts are sighted in these forests. Jagdamba
Kushthdham, Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal and biggest drama theatre of
Maharashtra, are the distinctive features of the district