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Ganesh Chaturthi, a popular festival in the state. Maharashtra is the third largest state of India in terms of land area and second largest in terms of population in India. . It has a long history of Marathi saints of Varakari religious movement, such as Dnyaneshwar, Namdev, Chokhamela, Eknath and Tukaram which forms the one of bases of the culture of Maharashtra or Marathi culture.
Maharashtrian or Marathi cuisine is the cuisine of the Marathi people from the Indian state of Maharashtra. It has distinctive attributes, while sharing much with other Indian cuisines. Traditionally, Maharashtrians have considered their food to be more austere than others. Maharashtrian cuisine includes mild and spicy dishes.
Oil city; Mini Kashi; Brass city; Morbi: City of ceramic tiles; Ankleshwar: chemical hub of India (1500 chemical plants) Industrial hub of Gujarat (Asia's largest industrial estate and consists of approximately 3,000 individual units) "City of Oil" Vadodara (Baroda) Kala Nagari (City of Arts) Sayaji Nagari (City of Maharaja Sayajirao) Banyan ...
In 2011, Alandi had a population of 28,576. Males constitute 56% of the population and females 44%. [11] The lingua franca is Marathi.Alandi has an average literacy rate of 73% (82% of the males, 68% of females), which is lower than the national average of 74.04%. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Hasdeo Arand is a forest in the state of Chhattisgarh in central India. The forest is 170,000 hectares in area and is home to a diverse ecology and adivasi communities such as the Gonds . [ 1 ] It is on top of the Hasdeo Arand coalfield in the north of Chhattisgarh.
The fusion of Indian traditions with European style at this time is evident from Raja Ravi Varma's oil paintings of sari-clad women in a graceful manner. Pre-independence Indian art Company painting by Dip Chand ( c. 1760 – c. 1764 ) depicting an official of the East India Company , perhaps William Fullerton of Rosemount, surgeon and mayor of ...
After discovery of oil in the Assam state of India in late 1880s, the first oil refinery was set up at Digboi. Digboi Refinery was commissioned in 1901. [1] Following is a list of oil refineries in India, per the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India, [2] arranged in decreasing order of their capacity.
The city is the eastern equivalent of New York City and Los Angeles, the financial capital and entertainment capital of the country. [21]Places of interest include: Gateway of India, The Bandra–Worli Sea Link, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, a humongous architectural stone structure built by the British more than 200 years ago, Downtown Mumbai ...