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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.
The figures come from the Human Development Index Report, published in 2011, by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India [5] and Sample Registration Survey (SRS) based life table 2010–14. [6] [7] The report provides life expectancy at birth based on mortality rates in years 2002–06, 2010–14, 2019, and 2019-21.
The state continues to have a dispute with Karnataka regarding the districts of Belgaum and Karwar, both with a large population of Marathi people. [82] [83] [84] For the first time, the creation of Maharashtra brought most Marathi people under one state with the mainly rural Kunbi-Maratha community as the largest social group.
Fictional Marathi people (6 P) C. Civil awards and decorations of Maharashtra (1 C, 4 P) Cultural history of Maharashtra (8 P) ... Pages in category "Culture of ...
This is a list of notable people from Maharashtra, India. Art. Mangesh Tendulkar; Pramod Kamble; ... List of Marathi people; List of people by India state;
Lists of people from Maharashtra (11 P) + Women from Maharashtra (2 C, 8 P) P. People from Marathwada (9 C, 46 P) R. Recipients of the Maharashtra Bhushan Award (17 P)
Traditional Gudhi. Hindus form 79.83% of the state's total population as per 2011 census. Hindus form the majority in all the districts of the state.The religion plays an important role in the lives of the Maharashtrian people in their day-to-day life.
The Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board, constituted by the Government of Maharashtra in January 2012 under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, is the nodal body for the conservation of biodiversity within and outside forest areas in the State. [110] [111] Maharashtra is ranked second among the Indian states in terms of the recorded forest area.