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Mahalakshmi Temple (also known as Ambabai Mandir) is an important Hindu temple dedicated to Goddess Mahalakshmi, who is worshipped by locals as Ambabai.Goddess Mahalakshmi is the consort of Lord Vishnu and it is customary among Hindus to visit Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, Kolhapur Mahalakshmi Temple and Padmavathi Temple as a yatra (pilgrimage).
Wrestling (known as Kushti in Hindi/Marathi), football and kabaddi are the sports most played in the city. [44] [45] Chhatrapati Shahu Stadium is known as wrestling capital of India. Kolhapur has a long history of kushti (wrestling) and has produced many wrestlers. The sport flourished during the reign of Shahu of Kolhapur (1894–1922).
Jyotiba Temple (Marathi: ज्योतिबा) is a holy site of Hinduism near Wadi Ratnagiri [1] in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra state in western India. The deity of the temple is known by the same name. An annual fair takes place on the full moon night of the Hindu months of Chaitra and Vaishakha.
Prabhat Film Company (popularly known as Prabhat Films) was an Indian film production company and studio facility founded in 1929 in Kolhapur.It was established by filmmaker V. Shantaram, along with Vishnupant Govind Damle, Keshav Rao Dhaibar, S. Fatelal, and S. V. Kulkarni. [2]
Balumama attained samadhi at the age of 73 in 1966 in a village called Adamapur in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra. A temple was built in his memory in Adamapur which lies between Nipani in Karnataka and Radhanagari in Maharashtra. The Temple is managed by Shri Balumama Sansthana. The small flock have now grown to 40,000 sheep, which are ...
[1] [2] "Swag Se Swagat" became the first Indian music video to cross 500 million views on YouTube. [3] [4] [5] "Humpty the train on a fruits ride" by "Kiddiestv Hindi - Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs" became the first Hindi video on YouTube to cross 1 billion views on 26 December 2019 and is the most viewed Hindi video on YouTube. "Chotu ke ...
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Kolhapur has a sex ratio of 953 females for every 1000 males. 31.73% of the population live in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 13.01% and 0.78% of the population respectively. [7] Kolhapur has one of the highest Human Development Index in India which stood at 0.770 in 2011. [8] [9]