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Maharashtra also has 19 seats in the Rajya Sabha, or the upper chamber of the Indian Parliament. [149] [150] The government of Maharashtra is a democratically elected body in India with the Governor as its constitutional head who is appointed by the President of India for a five-year term. [151]
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.
They have set up community organisations called Maharashtra Mandals in many cities across the country. A national level central organisation, the Brihan Maharashtra Mandal was formed in 1958 [109] to promote Marathi culture outside Maharashtra. Several sister organisations of the Brihan Maharashtra Mandal have also been formed outside India. [110]
Prior to Indian independence, manufacturing industry in what became Maharashtra was based mainly in the city of Mumbai. After the formation of Maharashtra, the state government established the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) in 1962 to spur growth in other areas of the state.
Map of Maharashtra. The word Maharashtra, the land of the mainly Marathi-speaking people, appears to be derived from Maharashtri, an old form of Prakrit.Some believe that the word indicates that it was the land of the Mahars and the Rattas, while others consider it to be a corruption of the term 'Maha Kantara' (the Great Forest), a synonym for 'Dandakaranya'. [1]
Trimurti statue in Elephanta caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Maharashtra attracts tourists from other Indian states and foreign countries. [1] It was the second most visited Indian state by foreigners and fifth most visited state by domestic tourists in the country in 2021. [2] Aurangabad is the tourism capital of Maharashtra. [3]
Wheat is also used in many stuffed flatbreads such as the puran poli, gul poli (with sesame and jaggery stuffing), [15] and satorya (with sugar and khoya (dried milk)). Wheat dough in Maharashtrian house. Wheat flatbreads are also made with vegetable stuffings such as peas, potatoes and gram dal. [16] One of the ancient sought-after breads was ...
Mumbai (/ m ʊ m ˈ b aɪ / muum-BY; ISO: Muṁbaī, Marathi: ⓘ), also known as Bombay (/ b ɒ m ˈ b eɪ / bom-BAY), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore). [20]