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Its rulers, of the Bhonsle dynasty, were entitled to a 19-gun salute – thus Kolhapur was also known as a 19-gun state. The state flag was a swallow-tailed saffron pennant. [2] New Palace, Kolhapur. Kolhapur State, together with its jagirs or feudatory vassal estates (including Ichalkaranji), covered an area of 3,165 square miles (8,200 km 2). [3]
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Shri Sevagiri Maharaj's Rathotsav fair is held every year and many devotees from Maharashtra gather at the Rathotsav fair at Pusegaon. [9] In 2021, the Department of Public Construction Work of Maharashtra set a world record in the Limca Book of Records for constructing a 40 kilometres (25 mi) road from Pusegaon to Mhasurne in 24 hours. The 39. ...
Satara district (ISO: Sātārā Jilhā; Marathi pronunciation: [saːt̪aɾaː]) is a district of Maharashtra state in western India with an area of 10,480 km 2 (4,050 sq mi) and a population of 3,003,741 of which 14.17% were urban (as of 2011).
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.
They also ruled several states such as Satara, Kolhapur, Thanjavur, Nagpur, [5] Akkalkot, [6] Sawantwadi [7] and Barshi. [ 8 ] The dynasty was founded in 1577 by Maloji Bhosale , a predominant general or sardar of Malik Ambar of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate . [ 9 ]
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]
The road, a state highway, is at an average elevation of 625 m (2,051 ft). It links the cities of Chiplun (Ratnagiri district) and Karad (Satara district). Near the eastern end is the Koyna Dam .