kolhapur

HISTORY
• KOLHAPUR IS A CITY ON THE BANKS OF THE PANCHGANGA
RIVER IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE INDIAN STATE OF
MAHARASHTRA.
• IT IS ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUATER OF THE KOLHAPUR
DISTRICT.
• KOLHAPUR IS KNOWN AS ‘DAKSHIN KASHI’ OR KASHI OF
THE SOUTH BECAUSE OF ITS SPIRITUAL HISTORY AND THE
ANTIQUITY OF ITS SHRINE MAHALAXMI(AMBABAI).
• IN HINDU MYTHOLOGY, KOLHAPUR IS NAMED ‘KARVIR’.
• KARVIR STATE WAS FOUNDED BY MAHARANI TARABAI.
• BEFORE THE INDEPENDENCE OF INDIA,KOLHAPUR WAS A
PRINCELY STATE UNDER THE BHOSALE CHHATRAPATI OF THE
MARATHA EMPIRE.
• IT IS AN IMPORTANT CENTRE FOR MARATHI FILM INDUSTRY.
• THE FIRST RAJDHANI OF KOLHAPUR WAS AT PANHALA, LATER
IT WAS SHIFTED TO BHAVANI MANDAP.
• KOLHAPUR IS AMONGST 27 CORPORATION CITIES.
• KOLHAPUR HASPOPULATION OF 5.5 LAKHS.
• IT HAS MANY TOURIST PLACES,
1.MAHALAXMI TEMPLE.
2.PANHALA
3.RANKALA,ETC.
• KOLHAPUR RANKS 6TH IN PER CAPITA INCOME OVER 25 YEARS.
• IT IS FAMOUS FOR SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES.
• KOLHAPUR HAS OWN PETANT FOR CHAPPAL INDUSTRY AND
JAGGERY INDUSTRY .
• AT PRESENT IT HAS GOOD EDUCATIONAL HUB AND HEALTH
HUB.
• IT IS KNOWN FOR WRESTLING.
• IN KOLHAPUR,ALL CASTE HAVE FREEDOM,NO HINDU-MUSLIM
FIGHT.
• IT HAS UP AND DOWN TYPE OF TOPOGRAPHY.
 TRANSPORT
RAILWAY-
• THE CHHATRAPATI SHAHU MAHARAJ TERMINUS LINKS KOLHAPUR
VIA RAIL TO INDIA’S MAJOR CITIES WITH EXPRESS SERVICES TO
PUNE, MUMBAI, BENGALURU AND NEW DELHI.
• A DAILY SHUTTLE SERVICE CONNECTS KOLHAPUR WITH THE MAIN
RAIL HUB OF MIRAJ ON THE CENTRAL RAILWAY MAIN LINE.
• A NEW RAILWAY ROUTE FROM MIRAJ VIA KOLHAPUR TILL
VAIBHAVWADI HAS BEEN CONFIRMED,WHICH WILL CONNECT
KOLHAPUR AND MANY TOWNS WITH WESTERN COASTAL REGION
OF INDIA.
ROAD-
• KOLHAPUR IS LOCATED ON NATIONAL HIGHWAY 4 AND NATIONAL HIGHWAY 204.
• THE CITY HAS THREE TRANSPORT BUS STAND:
1. CENTRAL BUS STAND(CBS).
2. RANKALA BUS STAND.
3. SAMBHAJINAGAR BUS STAND.

AIRPORT-
• KOLHAPUR DOMESTIC AIRPORT, ALSO KNOWN AS CHHATRAPATI RAJARAM
MAHARAJ AIRPORT.
• IT IS LOCATED 9 KM SOUTH EASTOF THE CITY AT UJALAIWADI.
FLIGTS FROM KOLHAPUR TO-1.HYDERABAD AIRPORT.
2.BENGALURU AIRPORT.
3.TIRUPATI AIRPORT.
4.AHMEDABAD AIRPORT.
5.MUMBAI AIRPORT.