Kolhapur
City on the banks of the Panchganga River in the southern part of the Indian state of Maharashtra.
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Shilahara
The Shilahara Kingdom (IAST: Śilāhāra; also Sinhara, Shailahara, Shrilara, and Silara) was a royal dynasty that established itself in northern and southern Konkan in 8th century CE, present-day Mumbai and Southern Maharashtra (Kolhapur) during the Rashtrakuta period.
Kolhapur district
District in the Maharashtra state of India.
The city of Kolhapur is its district headquarter.
Lakshmi
One of the principal goddesses in Hinduism.
Lakshmi Sahasranama of Skanda Purana praises Lakshmi as Mahadevi (she who is the great goddess), Mahamaya (she who is a great illusion), Karaveera Nivasini (The Goddess Who lives in Karaveera/Kolhapur) and Maha Astha Dasa Pithagne (she who has 18 great Shakti Peethas).
Miraj
City in Sangli District, southern Maharashtra, India, that was founded in the early 10th century.
At the end of the 9th century, the Silaharas of Kolhapur gained rule of Miraj.
Sangli
City and the district headquarters of Sangli District in the state of Maharashtra, in western India.
Sangli is a major city in Western India 390 km from Mumbai, 240 km from Pune, 50 km from Kolhapur, and 653 km from Bangalore.
Bombay State
Large Indian state created at the time of India's Independence, with other regions being added to it in the succeeding years.
As a result of the States Reorganisation Act on 1 November 1956, the Kannada-speaking districts of Belgaum (except Chandgad taluka), Bijapur, Dharwar, and North Canara were transferred from Bombay State to Mysore State.
Karad
City in Satara district of Indian state of Maharashtra and it is 320 km from Mumbai and 159 km from Pune.
The capital was later shifted to Kolhapur.
Maratha Empire
Confederacy that came to dominate a large portion of early modern India in the 18th century.
This resulted in two rival seats of government being set up in 1707 at Satara and Kolhapur by Shahu and Tarabai respectively.
Kolhapur State
Maratha princely State of India, under the Deccan Division of the Bombay Presidency, and later the Deccan States Agency.
Its rulers, of the Bhonsle dynasty, were entitled to a 19-gun salute – thus Kolhapur was also known as a 19-gun state.
Jaggery
Traditional non-centrifugal cane sugar consumed in the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Africa.
Kolhapur is one of the largest producers of jaggery in India and has a GI Tag for Jaggery.