Junnar
Junnar in western Maharashtra is best known for the Shivneri Fort, the birthplace of Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire. Other than that, the town is home to various cave temples.Photo: enygmatic, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Town with 25,300 residents
- Description: Junnar is a city in the Pune district of the Indian state of Maharashtra
- Also known as: “Junara” and “Shivner”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shivneri Fort.
Shivneri Fort
Castle
Photo: Reflectionsbyprajakta, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shivneri Fort is an ancient military fortification located near Junnar in Pune district in Maharashtra, India. It is the birthplace of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the founder of Maratha Kingdom.
Junnar
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Junnar, Pune, Maharashtra, Western India, India, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
19.2094° or 19° 12′ 34″ northLongitude
73.8772° or 73° 52′ 38″ eastPopulation
25,300Elevation
683 metres (2,241 feet)Open location code
7JFM6V5G+QVOpenStreetMap ID
node 1782860682OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1268761Wikidata ID
Q2445461
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Junnar” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Junnar”
- Bengali: “জুন্নার”
- Bishnupriya: “জুন্নার”
- Cebuano: “Junnar”
- Chinese: “Junnar”
- Chinese: “久納爾”
- Chinese: “久纳尔”
- Dutch: “Junnar”
- French: “Junnar”
- German: “Junnar”
- Gujarati: “જૂનાર”
- Hebrew: “ג’ונאר”
- Hindi: “जुन्नर”
- Hindi: “जुन्नर”
- Irish: “Junnar”
- Italian: “Junnar”
- Japanese: “ジュンナール”
- Kannada: “ಜುನ್ನರ್”
- Kannada: “ಜುನ್ನಾರ್”
- Kashmiri: “جنار”
- Korean: “주나르”
- Ladin: “Junnar”
- Malagasy: “Junnar”
- Malay: “Junnar”
- Malayalam: “ജുന്നാർ”
- Marathi: “जुन्नर”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Junnar”
- Newari: “जुन्नर”
- Persian: “جونار”
- Portuguese: “Junnar”
- Russian: “Джуннар”
- Russian: “Юннар”
- Sinhala: “ජුන්නර්”
- Spanish: “Junnar”
- Swedish: “Junnar”
- Tamil: “ஜுன்னர்”
- Tamil: “ஜுன்னார்”
- Tamil: “ஜூன்னார்”
- Tamil: “ஜூன்னார்ல்”
- Telugu: “జున్నార్”
- Ukrainian: “Юннар”
- Urdu: “جنار”
- Urdu: “جونر”
- Vietnamese: “Junnar”
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