Marathwada
Marathwada is a region of Maharashtra, India. It is usually a drought-affected area. But nowadays the situation is changing. It has a very ancient history.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Aurangabad and Ellora.
Aurangabad
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Aurangabad, now known officially as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It sees a lot of international tourist traffic due to its proximity to the two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, namely Ajanta and Ellora caves.
Ellora
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Ellora Caves are an impressive complex of rock shrines that represent the three faiths of Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism and were created between the 5th and the 13th centuries CE.
Nanded
Nanded is a city in Maharashtra state, India. It is the tenth largest city in the state and the seventy-ninth most populated city in India. It is the second largest city in Marathwada region.Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Beed and Khuldabad.
Beed
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Beed is a city in Marathwada. It has a few interesting monuments that justify a stopover, possibly even with an overnight stay.
Khuldabad
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Khuldabad is a town 27 km north-west of Aurangabad. It's called the City of Mosques due to the large number of mosques. Here you can find the tomb of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.
Ambajogai
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Ambajogai is a city in Beed district of Marathwada region in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Ambajogai is known as cultural capital of Marathwada.
Paithan
Paithan is a city in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra. Paithani is 56 km south of Aurangabad on the banks of Godavari River. It was known in the ancient times as 'Pratishthan', the capital city of Satavahana dynasty and major hub of commerce at that time.Marathwada
- Type: Region with 18,000,000 residents
- Description: region of the Indian state of Maharashtra
- Also known as: “Marathwada Region”
- Category: historical region
- Location: Maharashtra, Western India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Marathwada” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ماراثوادا”
- Chinese: “馬拉斯沃德”
- Chinese: “馬拉特瓦達”
- Chinese: “马拉特瓦达”
- German: “Marathwada”
- Hebrew: “מרתוואדה”
- Hindi: “मराठवाडा”
- Italian: “divisione di Aurangabad”
- Marathi: “मराठवाडा”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Marathwada”
- Norwegian: “Marathwada”
- Slovenian: “Marathwada”
- Swedish: “Marathwada”
- Tamil: “ஔரங்காபாத் மண்டலம்”
- Tamil: “மராத்வாடா பிரதேசம்”
- Telugu: “మరాఠ్వాడా”
- Urdu: “مراٹھواڑا”
- Western Panjabi: “مراٹھواڑا”
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