South Maharashtra

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Solapur

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Solapur is a city in Maharashtra in India. It is famous for its textile products and leads in beedi industries, and has been a major trade city due to its routes from Karnataka and Maharashtra. It is home to a famous temple, the Shri Siddheshwari Temple.

Kolhapur

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Kolhapur is a city in the south west of Maharashtra. It has a population of around 619,000. It is situated on the banks of river Panchganga and is famous for the Mahalakshmi Temple as a pilgrimage city and is also famous for having 2 sites that are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, namely, the Panhala Fort and the Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary.

Satara

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Satara is a city in South Maharashtra. It was the last seat of the Maratha Empire and contains several of its historical monuments and forts. It is an old city reflected by cobbled streets and old buildings perched upon the hills of the Western Ghats.

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Sangli

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Sangli is a city and the headquarters of the Sangli District in Maharashtra, in south-western India. It has earned the nickname "Turmeric City of India" for being India's and Asia's largest hub for the production and global trade of this spice.

Ichalkaranji

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Ichalkaranji is a city in the Kolhapur district of South Maharashtra, India, known for its prominent textile and engineering industries. Often referred to as the “Manchester of Maharashtra,” the city is one of the country’s leading centres for grey fabric production and hosts a dense network of power looms, processing units, and garment manufacturers.

Mahabaleshwar

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Mahabaleshwar is located in the Satara district and is a popular weekend gateway for the residence of Pune and Mumbai. Located at a height of 1372 m above sea level, it is the largest hill station in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra state.

Panchgani

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Panchgani along with Mahabaleshwar are two twin hill stations in the Satara district, Maharashtra. Panchgani derives its name from the five hills around it.

Lohgad

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Lohgad, literally meaning the iron fort, is a hill fort located in the Pune District in South Maharashtra near the hill-station of Lonavala. The fort stands on the edge of the Sahyadri Range and lies between the Indrayani and Pavana river basins.

Rajgad

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Rajgad is a hill fort in South Maharashtra. It was built as Murumbdev and was later renamed Rajgad by Shivaji Maharaj. It is south-west of Pune City. The base village Gunjavane is around 60 km from Pune.

Torna

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Torna is a hill fort in Western Maharashtra; southwest of Pune City. The base village Velhe is around 50km from Pune. The hill has an elevation of 1403 mts. above sea level, making it the highest hill-fort in the district The Pune Satara Highway forks of at Nasarapur.

Kamshet

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Kamshet is a region located in Pune district in the state of Maharashtra, India, 110 km from Mumbai City, and 45 km from Pune in Pune district. It is 16 km from the twin hill stations of Khandala and Lonavala and is accessible by road and rail from Mumbai and Pune.

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