Maharashtra Travel Info
Population : 789.3 million
Area : 308000 sq.km
Capital : Mumbai ( Old Name Bombay )
Main language : Marathi
Covering
a large part of the Deccan Plateau, the state of Maharashtra is partially
hilly. The Western Ghats is beautiful and verdant, as they receive showers
during the summer as well as the winter. Centuries ago, these hills and
crags provided excellent ground for the highly perfected guerilla warfare
techniques of the Marathas like Shivaji against the Mughals Influences of
various schools and different ages can be seen in the monuments and sculptures
of Maharashtra. The caves of Aurangabad, Ajanta and Ellora contain some
beautiful rock-hewn sculptures, columns and frescoes hard to find anywhere
else. These belong to the age when Buddhism flourished and dominated the
land. Maharashtra also possesses numerous holy places of various religious
communities.
Mumbai is the nerve center of Maharashtra. It is the gateway port, the business
and commercial center, and a major metropolis in the western region of India.
The present city of Pune was the childhood home of Shivaji, and about 11 km
from the city is Khadakvasla, the home of the National Defence Academy. Fine
cotton growing plains of black soil provide cotton for the textile mills of
Mumbai, Baroda, and Ahmedabad.
