PPT PROJECTS

1. CULTURE OF MAHARASHTRA
Attire of Maharashtra:-
The traditional attire of Maharashtra required the men to
wear dhoti (a long garment wrapped around the waist
and legs ) , kurta or a cotton shirt, pheta (headwear or
topi) and waistcoat or bandi which was optional.
Women wear choli or blouse on the top and a 9-yard long
saree called lugade or nauwari saadi . They usually wore
open sandals or chappals as their footwear. In the 21st
century, most of the people have started wearing western
clothes or a fusion of indian and western wear. The
traditional attire is worn by very few but is worn by many

2. FOOD OF MAHARASHTRA
• The staple diet of Maharashtra includes wheat,rice,
jower,bajara,vegetables,lentils and fruit. Meat was not
eaten much in Maharashtra until recent times . Their
diet is in carbohydrates as intially they were occupied
in labour-intensive jobs like farming. The Food of
Maharashtra is from sweet to mildly spicy to spicy.
Some of the dishes like vada pav bhaji, missal pav and
The Bombay sandwich and Ragda Pattice have become
famous throughout the world. Shrikhand, yet another
popular dish has have said to be originated in
Maharashtra. Aflatoon sweet and Puran Poli sweet is
most famous,popular and well known sweet items in
the Maharashtra .

3. ARCHITECTURE OF MAHARASHTRA
• There are many significant monuments in Maharashtra
like Bibi ka Maqbara, Ajanta Ellora caves, Gateway of
India which is influenced by different architectural
styles.Bibi ka Maqbara can be seen to have
incorporated Mughal architecture, whereas, in
Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, the majority of
the architecture is influenced by British style of
architecture (Indo-Saracenic revival architecture) and
can be seen in Gateway of India and Chhatrapati Shivaji
Terminus. Maharashtra is famous for its caves, and
rock-cut architecture as in Ajanta Ellora Caves that is
also one of the UNESCO as World Heritage Site. Some
of the temples in Maharashtra are over 1000 years old.
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4. LANGUAGES OF MAHARASHTRA
• The official language of Maharashtra is
Marathi. While the majority do speak Marathi,
others speak Hindi, Gujarati, English and
languages . Cities in Maharashtra are
Metropolitan and are a blend of many cultures
and use English as their official language.
Most of the people in Maharashtra are
multilingual and usually speak both Marathi
and Hindi.

5. FLOK DANCE AND MUSIC OF
MAHARASHTRA