2. INTRODUCTION
The Land of Magnificent Temples
Famous for “Kolhapuri Chappals” & Jaggery
Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati Maharaj and Rajaram
Chhatrapati Maharaj
'Dakshin Kashi'
3. RELIGION AND LANGUAGE
A Secular city .
City with Hindu majority.
Marathi (an Indo-Aryan language)
Evolved from Sanskrit though Prakrit and
Apabhransha
4. Architecture
The Indo-Saracenic.
It’has hybrid, combining elements from traditional
Hindu and Islamic architecture and the Gothic
revivalism of Victorian England