kolhapur city
Kolhapur is about 387 km from the Mumbai, the financial capital of India and is famous for the Kolhapur is about 387 km from the Mumbai, the financial capital of India and is famous for the Indian handcrafted leather slippers the Kolhapuri chappals and its unique local jewelry a special type of necklace called Kolhapuri Saaj. Kolhapur is famous for the shri. Mahalakshmi Temple and according to the popular belief goddess Mahalakshmi started residing in Kolhapur following a quarrel with her husband lord Vishnu. Kolhapur derived its name from a mythological event legend says, Goddess Mahalakshmi killed a demon named Kolhasur who used to oppress the local people. Before dying, the demon wished that the place be named after him and so the regio n got to be known as Kolhapur. ...