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Maharashtra or the ‘great
nation’ is indeed one of the greatest states of India. Not
only is it a State largest in area and population than most
countries of the world, but it is also one of the most
industrially and commercially development areas of India.
But modern Maharashtra is not the bustle of industrial and
agricultural activity or the frenzied of wealth and progress
along. Very much part of the everyday scene anywhere in the
State are the signs of its great religious, cultural,
historical and martial heritages. To be found here are
hundred of shrines of all faiths that are almost as old as
the religions. Every where in the State is it be found
evidence of the artistic skills of the people whose culture
goes back thousand of years. In song and dance, in painting
and sculpture, in architecture and handicrafts, Maharashtra
displays a fascinating variety of brilliant achievement that
is no where more evident than in its cave-temple and Hindu
shrine. All over Maharashtra are the relics of the glorious
history the great Chhatrapati Shivaji bequeathed the Maratha
Empire. Apart from culture and history, Maharashtra offers a
traveller idyllic bliss in a land blessed by nature. Quiet
and beautiful hill stations nestling in the bosoms of rugged
peaks, secluded palm-shaded golden beaches lapped by the
blue water of the Arabian Sea, rushing river offering sport
and recreation, placid lakes and warm springs that and game
never fail patient animal love…..these are all part of a
land created, as it were, only for a relaxing holiday. |
