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Prepare a factfile for a tourist spot in Maharashtra. You can take the help of the following framework:
(i)
Location
(ii) How to get there (iii) Where
to stay (iv) Cuisine (v) Places to see (vi) Excursions (vii) Shopping (viii) Arts and Crafts.
Kolhapur: The Adobe of Mahalaxmi
(i)
Location: Nestling amid the Sahyadris on the
banks of the Panchganga river
(ii)
How to get there: by train or by bus from Mumbai
or Pune
(iii)
Where to stay: Circuit house, hotels at
reasonable rates
(iv)
Cuisine: missal and kat, mutton sukka, mutton
loncha, kombdi (chicken) masala and the gravies, pandhara rassa and tambda
rassa, goli pilao, bharleli vangi, amti, jowar bhakri, pickles, chutneys
(v)
Places to see: numerous temples, New Palace,
Town Hall, Shalini Palace, Old Palace, Mahalaxmi Temple
(vi)
Excursion: Hurpi (20 km from Kolhapur) for
silver anklets and toerings; farms on the suburbs for gurhals where fresh
jaggery is available
(vii)
Shopping: Chappal galli for hand-crafted
Kolhapuris; saj and thushi neckware
Arts
and Crafts: Kolhapuri chappals, necklaces, anklets and toerings