Must See in Maharashtra
Mumbai:
Mumbai was given by Portuguese as dowry to Charles II of England when he married
Catherine. The group of seven island was leased to the East India Company who
offered freedom of business and religion to persons who came and settled here.
Initially a few Parsis and Gujarati came but soon a sizeable population began
to thrive here.
This was way back in the 17th century. Today also Mumbai is a city of migrants.
People from all over the country have come and settled here. This gives the
society of Mumbai a multi-lingual and multi-cultural colour.
Ajanta Caves:
Way back in1819, a party of British army officers on a tiger hunt in the forest
of western Deccan, suddenly spotted their prey, on the far side of a loop in
the Waghora river. High up on the horseshoe- shaped cliff, the hunting party
saw the tiger, silhouetted against the carved façade of a cave.
Ellora Caves:
Nestled in the crook of the Charanadari hill in Deccan is a series of ancient
temples and monasteries hewn out of the moutainside. Situated on the ancient
north- south trade route or the dakshinapatha, the tiny mountain village of
Verul - mutated today to Ellora -was a well- known stopover for traders, priests
and pilgrims who plied the route to the western ports.
Elephanta Caves:
The history of elephanta is the hoary mists of time. Crowning the island's easteem
hill, and commanding a panoramic view of wood-land, marsh and sea, are the Buddhist
stupas' or burial mounds and cisterns. Their antiquity has been traced back
to the third century or even earlier.
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