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Junnar
Junnar (Marathi pronunciation: ͡ʒunːəɾ is a city in the Pune district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The city has history dating back to the first millennium. The nearby fort of Shivneri was the birthplace of Maratha king Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the founder of the Maratha Empire. Junnar was declared the first tourism taluka in Pune district by the government of Maharashtra on 9 January 2018. History Junnar has been an important trading and political centre for the last two millennia. The town is on the trade route that links the ports of western India or more specifically of Konkan with Deccan interiors. The first mention of Junnar comes the Greco-Roman travellers from the first millennium, The Indo-Scythian Western Satraps ruled at Junnar during the 2nd century CE as shown by their cave inscriptions in the area of Junnar, at Manmodi Caves. "Yavana" Greeks also left donative inscriptions in the 2nd century CE at Lenyadri and Manmodi Caves. According to Damoda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pune District
Pune district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, [puɳeː]) is the most populous district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The district's population was 9,429,408 in the 2011 census, making it the fourth most populous district amongst India's 640 List of districts in India, districts. This district has an urban population of 58.08 percent of its total. It is one of the most industrialized districts in India. In recent decades it has also become a hub for information technology. Officer Members of Parliament *Girish Bapat (Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP) - *Supriya Sule (Nationalist Congress Party, NCP) - *Amol Kolhe, Dr. Amol Kolhe (Nationalist Congress Party, NCP) - *Shrirang Barne (Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena, BSS) - Guardian Minister list of Guardian Minister District Magistrate/Collector list of District Magistrate / Collector District Justice District Police Commissioner list of District Police Commissioner President & Vice-President ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenyadri
Lenyadri, sometimes called Ganesa Lena, Ganesh Pahar Caves, are a series of about 30 rock-cut Buddhist caves, located about north of Junnar in Pune district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Other caves surrounding the city of Junnar are: Manmodi Caves, Shivneri Caves and Tulja Caves. The Lenyadri caves date between the 1st and 3rd century AD and belong to the Hinayana Buddhism tradition.Feldhaus p. 143 Twenty-six of the caves are individually numbered. The caves face to the south and are numbered serially from east to west. Caves 6 and 14 are ''chaitya-grihas'' (chapels), while the rest are '' viharas'' (dwellings for monks). The latter are in the form of dwellings and cells. There are also several rock-cut water cisterns; two of them have inscriptions. The layout of the caves, in general, are similar in pattern and shape. They generally have one or two sides with two long benches for occupants' use. Two of the central cells of Cave 7 – originally a Buddhist vihara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manmodi Caves
The Manmodi Caves are a complex of a rock-cut caves about 3 km to the south of the city of Junnar in India. Other caves surrounding the city of Junnar are: Tulja Caves, Shivneri Caves and Lenyadri caves. It is thought that the caves were positioned on natural trade routes, formed by passes leading from the coast to the basaltic plateau of the Western Ghats. One of the caves in Manmodi has an epigraph mentioning the Western Satrap Nahapana bearing the title of Mahakshatrapa (Great Satrap). Description The Manmodi hill lies south from Junnar, at a distance of about a 3 km. It contains three groups of excavations, the second of which is nearest to the road, and the first a considerable way along the north-west face of the hill, near where it turns to the north-east. The caves are classified in three groups, also having specific names: * Bhutalinga (भूत लेणी) group, with an inscription by a Yavana donor. * Amba-Ambika (अंबा-अंबिका) gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
