Ratnagiri districtRatnagiri district (Marathi pronunciation: ) is a district in the state of Maharashtra, India. The administrative headquarter of the district is located in the town of Ratnagiri. The district is 11.34% urban. The district is bounded by the Arabian Sea to the west, Sindhudurg district to the south, Raigad district to the north and Satara, Sangli and Kolhapur districts to the east. This district is part of Konkan division.Mandangad fortMandangad Fort (also called Chitradurga Fort) is about 2 km from Mandangad town in Ratnagiri District, Maharashtra. This fort is said to be constructed by King Bhoj. After the Mughals lost the Battle of Umberkhind, This fort was captured by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the battle with Adil Shah. A 400-year-old cannon is the major feature of the fort. The fort constitutes a Ganapati Temple and a tank called Thorla Talav.Mandangad talukaMandangad taluka is a taluka in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra an Indian state.TehsilA tehsil (Hindustani pronunciation: [t̪ɛɦˈsiːl]), also known as a tahsil, taluk, taluq, or taluka (from Arabic تعلق), is a local administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative centre, with possible additional towns, and usually a number of villages. The terms in India have replaced earlier terms, such as pargana (pergunnah) and thana.
ShivajiChhatrapati of the Marathas from 1674 to 1680Shivaji I (Shivaji Shahaji Bhonsale, Marathi pronunciation:; c. 19 February 1630 – 3 April 1680) was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle dynasty. Shivaji inherited a fiefdom (Marathi: jagir) from his father who served as a retainer for the Sultanate of Bijapur, which later formed the genesis of the Maratha Kingdom. In 1674, he was formally crowned the Chhatrapati of his realm at Raigad Fort.BankotBankot is a town in Maharashtra, India. It became part of the Bombay Presidency in 1756. Its most famous structure is Bankot Fort, which was the first residency of the British Raj in Southern Konkan. BusinessMango is one of the most important crops of this village, and mango trees occupy about 60 per-cent of the land used to cultivate fruit.
Savitri RiverSavitri River is one of the five rivers which originate from Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra state in India. It originates at Savitri point near Mahabaleshwar and flows through the Bankot village and directly goes to the Arabian Sea Raigad district and eventually meets Arabian Sea at Harehareshwar. It passes through rocky and hilly terrain of Western Ghats till Poladpur and further through the towns of Mahad, Mangaon and Shrivardhan Tehsil (taluka).Kanhoji Angre
MaharashtraMaharashtra is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to the southeast and Chhattisgarh to the east, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh to the north, and the Indian union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu to the northwest.Bhoja II (Shilahara dynasty)Bhoja II (reigned 1175–1212) was a ruler in medieval India, the last of the Shilahara dynasty of Kolhapur in Maharashtra. He suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Singhana, king of the Yadava Dynasty, in 1212 at Umalvad. He fled and his kingdom was annexed.
Mazar (mausoleum)A mazār (Arabic: مَزَار), also transliterated as mazaar, also known as marqad (مَرْقَد) or in the Maghreb as ḍarīḥ (ضَرِيْح), or in Cape Town as a kramat, is a mausoleum, tomb or shrine all around the world, typically that of a saint or notable religious leader. Medieval Arabic texts may also use the words mašhad (مَشْهَد) or maqām to denote the same concept.Shilahara dynastyToday part ofIndiaShilahara dynasty (IAST: Śilāhāra) was a royal house that ruled parts of western India between the 8th and 13th centuries CE. Originally vassals of the powerful Rashtrakuta Empire, the Shilaharas rose to prominence and established three semi-independent branches that governed over North Konkan, South Konkan, and the Kolhapur region of present-day Maharashtra.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.