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The Gateway of India is one of the
famous monuments in Maharashtra and this is the starting point for
tourists to explore the city.
In Kolhapur the famous monument is
the Maharajas new palace. The Maharashtra monuments are many in numbers
marking the history of that place.
The monuments are the one that
represent that the city has seen some glorious events and have a
remarkable history.
They enhance the attraction towards a
city and as each monument has a legend attached, the monuments become a
great place of attraction.
Agakhan palace is one of the
historical landmarks of Pune.
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The Agakhan Palace consists of spacious
lawns and Italian arches. This is a significant Maharashtra monument
mainly because during the quit India movement in 1942, Mahatma Gandhi,
Sarojini Naidu, Kasturba Gandhi, Mahadeobhai Desai were kept in
imprisonment in this palace.
This was the period when Kasturba Gandhi
and Shri Mahadeobhai Desai passed away in this palace and two memorials
have been erected here. Monuments in Maharashtra mainly consider the
Gateway of India as it is the principal landmark. The Gateway was
constructed by British and was opened in 1924.
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Among various other Maharashtra
monuments, yet Gateway of India is the chief monuments in Maharashtra
as it leads to water and you can take a motor launch and go for a short
cruise through this splendid harbor.
The tickets are available there
itself. You can watch the Taj Mahal hotel from the Gateway of India and
adjacent to it are the statues of Shivaji on his horse and Swami
Vivekananda.
Khuldabad houses the tomb of
Aurangazeb and there were several Sufi saints who resided here. This
has the holy shrine of Muslims and shelters the Aurangazeb tomb.
Lal Mahal is identical to a red palace
and this is the place where Shivaji spent his childhood with his mother.
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It was this Mahal that Aurangazeb tried to
put an end to the political power of Shivaji and lost his fingers. The
monuments in Maharashtra include the new palace in Kolhapur. This has a
fusion of Hindu and Jain.
The interiors of this place has a great
collection of weapons, games, jewellery, costumes and paraphernalia and
these make wonderful things that attract the tourists.
This is considered to be a museum and the
memorabilia of the Kolhapur rulers are stored here. The Maharashtra
monuments are remarkable and signify the importance of the glorious
past and history.
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