My Kolhapur

Saturday, 14 April 2018

kolhapur mahadwar road

Mahadwar Road is one of the oldest and most crowded shopping areas in Kolhapur. Take a walk through the narrow lanes, filled with shopping items of various kind. From utensils to clothes to accessories, you can find all these here. Head to the arched gateway which the market surrounds, and admire the architecture and the carvings of this old structure. The establishments that this place nestles are decades old. The shopkeepers are very knowledgeable about the history of the market, and the specialties here, so be sure to interact with them. Kolhapur is famous for its comfortable sandals made of natural materials, decorated with pretty embellishments. Take a pair home and wear them to college or a casual gathering, you are guaranteed to look cool!

Monday, 2 April 2018

Khabag Wrestling stadium

Khasbag Stadium is a national wrestling stadium in Kolhapur city. This is a biggest Wrestling Stadium in India. The stadium was built in the time of Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj and is almost a hundred year old stadium. And this is heritage site also.
Khasbag stadium, also known as Khasbaug Maidan (Ground), is 1 kilometre South-East to Mahalaxmi Temple and 8 Kilometers South-West to Central Bus Stand of Kolhapur. The structure flaunts a seating arrangement for about 30,000 people around a Wrestling Ring also called "Houd". Special seating is available for the members of the royal family of Kolhapur on the east side of the wrestling ring.
In 2012, It was the venue for the '46th Hind Kesari wrestling championship'.^[1] It was held to mark the centenary of Khasbag wrestling arena.

Kolhapur Rassa Mandal

Kolhapur is specially known as edible city. It has a some good traditional dishes prepared from “Mutton” (goat meat) which are very tingle tasty and delightful.” Pandra Rassa ” the white curry is a liked starter at Kolhapur. A Soup like dish of water used to boil the “Mutton” along with spices such as coriander , ginger & garlic etc. This is a very tasty pre-food item. Apart from taste it has certain medicinal use as well. This “Rassa” is recommended for cough and throat related ailments. This is a part of a well-know duo curries. the other one is termed as “Tambda Rassa”“Tambda Rassa” the second starter of the duo. This is a curry prepared using red chilly powder to make it appear “Tambda” redish. Made in almost same ways as Pandra Rassa this type of curry is more famous within the rural area of Kolhapur.
After these starters comes the special roasted mutton.”Roasted Mutton” is a special variety of non-veg dish prepared extensively at Kolhapur. The special recipe of this mutton makes it a unique disk attributed to Kolhapur. Different varieties of this dishes are prepared with different spices. One such famous type is “Ghaati” Mutton. These various dishes along with “Bhakari” or “Chapaati” constitute the Kolhapuri Taat.

Monday, 26 March 2018

Kolhapur Theaters

INOX Reliance Mega Mall

2nd Floor Reliance Mega Mall, Laxmipuri, Kolhapur - 416002, Old Dalal Market, Laxmipuri, Near Lakshmi Vilas Bank,

Padma Talkies

1550 C Ward, Near Police Station, Laxmipuri, Kolhapur - 416002

Prabhat Cinema

1526 C, Laxmipuri, Kolhapur - 416002, Near Laxmipuri Police Station

Shahu Cinema

1552 c Ward, Laxmipuri, Kolhapur

Urmila Chitra Mandir

Tarabai Road, Rankala, Kolhapur

Saraswati Cinema

Tarabai Road, Mahadwar Road, Kolhapur - 416012, Near Mahalaxmi Temple

Royal Cinema

1527 K, Laxmipuri, Kolhapur - 416002, Opposite Padma Guest House

Ayodhya Chitra Mandir

Railway Station, Kolhapur - 416001, Laxmipuri

Apsara Cinema

Shahupuri, Kolhapur - 416001

Usha Cinema

455 E Ward, Station Road, Kolhapur - 416001

PVR Multiplex

DYP City Mall ,Kolhapur.

Kolhapur District Court

Kolhapur has a long cherished history of Judicial System. Prior to independence it was a Princely State. The then rulers established First Court in the State in the year 1844. The Princely State had its own High Court and Supreme Court. The District Court was established in the year 1867 and the eminent jurist Late Shri. Mahadev Govind Ranade became the first District Judge of Kolhapur.

On 01-03-1949 Kolhapur Princely State merged into the State of Mumbai. The building of the District Court is more than 150 year old and the Radhabai Building wherein Civil Courts are housed, is a heritage structure.

At present there are 6 posts of District Judge, 4 post of Ad-hoc District Judge, 7 posts of Senior Division including 1 post of Chief Judicial Magistrate & 40 posts of Civil Judge Junior Division and Judicial Magistrate First Class in entire Kolhapur District. There are 12 Judicial Talukas in the Judicial District.

In District Court campus Courts of Principal District Judge, 3 Additional Sessions Judge, 4 Ad-hoc District Judge, 3 Senior Divisions, 5 Junior Divisions are housed. There are 11 JMFC Courts at Kasaba Bawada. Family Court is also functional in the premises of District Court.

Apart from Kolhapur Sessions Division, there are 3 Sessions Divisions at Jaysingpur, Ichalkaranji & Gadhinglaj. The courts of Civil Judge Senior Division are also functional at these places. In all talukas there are the courts of Civil Judge Junior Division and Judicial Magistrate First Class.

A magnificent building with historical architectural features housing 43 courts and allied offices is in the final stage of construction at Nyayasankul, Kasaba Bawada, Kolhapur.

Shivaji University Kolhapur

Shivaji University (Marathi: शिवाजी विद्यापीठ), established in 1962, is in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. The university's campus is 853 acres (3.4519 km2), and is named after Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, founder of the Maratha Empire. It was inaugurated on 18 November 1962 by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the then president of India. Yashwantrao Chavan and Balasaheb Desai took the lead in establishing this university. Kolhapur, Sangli, and Satara come under its jurisdiction with 279 affiliated colleges and recognised institutes. One of the major objectives behind its foundation was to cater to the regional needs of South Maharashtra. The University's efforts towards excellence are being recognised by the substantial grants received from funding agencies like University Grants Commission (India), Department of Science and Technology (India), and DBT.
Shivaji University has recently signed MoU with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre for research in Material Science. It has also partnered with the Indian Institute of Geo-Magnetism, Mumbai and industries like Phyto-Pharma. Institutes including Maharashtra Police Academy and Nashik and Centre for Social Studies have sought affiliation with the Shivaji University.

Jurisdiction

Currently, the university has Kolhapur, Sangli, and Satara districts under its jurisdiction with 279 affiliated colleges and recognized institute.

Ranking

Shivaji University has been re-accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council, (NAAC) with "A" Grade (CGPA-3.16) (2014). Shivaji University is among top 50 Universities contributing towards research in India in 2015
Shivaji University is ranked 44th among all Universities in India.

Affiliations

In 1962 the University started functioning with 34 affiliated colleges and about 14,000 students with 5 Post-graduate Departments on the campus. Today the number of affiliated colleges has gone up to 280 and the student body has increased to 3,00,000 with 34 Postgraduate Departments on campus. The University imparts education in 10 major faculties of Arts, Social Science, Science, Commerce, Education, Fine Arts, Law, Medicine, Ayurvedic Medicine, Engineering and Technology.
Shiv-Sandesh monthly bulletin is published online by Shivaji University, which throw light on various activities, programs organised in the university.
Madhyamvidya and Media Spectrumare private distribution newspapers published by M.A. Mass communication department students.

Departments

Arts
Commerce
Education
Engineering and Technology
Fine Arts
Law
Science
Social Science

Department of Technology

Shivaji University started Department of Technology in June 2006 with the aim that opportunity for students to learn in technology education and research of global standard for the human resource development. In 2006 first four M. Tech courses were started and in 2008 five B. Tech courses were started.

Mission

To be a seat of learning in technology education and research of global standard for the human resource development.

Vision

Shivaji University is committed to meet the educational, social, cultural, and economic needs of the region and the nation to create a just and humane society.

Barrister Balasaheb Khardekar Library

The Barr. B. Khardekar Library at Shivaji University is one of the leading university libraries in southern Maharashtra. It caters to the academic needs of students, faculty and other users from the university as well as visitors from other universities and institutes. The library has over 3.1 lakhs printed documents and it subscribes to over 298 national and international journals. The library is a member of UGC/INFONET Digital Library consortium of INFLIBNET Centre,under which it has access to over 6000+ electronic journals and few electronic databases. It has established contacts with universities, national and international organizations libraries for inter-library loans.
The library was named after the late Barr. Balasaheb Khardekar on 24 October 1981.
Library facilities

OPAC-The Online Public Access Catalogue [OPAC] is available within university intranet [LAN]. The building of complete database of library documents is under progress. Hence, presently only the catalogue data of around 2,00,000 old records (Including bound volumes of journals, Thesis & Dissertations, rare books etc.) and catalogue data of new books added w.e.f. Jan 1, 2008 is available. Now on new books data will be available only online, it will no longer be available in the form of Catalogue cards.

Kolhapur Railway Station

Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus or Shree Chhattrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus is the main railway terminus in the city of Kolhapur, India. This station is the end point of Latur road - Miraj - Kolhapur railway line. This station connects Kolhapur with major Indian cities such as Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Latur, Solapur, Nagpur, Tirupati, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Dhanbad through express trains.Recently the Railway Minister of India announced Kolhapur-Vaibhavwadi rail route then the station will be a junction and electrification of Kolhapur-Pune rail route in 2016-17 railbudget.There are daily passenger shuttle services between Kolhapur and Miraj. This railway station is named after Shahu Maharaj of Kolhapur.