Tuljapur
| Tuljapur तुळजापूर |
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| State : | Maharashtra | ||
| District : | Osmanabad | ||
| Location : | 18 ° 1 ′ N , 76 ° 4 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 470 m | ||
| Area : | 4.16 km² | ||
| Residents : | 34,011 (2011) | ||
| Population density : | 8176 inhabitants / km² | ||
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Tuljapur ( Marathi : तुळजापूर ) is a city ( municipal council ) with about 35,000 inhabitants in the Osmanabad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra .
location
Tuljapur is located in the Marathwada region on the Dekkan Plateau at an altitude of approx. 640 m above sea level. d. M. The next largest city is Solapur (approx. 47 km to the southwest); the metropolis of Hyderabad is about 350 km southeast. The climate is subtropical and warm; Rain falls almost exclusively during the summer monsoon season .
population
Official population statistics have only been kept since 1991 and are published regularly. The population growth in recent decades is mainly due to the continued immigration of families from the surrounding area.
| year | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
| Residents | 23,012 | 31,706 | 34,011 |
A good 60% of the population are Hindus , around 7.5% are Muslims and a good 1% are Buddhists ; other religions such as Jains , Christians , Sikhs etc. are numerically small minorities. The male population is around 7% higher than the female.
economy
Agriculture is the livelihood of the region; Traders, craftsmen and service providers of all kinds have settled in the village.
history
Little is known about the medieval history of the place and the entire region; probably the Yadava or Seuna dynasty residing in Daulatabad ruled here . In the 13th century, the Sultanate of Delhi , and later the Bahmani Sultanate (until around 1490), which resided in Gulbarga and Bidar , took over power. From 1656 the Mughal ruler Aurangzeb extended his power to the Dekkan in several campaigns . In the phase of the decline of the Mughal empire, the local governor Asaf Jah I , who later received the title Nizam -ul-Mulk ( Urdu : نظامالملک = "folder of the empire"), took power and founded the princely state of Hyderabad , which also included the Marathwada Region until 1956.
Attractions
- The most important building in the city is the Tulja Bhavani Temple, which is a local modification of the Hindu goddess Durga . Only a few medieval remains are left; the architecture mostly comes from the post-Mughal period. The almost fortress-like entrance gate and the multi-tiered, brightly painted Shikhara tower above the cella ( garbhagriha ) are visually impressive .
- There are numerous other temples scattered throughout the city.
- Surroundings
- The Naldurg Fort is about 32 km southeast; the precisely worked stones of the outer walls are still impressive today. In addition to the usual fortifications, there is a strange building with a long and wide staircase leading up to its round platform. Several cannons are scattered across the area.
Web links
- Tuljapur, information (English)
- Tuljapur, Bhavani Temple (Wikipedia, English)