About Tuljapur

Tuljapur (Marathi: ) is a city and a municipal council in Osmanabad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative seat of Tuljapur taluka. The town is home to a famous temple, Tulja Bhavani Temple, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Bhavani. The town received much importance in past centuries, since the temple enjoys a special association with the Bhonsale clan to which Chhatrapati Shivaji belonged. Goddess Bhavani was the family deity of the Bhonsale clan. The temple-town of Pandharapura, the Dharashiv caves, and the fort of Naldurg all lie within easy reach. As the Goddess Bhavani is the deity of many people from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, they come walking in Dasera Festival to worship Goddess Bhavani.On every year after the the navratri on kojagiri pournimas ocation many deity covers distance of 45kms from solapur by walk. Tuljapur is located at 1800N 7605E / 18.0N 76.08E / 18.0; 76.08. It has an average...