Monuments & Heritage in Maharashtra
83 places in Maharashtra under monuments & heritage. Memorials, old towns and protected sites.
Explore with dates- Aga Khan PalacePune, Maharashtra · Palaces & HavelisWhere Gandhi was interned in 1942, and where Kasturba died.
- Ajanta CavesChh. Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra · CavesBuddhist murals from the 2nd c. BCE onward, in a horseshoe gorge above the Waghora river.
- Akola Fort (Asadgad)Akola, Maharashtra · FortsA Mughal-era land fort in the middle of Akola, on the Morna river.
- Ambajogai Caves & YogeshwariBeed, Maharashtra · CavesRock-cut caves beside one of Marathwada’s oldest temples, in Beed district.
- Ambarnath Shiva TempleThane, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesBuilt in 1060 CE, the oldest surviving stone temple in Maharashtra.
- Aurangabad CavesChh. Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra · CavesTwelve Buddhist caves on the hill behind Bibi Ka Maqbara, far quieter than Ellora.
- Bahubali Hill, KumbhojKolhapur, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA 28-foot Bahubali cut from one stone, on a hill few outside the Jain community visit.
- Balaji Temple, WashimWashim, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA finely carved 1779 temple in what was once a Vakataka capital.
- Ballarpur FortChandrapur, Maharashtra · FortsA 14th-century Gond fort on the Wardha, before the capital moved to Chandrapur.
- Bandra Fort (Castella de Aguada)Mumbai City, Maharashtra · FortsA 1640 Portuguese watchtower looking down the Sea Link, Mumbai’s best free sunset.
- Banganga Tank & WalkeshwarMumbai City, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA sweet-water tank two minutes from the sea, sunk by Ram’s arrow according to the story.
- Bedse CavesPune, Maharashtra · CavesKarla's quiet cousin, same era, a tenth of the crowd, twice the atmosphere.
- Belapur FortThane, Maharashtra · FortsA small restored Portuguese fort above the creek, in the middle of Navi Mumbai.
- Bhadravati Jain TemplesChandrapur, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA Jain centre built around a hoard of ancient idols found buried in a mound.
- Bhamer Fort & CavesDhule, Maharashtra · FortsA Dhule hill fort ringed by more than a hundred rock-cut chambers.
- Chandrapur Fort & AnchaleshwarChandrapur, Maharashtra · FortsThe Gond capital, still wrapped in a five-kilometre wall with four great gates.
- Changdev TempleJalgaon, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA great pillared temple at the Tapi-Purna confluence, tied to Changdev Maharaj.
- Charthana TemplesParbhani, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA village holding dozens of Yadava-era temples and stepwells, mostly unprotected.
- CSMVS Museum, MumbaiMumbai Suburban, Maharashtra · MuseumsThe best general museum in the state, beside the Gateway of India.
- Daulatabad (Devgiri)Chh. Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra · FortsA conical rock fortress with a moat, a pitch-dark spiral tunnel and 750 steps, never taken by force.
- DeekshabhoomiNagpur, Maharashtra · Monuments & HeritageWhere Ambedkar and half a million followers embraced Buddhism in 1956.
- Dharashiv CavesDharashiv, Maharashtra · CavesSeven Jain and Buddhist caves in the Balaghat hills that almost no one visits.
- Dharur FortBeed, Maharashtra · FortsA rock-cut Beed fort with a moat carved from the surrounding stone.
- Dighori & Sindhola TemplesBhandara, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesFinely carved old stone temples in the Bhandara countryside, and nobody there.
- Elephanta CavesRaigad, Maharashtra · CavesUNESCO-listed island caves, the 6-m Trimurti Shiva is one of India's great sculptures.
- Ellora CavesChh. Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra · Caves34 caves across three faiths, Kailasa is the largest monolithic rock excavation on earth.
- Gandharpale CavesRaigad, Maharashtra · CavesThirty Buddhist caves on the Mumbai-Goa highway that almost everyone drives straight past.
- Gandhi Teerth, JalgaonJalgaon, Maharashtra · MuseumsAn unexpectedly ambitious multimedia museum on Gandhi’s life, in Jalgaon.
- Ghodbunder FortThane, Maharashtra · FortsA Portuguese fort above the Ulhas creek, named for the horse trade run through it.
- Global Vipassana PagodaMumbai Suburban, Maharashtra · Monuments & HeritageThe world’s largest pillarless stone dome, on a creek island reached by ferry.
- Gondeshwar Temple, SinnarNashik, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA complete 12th-century five-shrine temple complex, and usually empty.
- Hazur Sahib, NandedNanded, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesOne of the five Takhts of Sikhism, where Guru Gobind Singh spent his final days.
- Jalna Fort (Mastgad)Jalna, Maharashtra · FortsA 1725 Nizami fort with Persian inscriptions and a galleried stepwell.
- Jintur: Nemgiri Jain CavesParbhani, Maharashtra · CavesRock-cut Jain caves on a hill above Jintur, in a district few people visit.
- Kamala Devi Temple, KarmalaSolapur, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA 1727 temple built entirely around the number 96, steps, pillars and windows.
- Kanheri CavesMumbai Suburban, Maharashtra · Caves109 Buddhist caves inside a national park inside a city, nowhere else in the world.
- Kankaleshwar Temple, BeedBeed, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesAn 11th-century temple standing on an island in the middle of a water tank.
- Karanja LadWashim, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesBirthplace of Narasimha Saraswati, and a major Digambar Jain centre.
- Karla & Bhaja CavesPune, Maharashtra · CavesIndia's largest rock-cut chaitya hall, plus Bhaja's stupa courtyard and monsoon waterfall.
- Karneshwar Temple, SangameshwarRatnagiri, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesAn eleventh century temple with carving that deserves far more visitors than it gets.
- Kharda FortAhilyanagar, Maharashtra · FortsA ground fort beside the field where the Marathas won together for the last time.
- Kharosa CavesLatur, Maharashtra · CavesTwelve Gupta-era caves with striking Narsimha and Shiva-Parvati panels.
- Kondana CavesRaigad, Maharashtra · Caves1st-century BCE caves with a waterfall crashing right beside the chaitya facade.
- Kopeshwar Temple, KhidrapurKolhapur, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA 12th-century masterpiece with an open-roofed hall on 92 stone elephants.
- Lal Mahal & Kasba GanpatiPune, Maharashtra · Monuments & HeritageShivaji’s childhood home, and the site of the 1663 raid on Shaista Khan.
- Lenyadri CavesPune, Maharashtra · CavesThe only Ashtavinayak Ganpati inside a Buddhist cave, 283 steps up a rock face.
- Madh FortMumbai Suburban, Maharashtra · FortsA Portuguese watch fort on Madh Island, now inside an Air Force station.
- Malegaon FortNashik, Maharashtra · FortsA ground fort on the Mosam river, walls and gates still standing inside the town.
- Muktidham TempleNashik, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesAll twelve Jyotirlingas under one marble roof, for anyone who cannot travel to them.
- Mumba Devi TempleMumbai City, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesThe Koli goddess the city took its name from, tucked into the Bhuleshwar market.
- Nagardhan FortNagpur, Maharashtra · FortsA Gond fort standing on the excavated capital of the Vakataka empire.
- Nagzari & Ter Heritage TemplesDharashiv, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA Satavahana trading town with one of the Deccan’s oldest brick temples.
- Naldurg FortDharashiv, Maharashtra · FortsA vast land fort whose dam wall hides the Pani Mahal, a palace you enter behind a waterfall.
- Nevasa, where the Dnyaneshwari was writtenAhilyanagar, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesThe pillar Dnyaneshwar leaned on while dictating the book that made Marathi literary.
- New Palace & Shalini PalaceKolhapur, Maharashtra · Palaces & HavelisShahu Maharaj’s 1884 palace, now a museum of the Chhatrapati family.
- Panchavati & Sita GufaaNashik, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesThe riverbank of the Ramayana exile, and the nose that gave Nashik its name.
- Pandav Leni CavesNashik, Maharashtra · Caves24 Hinayana Buddhist caves cut between the 3rd c. BCE and 2nd c. CE, right above the city.
- Paranda FortDharashiv, Maharashtra · FortsA superbly preserved Bahmani land fort with a full moat and seven staggered gates.
- Pitalkhora CavesChh. Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra · CavesAmong the oldest rock-cut caves in India, reached by descending into a ravine beside a waterfall.
- Raja Dinkar Kelkar MuseumPune, Maharashtra · MuseumsSixty years of one man collecting the everyday objects of Indian life.
- Revdanda FortRaigad, Maharashtra · FortsA Portuguese fort at the Kundalika mouth, its ruins swallowed by coconut groves.
- Riwa Fort (Kala Qilla)Mumbai Suburban, Maharashtra · FortsThe Kala Qilla above Mahim creek, one of the least visited old structures in Mumbai.
- Sangli Ganpati Temple & FortSangli, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesSangli’s guardian deity, in black stone, beside the Patwardhan fort.
- Sangram Durg (Chakan)Pune, Maharashtra · FortsThe ground fort where a few hundred men held Shaista Khan off for a month.
- Sarangkheda Horse FairNandurbar, Maharashtra · Villages & Hidden GemsOne of India’s biggest horse fairs, held for a month each winter on the Tapi.
- Sawantwadi PalaceSindhudurg, Maharashtra · Palaces & HavelisA lived-in palace where the royal family revived Ganjifa card painting.
- Sevagram & Paunar AshramsWardha, Maharashtra · Monuments & HeritageThe mud huts Gandhi lived and worked in from 1936, and Vinoba’s ashram nearby.
- Sewri Fort & Flamingo MudflatsMumbai City, Maharashtra · FortsA 1680 fort above mudflats that fill with flamingos every winter.
- Shaniwar WadaPune, Maharashtra · Palaces & HavelisThe Peshwas’ seat, burnt out in 1828, the walls and the great gate survive.
- Siddheshwar Ratneshwar TempleLatur, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesLatur’s main temple, in the town the Rashtrakutas took their name from.
- Sindkhed Raja: Jijabai’s BirthplaceBuldhana, Maharashtra · Monuments & HeritageWhere Jijabai was born, the Jadhav seat, now a protected heritage town.
- Sion Hillock FortMumbai City, Maharashtra · FortsThe 1669 watchtower that marked the edge of British Bombay.
- Sitabuldi FortNagpur, Maharashtra · FortsNagpur’s twin-hill fort, open to visitors only a few days each year.
- Solapur Bhuikot FortSolapur, Maharashtra · FortsA 14th-century Bahmani land fort with a double moat, in the middle of Solapur.
- Songir FortDhule, Maharashtra · FortsA small Faruqi hill fort watching the old Agra-Bombay road.
- Tarapur FortPalghar, Maharashtra · FortsA Portuguese coastal fort stormed by Chimaji Appa on the road to Vasai.
- Thalner FortDhule, Maharashtra · FortsThe Faruqi kings’ original seat on the Tapi, with superb brick royal tombs.
- Thibaw Palace & RatnagiriRatnagiri, Maharashtra · Palaces & HavelisWhere the last king of Burma lived out his exile, and died.
- Udgir FortLatur, Maharashtra · FortsA moated ground fort in Latur, where the 1761 Treaty of Udgir was signed.
- Vairagad FortGadchiroli, Maharashtra · FortsA Gond ground fort in Gadchiroli, near a village once known for diamonds.
- Vasai Fort (Bassein)Palghar, Maharashtra · Coastal DestinationsA vast Portuguese fortified city north of Mumbai, its cathedrals now roofless and overgrown.
- Wai Ghats & Dholya GanpatiSatara, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesSeven stone ghats on the Krishna, a very large Ganpati, and half of Hindi cinema.
- Worli Fort & KoliwadaMumbai City, Maharashtra · FortsA British fort at the tip of Worli, reached through a working Koli fishing village.
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