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[12] It is the administrative headquarters of Aurangabad district, Maharashtra and is the largest city in the Marathwada region. [13] Located on a hilly upland terrain in the Deccan Traps, Aurangabad is the fifth-most populous urban area in Maharashtra after Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur and Nashik with a population of 1,175,116. The city is known as a ...
Aurangabad district (Marathi pronunciation: [əu̯ɾəŋɡaːbaːd̪]), [3] officially known as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, [4] [5] [6] is one of the 36 districts of the state of Maharashtra in western India. It borders the districts of Nashik to the west, Jalgaon to the north, Jalna to the east, and Ahmednagar to the south.
Ground plan of the temple. The Kailash (IAST: Kailasa) or Kailashanatha (IAST: Kailāśanātha) temple is the largest of the rock-cut Hindu temples at the Ellora Caves in Chhtrapati Sambhaji Nagar district, Maharashtra of Maharashtra, India.
Hinduism is the majority religion in Aurangabad Division, with Islam and Buddhism being significant minorities. In urban areas of Aurangabad Division, the Muslim population exceeds 25%, notably in cities such as Aurangabad itself, where it stands at around 30%.
Ellora, also called Verul or Elura, is the short form of the ancient name Elloorpuram. [10] The older form of the name has been found in ancient references such as the Baroda inscription of 812 AD which mentions "the greatness of this edifice" and that "this great edifice was built on a hill by Krishnaraja at Elapura, the edifice in the inscription being the Kailasa temple. [3]
Daulatabad Fort, originally Deogiri Fort, is a historic fortified citadel located in Devgiri village near Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Maharashtra, India.It was the capital of the Yadavas (9th century – 14th century CE), for a brief time the capital of the Delhi Sultanate (1327–1334), and later a secondary capital of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate (1499–1636).
The Bibi Ka Maqbara (English: "Tomb of the Lady" [1] [2]) is a tomb located in the city of Aurangabad in the Indian state of Maharashtra.It was commissioned in 1660 by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's son, Prince Azam Shah, in the memory of his wife Dilras Banu Begum (posthumously known as Rabia-ul-Durrani).
Aurangabad Central Assembly constituency is one of the six constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha located in Aurangabad district, Maharashtra. It is a part of the Aurangabad (Lok Sabha constituency) along with five other assembly constituencies, Vaijapur, Gangapur, Aurangabad East, Kannad and Aurangabad West (SC). [2]