Maps of India
Tourist Map of Maharashtra
Located in the northern center of peninsular India, Maharashtra
is surrounded by the Arabian sea in the west, Gujarat and Madhya
Pradesh on the north, Madhya Pradesh in the east and Karnataka and
Andhra Pradesh on the south.
Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra,
which derives its name from the Goddess Mumba Devi.Maharashtra is
a large, populous and economically important state. From Mumbai
most travellers head south to the beaches of Goa, south-east to
Pune and its famous ashram, or north -east to the World Heritage-listed
cave temples of Ajanta and Ellora.The Western Ghats run parallel
with the coast; the rest of the state stands on the high Deccan
plateau, stretching some 800 km east. |
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