Karmala
Sign in to saveKarmala is a taluka of Solapur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Karmala is a city with municipal council. Karmala is famous for the temple of Shri. Kamaladevi. There is a significance of no. 96 for the temple. The Kamala Bhavani Temple was built by Rao Raje Nimbalkar in 1727. It is considered to be the second seat of Tulajapur Tulaja Bhavani. Built in Hemdpanthi style, the temple has entry doors in East South and North directions. The uniqueness of this temple architecture is, the temple is having well of 96 steps. The temple is constructed with 96 pillars. The temple top consists
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Place details
- Locality
- Karmala
- Region
- Maharashtra
- Country
- India
- Population
- 23,199
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Karmala
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
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- India Maharashtra
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- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Maharashtra, India
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Maharashtra
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Solapur
- Settlement.governing_body
- Karmala Municipal Council
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- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Vacant
- Settlement.leader_title2
- MLA
- Settlement.leader_name2
- Shri. Narayan Patil
- Settlement.leader_title3
- MP
- Settlement.leader_name3
- Shri. Dhairyashil Mohite-Patil
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- Metric
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 4.74
- Elevation
- 562
- Image
- Kamala Bhavani Mandir.JPG
- Dialing code
- 2182
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- postal code
- 413203
- Commons category
- Karmala, Solapur
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Karmala is a taluka of Solapur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Karmala is a city with municipal council. Karmala is famous for the temple of Shri. Kamaladevi. There is a significance of no. 96 for the temple. The Kamala Bhavani Temple was built by Rao Raje Nimbalkar in 1727. It is considered to be the second seat of Tulajapur Tulaja Bhavani. Built in Hemdpanthi style, the temple has entry doors in East South and North directions. The uniqueness of this temple architecture is, the temple is having well of 96 steps. The temple is constructed with 96 pillars. The temple top consists of 96 pictures and 96 ‘overyas’. Navaratra festival is celebrated with great devotion. The annual festival (yatra) is held during Kartik porrnima to Chaturthi.
==Geography== Karmala is the headquarters of the taluka bearing the same name. It is located about to the north of the Jeur railway station and about from the Solapur railway station. It has an average elevation of .
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