Maihar
Sign in to saveMaihar is a city in Maihar district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the district's administrative headquarters. Maihar is noted for the Maa Sharda Temple, one of the Shakti Peeth.
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Place details
- Locality
- Maihar
- Region
- Madhya Pradesh
- Country
- India
- Population
- 40,192
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Maihar
- Settlement.other_name
- Mai Ka Har
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Sharada_Temple_Maihar.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Maa Sharda Mandir, Maihar
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Madhya Pradesh#India3
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_alt
- Maihar on a map of Madhya Pradesh
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Madhya Pradesh
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Baghelkhand
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Maihar
- Settlement.established_date
- 1778
- Settlement.leader_party
- (BJP)
- Settlement.leader_title
- MLA
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Satna district
- Population
- 40192
- Elevation
- 367
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Sharada Temple Maihar.JPG
- Dialing code
- 7674
Show 4 more facts
- postal code
- 485771
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Maihar
- P12749
- Arusha
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Origin of the name
- History
- <span class="anchor" id="Tourist sites"></span>Attractions
- <span class="anchor" id="Geography"></span>Elevation and rainfall
- Demographics
- Religion
- Transport
- <span class="anchor" id="Culture"></span>Music
- References
- External links
Maihar is a city in Maihar district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the district's administrative headquarters. Maihar is noted for the Maa Sharda Temple, one of the Shakti Peeth.
==Origin of the name==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maihar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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