Satara - The Hidden Wonders Of Maharashtra
Satara - One of the most beautiful and pleasant cities in Maharashtra located approx. 130 km from Pune. The city is magically blessed with the creativity of nature, history, human engineering achievements and much more than we can imagine. A city view from hill The city is named after these seven glorious hills surrounding the city which gives meaning as seven hills ( sat-tara ) in Marathi, the seven hills are named: Ajinkyatara Sajjangad Yawateshwar Jarandeshwar Nakticha Dongar Kiklicha Dongar Pedhyacha Bhairoba These hills of Satara are loved by runners from worldwide as every year " Satara Hill Half Marathon " is organized. Pedhyacha Bhairoba (A view from my house) In 1708 Chhatrapati Shahu, son of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj crowned at Satara fort and then direct descendants of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj continued to live in Satara. Chhatrapati Udayan Raje Bhosale is 13th descendent. Du