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Kolhapur

This was a strange leg of my trip. I needed to break up the busride from Bijapur to Pune and so I looked at LP and it said this city, Kolhapur, was a major pilgrimage site and a "forgotten backwood." So imagine my surprise to arrive in one of the most modern, clean, quiet cities I've ever seen in India. I don't believe the person who wrote the bit about Kolhapur has EVER been there. It was a nice town, but not at all what the book claims. This shouldn't surprise me, but it did. LP is routinely way off about sites, but to get a city so completely wrong is a bit shocking.
Nice apartment block
Nice apartment block		 This was one of the most tastefully designed apt. blocks i've seen in india
This was one of the most tastefully designed apt. blocks i've seen in india		 Down by the big temple
Down by the big temple		 g1/31/233431/3/113667315.6rtZzssH.jpg Gate leading to old town
Gate leading to old town		 The Maharaja of Kolhapur is quite rich. This is his new palace.
The Maharaja of Kolhapur is quite rich. This is his new palace.
I asked someone why he is so rich. He said, too much land.
I asked someone why he is so rich. He said, "too much land."		 It was a nice palace. No photos allowed inside
It was a nice palace. No photos allowed inside		 g3/31/233431/3/113667309.XRUd7M6T.jpg A flower
A flower		 g1/31/233431/3/113667305.Szd65qtR.jpg The Maharaja himself
The Maharaja himself
A painting of an old Maharaja -- this from the Old Palace, now a hotel. I had lunch there.
A painting of an old Maharaja -- this from the Old Palace, now a hotel. I had lunch there.		 By the main temple
By the main temple		 Stone cutters
Stone cutters		 Gate
Gate		 g1/31/233431/3/113667028.IqtxOpZj.jpg Om
Om
Om, again
Om, again		 g3/31/233431/3/113667034.3pbwhIFy.jpg Ganesh shrine outside the old palace
Ganesh shrine outside the old palace		 The dining room of the old palace
The dining room of the old palace		 Apartment blook
Apartment blook		 Didn't know quite what to make of this sign
Didn't know quite what to make of this sign
Ah, India
Ah, India		 g1/31/233431/3/113667046.vZ1iBk6p.jpg The old palace is situated on a big tank.
The old palace is situated on a big tank.		 Kind of an insulting sign
Kind of an insulting sign		 Old palace
Old palace		 The big tank
The big tank
Again
Again		 Adorable
Adorable		 My new thing
My new thing		 Good cheekbones
Good cheekbones		 Water fowl in a tree?
Water fowl in a tree?

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Guest 25-Oct-2012 12:49
Hello,
Nice pictures. Brings back a lot of memories since i am from the same place. Just a small correction. The place where you had lunch or the palace next to the lake is called as Shalini Palace which is converted to a hotel now a days, and not Old Palace. The Old Palace is in the heart of city, the picture which says "Gate leading to old town".
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