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Be it a seminar, corporate event, anniversary, or even get-togethers, host them only at Sayaji Kolhapur for a memorable time. To ensure your event is the talk of the town, we also offer a wide range of services like event management and catering. From intimate halls for important meetings to lavish lawns for grand wedding parties, our hotel‘s banquets are well equipped for events of every size and scale. This mandapa holds music concerts wherein renowned artists perform their art before the deity as a service during festivals.Kolhapur is known for grand, lively events, and what better place to host them other than Sayaji Kolhapur’s banquets. The temple has a huge 'Garuda Mandapa' built in 1838. Palanquin (Palakhi) is carried every Friday, besides there are celebrations on Chaitra Poornima and Navratri. Three and a half feet tall, with the Sheshnag holding his hood like a canopy over the idol, it has four arms that hold a nectar filled cap, a mace and a Shield. The sanctum Sanctorum houses the revered idol of the goddess, Mahalaxmi weighs 40 kgs., the idol is 'Swayambhu' (existing in its natural form). The temple complex, consisting of Garbhaghar, Sabha Mandap (Audience Hall), pillars, ceiling also houses the temple of other deities like Kashivishweshwar, Kartikswami, Siddhivinayak, Mahasaraswati, Mahakali, Shree Dattatraya and Shree Ram. Thousands of pilgrims from distant places come to this important spiritual place. In the 7th Century the Chalukya King started the construction of the temple and later in the 9th century the Shilahar Yadava rulers beautified it in the Hemadpanti Style. This deity is affectionately called as Ambabai.
It is a family deity of numerous devotees.
Over the years, members of royal families of the Shalivahan, Chalukya, Shilahar, Rashtrakoot, Kadamba and Yadava dynasties sought the blessings of this goddess. This exquisitely carved temple drawing millions of pilgrims from all over India for many centuries, is an important spiritual center.
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