Showing posts with label thane west. Show all posts
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Monday, 4 March 2013

City of Lake - Thane


Thane is a large industrial assorted of engineering products, textiles and chemicals. Thane is situated at very closely to the capital city of the Maharashtra state as well as a large metropolis of Mumbai has being changed to Thane from a small town with some villages, to a big industrial city and a nearly a suburb for the folks of Mumbai. Thane has an awesome and long history proof of number of several different historical buildings such as a fort and churches. 


The Greek geographer names as Ptolemy, whose writing to refers to this place known as “Chersonesus”, which has according to researchers is the area around Thane creek. The name of Thane, which is means as a post or a station, has been received from original name Shristhanak. It means where a place Ganapati settle. The word Sthanak has been converted to thane. 




Titwala :

Titwala is having 45 km away from Thane district. Titwala is as considered as sacred pilgrim spot whereas Maha Ganesh Temple as wells as Shri Vithoba temple these two shrines are located in Titwala. The beautiful temples of Titwala, its taking back to the 11th century has being dedicated to Lord Shiva. This temple was being built in ‘Hemadpanti’ style of architecture in black stone. 



Kashi Mira :

Kashi and Mira are two separate villages and it is located in Thane taluka close to each other. The environment of these two villages abounds in greenery with natural beauty and scenery. It is just after leaving the Dahisar check-post, is an open location with the background of beautifull hills with zigzag roads leading up the hills. It is this flushy background that has connect and given the name "Kashimira". 

Kalyan:

Kalyan has always been carried an important place for history of Maharashtra. Today, Kalyan has a main railway junction and there are rice mills industry and making spare parts of car factory. Kalyan was occupied by the a muslim state named as Bijapur sultanate in the 1500s and after that Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, who firmed the city in the mid 1600s.




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