* मह ा र ा ष ् ट ् र भ ू षण ( Maharashtra Bhushan )

Bhakri ( भ ा कर ी bhākrī or Dhebra ) is a round flat unleavened bread often used in the cuisine of western and central India, especially in the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Malwa, Goa and northern Karnataka.

In Maharashtra, it is called " Shravani Maath " ( literally म ा ठ grown in month of Shravan ) and it is available in both red and white colour.

The Ajanta Caves ( Ajiṇṭhā leni ; Marathi: अज िं ठ ा ल े ण ी) in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, India are 30 rock-cut cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to the 600 CE.

* मह ा र ा ष ् ट ् र ग ौ रव ( बह ु र ू प ी) ( Maharashtra Gaurawa ( Bahurupi ) Award )

Tata Group ( ट ा ट ा सम ू ह ) is an Indian multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Bombay High Court ( Marathi: म ुं बई उच ् च न ् य ा य ा लय ) at Mumbai, Maharashtra, is one of the oldest High Courts of India with jurisdiction over the states of Maharashtra & Goa, and, the Union Territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

In Maharashtra on the Makar Sankranti ( मकर स ं क ् र ा न ् त ि) day people exchange multi-colored halwa ( sugar granules coated in sugar syrup ) and til-gul ladoos ( sweetmeats made from sesame seeds and jaggery ).

Manjira has a significant importance in Gujarati and Marathi folk music, in Maharashtra it is known as Taal ( ट ा ळ ).

Hutatma Chowk ( Marathi: ह ु त ा त ् म ा च ौ क ) (" Martyrs ' Square ") is the official name of a square in South Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Shaniwarwada ( Marathi: शन ि व ा रव ा ड ा) is a palace fort in the city of Pune in Maharashtra, India.

The name Marathwada ( Marathi: मर ा ठव ा ड ा) identifies one of the five regions in Maharashtra state of India.

Tusshar Kapoor ( त ु ष ा र कप ू र ; born 20th November 1976 in Mumbai, Maharashtra ) is an indian actor appearing in Hindi films.

Shegaon ( Marathi: श े ग ा व ) is a city and a municipal council in Buldana district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

PWPI symbolPWPI poster in MumbaiThe Peasants and Workers Party of India (, Bharatiya Shetkari Kamgar Paksha, abbreviated श े क ा प / SheKaPa ), is a marxist political party in Maharashtra, India.

Party is having 4 mla and 1 mlc. Party has a strong hold on Raigad District as well as party has zp members in 6 districts of Maharashtra ( Raigad, Solapur, Nashik, Nagpur, Nanded, Parabhani ) मह ा र ा ष ् ट ् र ा मध ् य े पक ् ष ा च े ४ व ि ध ा नसभ ा सदस ् य, १ व ि ध ा न पर ि षद सदस ् य आह े त.

Irawati Karve ( Devanagari: इर ा वत ी कर ् व े; December 15, 1905 – August 11, 1970 ) was an Indian anthropologist, educationist, and a writer from Maharashtra, India.

Vasant Shankar Kanetkar ( Devanagari: वस ं त श ं कर क ा न े टकर ) ( March 20, 1920-January 31, 2000 ) was a Marathi playwright and novelist from Maharashtra, India.

In Maharashtra, a special spicy curry, known as vaala che birde ( व ा ल ा च े ब ी रड े), is often used during fasting festivals during Shravan month.

* Kombdi Vade ( क ों बड ी वड े) or Murgh Malvani is a non-vegetarian dish, which is quite popular in Maharashtra.

Puran Poli ( Marathi: प ु रणप ो ळ ी or प ु रण ा च ी प ो ळ ी, Konkani: प ु रणप ो ळ ी Gujarati: પ ો ળ ી is a traditional type of sweet flatbread made in India in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Goa.

Bal Keshav Thackeray (; born 23 January 1926 ), popularly known as Hindu Hriday Samraat Balasaheb Thackeray is an Indian politician, founder and chief of the Shiv Sena, a right-wing Hindu nationalist, and Marathi ethnocentric party active mainly in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.

Dravidian place-names along the northwest coast, in Maharashtra, Gujarat, and to a lesser extent in Sindh as well as Dravidian grammatical influence such as clusivity in the Marathi, Gujarati, Marwari, and to a lesser extent Sindhi languages, suggest that Dravidian languages were once spoken more widely across the Indian subcontinent.

Other early settlers included the Marwari Muslims, Parsis, also originally from Gujarat, Marathi and Konkani Muslims from Maharashtra ( settled in Kokan Town ), Goan Catholics and Anglo-Indians.

Standard Marathi is the official language of the State of Maharashtra.

Maharashtra, the state in India where the majority of Marathi speakers live.

Marathi is primarily spoken in Maharashtra and parts of neighbouring states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Chattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh, union-territories of Daman-diu and Dadra Nagar Haveli.

Marathi is an official language of Maharashtra and co-official language in the union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

In addition to all universities in Maharashtra, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda ( Gujarat ), Osmania University ( Andhra Pradesh ), Gulbarga university ( Karnataka ), Devi Ahilya University of Indore and Goa University ( Panaji ) all have special departments for higher studies in Marathi linguistics.

* ' Marathi Vishwakosh, Khand 12 ( Marathi World Encyclopedia, Volume 12 ), Maharashtra Rajya Vishwakosh Nirmiti Mandal, Mumbai

* Marathi Sahitya ( Review of the Marathi Literature up to I960 ) by Kusumavati Deshpande, Maharashtra Information Centre, New Delhi

") or as P. L. Deshpande, was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.

Ironically, there is a saying in Marathi ( language of Maharashtra ) " santh vaahate Krishnamaai " which means " quiet flows Krishna ".

* Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan sub-ethnic group, that inhabit the Maharashtra region and state of western India

* Marathi cinema, films produced in the Marathi language in the state of Maharashtra, India

In Maharashtra, Diwali starts from Vasubaras which is the 12th day of the 2nd half of the Marathi month Ashvin.

Savarkar writes in his Inside the Enemy Camp, about reading all of Spencer's works, of his great interest in them, of their translation into Marathi, and their influence on the likes of Tilak and Agarkar, and the affectionate sobriquet given to him in Maharashtra – Harbhat Pendse.

The Times Group publishes The Economic Times ( launched in 1961 ), Navbharat Times ( Hindi language ), and the Maharashtra Times ( Marathi language ).

Maharashtra Film Company was established in Kolhapur on 1929 by Baburao Painter which was a remarkable effort due to which Kolhapur became one of the primary center for Marathi Film Industry.

Pudhari is the local newspaper of the City, while other Marathi language newspapers such as Sakaal, Loksatta, Lokmat, Kesari, Maharashtra Times, and Saamna (( Punyanagari )) are popular.

** Among Marathi language speaking people ( predominantly of Maharashtra ), parents threaten the misbehaving children with a male ghost called ' Buva ' ( ब ु व ा).