Tuljapur

Tuljapur is a town with a municipal council in Osmanabad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative seat of Tuljapur taluka.

Tuljapur is the location of the annual Tulja Bhavani fair during Navaratri (September–October). The town is home to the Tulja Bhavani Temple.

Geography

It has an elevation of 648 metres (2125 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Tuljapur had a population of 31,714. Males constituted 52% of the population and females 48%. Tuljapur had an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 76%, and female literacy was 60%. In 2001 in Tuljapur, 14% of the population was under 6 years of age.

Culture

The well-known temple, Tulja Bhavani Temple, is dedicated to the Hindu goddess Bhavani. The town has received much notice during past centuries, since the temple has always enjoyed a special association with the Bhonsale clan to which Chhatrapati Shivaji belonged. Goddess Bhavani was the family deity of the Bhonsale clan. As the Goddess Bhavani is the deity of many people from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana, they come walking in during the Dasera Festival to worship the Goddess Bhavani. Every year after Navaratri, on the eve of Kojagiri pournima, many devotees cover long distances to reach the city. Huge crowds are drawn to the temple for worshipping the goddess Bhavani.

Tuljapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Tuljapur Vidhan Sabha constituency (Marathi: तुळजापूर विधान सभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.

Overview

Tuljapur (constituency number 241) is one of the four Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Osmanabad district. It covers the entire Tuljapur tehsil and part of the Osmanabad tehsil of this district. The number of electors in 2009 was 298,290 (male 159,017, female 139,273).

Tuljapur is part of the Osmanabad Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Paranda, Umarga and Osmanabad in Osmanabad district, Barshi in the Solapur district and Ausa in the Latur district.

Members of Legislative Assembly

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