Satara district, Administrative district in Maharashtra, India
Satara is an administrative district in the Pune division of western Maharashtra, stretching across mountain ranges and wide river valleys. The area contains dry-land zones in the east, rainforest zones in the western hills, and cultivated plains around several river courses.
Administration shifted from the Bombay Presidency before 1947 to Bombay State until 1960, when Maharashtra emerged as a separate state. Older forts and temples on the hills recall earlier dynasties that ruled the region over centuries.
Markets in the area sell peanut preparations and locally grown sugarcane varieties used widely in traditional kitchens. On religious festival days residents gather along the river islands to share communal meals under tree canopies and repeat old chants.
Public buses connect towns inside the district with main roads leading to Pune and Kolhapur. Visitors should carry water bottles because some higher-lying parts are remote and it rains frequently during the monsoon.
A high plateau nearby turns into a sea of flowers during the rainy season with more than eight hundred and fifty plant species. Visitors find meadows full of orchids and carnivorous plants that are not visible in such abundance at any other time of the year.
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