Sangli

Area	8,578 km²
Population	2,581,835 (2001)
Population density	301/km² (2001)
Literacy	67% (2001)
Urbanization	24.5% (2001)

Sangli is an Indian city, and is the largest and most important trade centre for turmeric in Asia. Sangli is also known as Inddia's 'Sugar Belt'; the Sangli region houses over thirty large sugar factories, and is the largest sugar-producing district in India. Its market in oilseeds, commodities, and fruits is one of the most important in India.

Sangli has very good educational facilities, including high schools such as the 'City High School', which was founded nearly a century ago..

Sangli is among the largest grape-producing districts in India, and houses a large wholesale grape market. A grape wine park of over 1.42 square kilometres has been established at Palus, 30 km from Sangli city. Another large food park, the 300 acre (1.2 km²) Sangli Food Park, is being established at Alkud Mane-Rajuri.

The industrial town of Kirloskarwadi is also situated in the Sangli district. Industralist Laxmanrao Kirloskar started his first factory at this place. Kirloskarwadi is one of the most beautiful industrial towns in India.

History of Sangli

Sangli City in South Maharashtra (in the West of India ) lies on the Krishna river to the West, with the Yerala river to its North. The Sangli region, known as Kundal in mediaeval India, was the capital of the Chalukya dynasty who ruled India. Also known as Natyapandhari, the birthplace of Marathi drama, Sangli has a rich cultural heritage. Sangli, known as the ‘City of Six Lanes’, now has large number of broad and well-planned roads.

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Ganesh Temple - Sangli

Sangli has an historical Ganpati temple which attracts devotees from across the globe. The valley of the river Krishna (river) and its tributaries is one of the greenest areas in the country. Other small rivers, such as the Warana, the Yerala, and the Panchganga, flow into the river Krishna.

There are numerous spots of scenic beauty in and around Krishna Valley near Sangli, and many Hindu shrines and Jain temples in and around the city, which attract large numbers of devotees.

Miraj, also the capital of a former Princely State, is renowned for manufacturing musical instruments. The Dargah of Meerasaheb Avalia attracts devotees from far and wide. Miraj has world famous hospitals, such as Wanless Hospital, Siddhivinayak Cancer Hospital, and the Kripamayee Institute of Mental Science.

Sangli–Miraj: twin cities

The twin cities of Sangli and Miraj have merged to form the largest urban agglomeration in Southern Maharashtra. Today Sangli–Miraj city is an important education centre, with renowned schools, technical computer institutes, and colleges of science, management, medicine, and engineering. A major railway junction, the rich quality of the housing and cuisine, good public transportation and telecommunications, top hotels, sports complexes, health clubs, and a variety of entertainment have made Sangli similar to any other major city in India.

World famous turmeric of Sangli

The country's sole turmeric exchange in Sangli city boasts secrets gained through a centuries-old practice — storing turmeric in pits. These underground pits for storing turmeric stretch out in the open fields of the villages of Haripur and Sangalwadi in the Sangli. It is possibly the most unusual agri-commodity storage system in the country.

After clearing the loose soil covering the pit, it is left open for about two to three hours. One cannot enter the pit until one finds out if there is any oxygen within. To ascertain this, a lantern is lowered into the pit. If the lantern does not go out, it is safe to enter the pit.

It is this ingenious storing system, devised probably 200 years ago, that turned Sangli into a major trading centre for turmeric.Measuring eighteen to twenty feet (five to six metres) deep, the pits are considered the best storing areas for turmeric. Raw turmeric sold by farmers is stored in these underground pits for three to four years. The pits provide the best storage facility for turmeric, as the quality of the commodity remains unchanged. This storage system has an added advantage in that the turmeric hardens and matures while in storage.

Today, more than 90% of the turmeric trade in India takes place in Sangli.

Sangli: Sugar Belt

The Sangli region is known as the Sugar Belt of India. This region houses over thirty large sugar factories. Vasantdada Patil, who became the chief minister of the state of Maharashtra for four terms, started the co-operative movement which led Maharashtra to become the most developed state in India. Most of the sugar factories of Sangli Sugar Belt work on the co-operative basis.

Vasantdada Sugar Factory at Madhavnagar in Sangli City is the largest sugar plant in Asia.

Krishna Valley Wine Park

Sangli District has entered into the new venture of wine manufacturing. The wine industry in Sangli has achieved the classic vintage category taste of wine. Overflowing fermenters exited for appraisement of European and Australian Market.

Wine manufacturers in Sangli make Classic Wines quite new to world. Traditional French Style, from specially grown grapes, root stocks of which are imported and grown on Sangli-Maharashtra ( India ). Soils of Hills of Sahyadri, long sunny days, dry climate let grapes grown exact resemblance to French vineyards and taste of the wine itself.

The name wine was known as 'Drakshasava' from prehistoric period, Artefacts of the great Indus civilisation, contemporaneous with Egypt of the Pharaohs have indicated its use. Wine, then known as Somarasa, was associated with Indra, the King of God, a most popular deity of the Hindu pantheon. Somarasa was poured as libation and drunk at religious festivals.

Government of Maharashtra has set up a Specialized State-of-the-Art Wine Park at Palus, just 30 km from Sangli city. This Wine Park sprawling 142 acres (575,000 m²) of land is located in the vicinity of Tasgaon which produces one of the best quality of grapes in the world.

Krishna Valley Wine Park has a International Quality Wine Institute which has been set up in association with Bharati Vidyapeeth, a leading university of India. This institute will carry out research in the fields of wine manufacturing so as to deliver the best quality wines to the customers.

Krishna Valley Wine Park of Sangli has been recognized as Agri-Export Processing Zone by the Govt. of India.

Sangli IT Park

The city now has an Infotech Park with state-of-the-art facilities waiting for Infotech companies to start operations. Sangli Infotech Park has state-of-the-art modern facilities for Software companies. The Park is located in a posh locality surrounded by greenery.

To add to all this, tourist & religious spots like Sagareshwar wild life Sanctuary, Chandoli Wild life Sanctuary, Gokak water falls, Bahubali Hill Temples, Audumbar, Narsobawadi, Koyna, Mahabaleshwar, Bijapur provide an excursion which is memorable to tourists visiting Sangli.

Sangli Food Park

The park is being planned on a 305 acre (1.2 km²) plot at Mane-Rajuri near Sangli city. Cebeco (India) is consultant for the project.

The location is best suited for processing of grapes, turmeric, mangoes, pomegranates, citrus and custard apple.

Common facilities planned are Cold storage, effluent treatment and social infrastructure.

MIDC industrial areas in Sangli

Sangli-Miraj MIDC Industrial Area
Islampur MIDC Industrial Area
Palus (Tasgaon) MIDC Industrial Area
Kadegaon MIDC Industrial Area
Vita MIDC Industrial Area
Kavathemahankal MIDC Industrial Area
Shirala MIDC Industrial Area
Jath MIDC Industrial Area
Vasantdada Industrial Area
Marathe Industrial Area

Specialized industrial parks / export zones

Krishna Valley Wine Park, Palus
Sangli Food Park, Mane-Rajuri
Sangli Infotech Park
Textile Park, Kadegaon
Readymade Garments Park, Vita

Chamber of Commerce

Krishna Valley Chamber of Commerce & Industries, MIDC, Kupwad, Sangli
Sangli Chamber of Commerce, Mahavir Nagar, Sangli
Sangli Miraj Manufacturers Association, MIDC, Miraj
Deccan Manufacturers Association, Madhavnagar Road, Sangli
Engineers and Architects Association, Gulmohar Colony, Sangli

Sangli Turmeric Commodity Exchange

Spices and Oilseeds Exchange, Mahavir Nagar, Sangli

Municipal Corporation

Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad City Municipal Corporation is the local self government body which looks after the development of Sangli-Miraj twin cities. This is the largest Municipal Corporation in South Maharashtra for the urban agglomeration comprising 0.65 million people.

Sangli Municipal Corporation has carved a name for itself as the Best Municipal Corporations of South Maharashtra. The Municipal Corporation has planned and constructed a number of 100 feet broad roads in the city. This has reduced the traffic on the crowdy streets of Sangli-Miraj cities.

Sangli-Miraj road which is the Broadest road in the city has 6 lanes.

The Municipal Corporation has also come up with unique ideas for City Beautification, Lake Development, Shopping Centers, Sanitation, Slum Eradication & Waste Management. These innovative ideas of Sangli Municipal Corporation have been widely recognized throughout the country.

Sangli Miraj Kupwad Municipal Corporation (http://smkc.mah.nic.in)

Railway stations:

SANGLI (Central Railway, India) (http://www.sangli.8m.com/railwaytimetable.html)

MIRAJ Junction (Central Railway, India) (http://www.sangli.8m.com/railwaytimetable.html)

Bhilavadi (Central Railway, India)

Kirloskarwadi (Central Railway, India)

Takari (Central Railway, India)

Location

Mumbai(Bombay) 390 km.

Pune 220 km.

Bangalore 630 km.

Goa 190 km.

Tourist Places Around Sangli city

Historical Ganesha Temple of Sangli

Sagareshwar wild life Sanctuary

Chandoli Wild life Sanctuary

Gokak water falls

Dandoba Hills Reserve Forest

Bahubali Hill Temples

Historical Prachitgad Fort

Audumbar

Narsobawadi

Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary

Mahabaleshwar Hill Station

Bijapur Historical Place

Famous Tasgaon Ganesh Temple

Sangameshwar Shiva Temple, Haripur

Bagetil Ganapati Temple, Haripur

Star hotels in Sangli

Hotel Ambassador Executive, Vishrambag, Sangli

Hotel Ratna International, Madhavnagar Road, Sangli

Hotel Sadanand, Market Yard, Sangli

Hotel Sai Prarthana, Vishrambag, Sangli

Hotel Pai Prakash Deluxe Vishrambag, Sangli

Hotel Aksharam, Madhavnagar Road, Sangli

Hotel Shivneri, Opp, Tarun Bharat Stadium, Sangli

Clubs and swimming pools

Rotary Club Swimming Pool

Krishna Valley Club Swimming Pool

Sangli district Sports Complex Swimming Pool

Engineers & Architects Association Swimming Pool

Sangli Gymkhana

IMA Club

Educational institutes in Sangli:

Engineering colleges

Walchand College of Engineering, Vishrambaug, Sangli

Padmabhushan Vasantraodada Patil Institute of Technology, Sangli

Rajarambapu Patil Institute of Technology, Islampur, Sangli

Annasaheb Dange College of Engineering & Technology, Ashta, Sangli

Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Technology, Palus, Sangli

Lathe Education Society Polytechnic, MIDC, Kupwad, Sangli

Government Polytechnic, Miraj, Sangli

Medical colleges

Government Medical College, Miraj, Sangli

Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College, Wanlesswadi, Sangli

Vasantdada Patil Ayurvedic Medical College, Kawalapur, Sangli

Annasaheb Dange Ayurvedic Medical College, Ashta, Sangli

Rajarambapu Patil Ayurvedic Medical College, Islampur, Sangli

Vasantdada Patil Dental College, Kawalapur, Sangli

Gulabrao Patil Homeopathy Medical College, Sangli

Management institutes

Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Management, Rajawada Chowk, Sangli

Deccan Education Society Institute of Management, Vishrambaug, Sangli

Vasantdada Patil Institute of Management, Sangli

Rajarambapu Patil Institute of Management, Islampur, Sangli

CSM Institute of Management, KWC College, Sangli

Balwant College, Vita, Sangli

Pharmacy colleges

Appasaheb Birnale College of Pharmacy, Sangli

Govt. College of Pharmacy, Miraj, Sangli

Miraj Medical Center College of Pharmacy, Miraj, Sangli

Gulabrao Patil College of Pharmacy, Sangli

Law colleges

Law College, Sangli

Bharati Vidyapeeth New Law College, Sangli

Other colleges

Willingdon College

Kasturbai Walchand College

SNDT Women's College

Garware Women's College

Chintamanrao Commerce College

Patangrao Kadam College

GA College of Commerce

Shantiniketan College

Rani Saraswati Kanyashala

Miraj College

Vidyamandir Prashala, Miraj

LGR Purohit Kanya Prashala, Sangli

Websites of Sangli

Sangli city Guide (http://www.sangli.8m.com)

Sangli World (http://www.sangliworld.com)

Sangli Portal (http://www.mysangli.com)

City Highschool (http://cityhighschoolsangli.com)

ADCET Engineering College (http://www.adcet.itgo.com/main.htm)

PVPIT Engineering College (http://www.pvpit.org)

Walchand Engineering College (http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Union/1027/)

RIT Engineering College (http://www.ritindia.edu/)

Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Management (http://www.bharatisangli.com)

Vasantdada Patil Institute of Management (http://www.vpimsrsangli.org)

Deccan Education Society Institute of Management (http://www.imrsangli.net/)

Patangrao Kadam College (http://www.pkcollege.com)

BSNL Sangli Telecom (http://sangli.bsnl.co.in)

Municipal Corporation of Sangli, Miraj, Kupwad (http://smkc.mah.nic.in)

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