Shirala also called Battis Shirala is a town and tehsil in Sangli District, India, away 60 kilometres west of the district headquarters, Sangli and about 350 kilometres from Mumbai, capital of Maharas
Republic day parade at Shirala Police Station
Morana Dam near Shirala
King Cobra being worshiped during Shirala Naag Panchami
Shilahara dynasty was a royal house that ruled parts of western India between the 8th and 13th centuries CE. Originally vassals of the powerful Rashtrakuta Empire, the Shilaharas rose to prominence an
Shirala
…the snake god. Shirala is a town located in western Maharashtra, India's most prosperous state. During the Rashtrakuta period the region was ruled by Shilaharas. (from 765 to 1020) Shirala comes from word "Shilahara".The prefix ‘battis’ is the number thirty-two (32). It is said that thirty-two small villages…
Billon Drachm coins of the Shilahara dynasty, c. 1210–1302. Obv: Head of a king. Rev: A horseman fighting two foot-soldiers with a third behind him and a fourth dead at his horse's feet.