Aurangabad to Solapur Bus

Aurangabad is a well known city of the state of Maharashtra. It ranks as fifth largest city with respect to the area in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune. It is known as a tourist hub with numerous historical monuments. Most importantly, the city is recently declared as the Tourism capital of Maharashtra. This city has a historical background. Aurangabad is named after the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, a renowned Mughal Muslim emperor. This city is known to be a City of Gates and that can be felt while driving through the city.

Solapur is a town located at the border of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. It has been named Solapur because it originally comprised of sixteen villages (‘sola’ means sixteen and ‘pur’ means village). The major attraction in Solapur is the Siddheshwar Temple, which is located in the center of a lake. Apart from this, one can find several Jain temples in Solapur that are named after the Jain Tirthankaras. Some of these temples are Parasnath temple, Mallikarjuna temple and Adinath temple. A few other popular tourist destinations of Solapur include Revansiddeshwar temple, Aga Khan Palace, Bhuikot fort and Samadhi of Swami Samarth Maharaja of Akkalkot. Solapur is also well known for textile industry as weaving is one of the major occupations of the townsfolk. Solapur is well connected with all the important cities nearby. There are regular bus services to important towns like Hyderabad, Shirdi, Nagpur, Pune and Bangalore (Bengaluru) among others.