Solapur to Rahata (Ahmednagar) Bus

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.