Solapur is a city located in the south-western region of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Solapur is located on major highway, rail routes between Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Hyderabad. The city was known as Sonnalagi earlier and it was changed to Sonalipur and then Solapur later.

           Solapur is famous for its mattresses, powerloom, and handloom industries. There are many units of cotton material products in the city. Earlier this land was called as the city of cotton production. The bedding accessories, Solapur chaddars and towels are world-famous. You can also see many oil seeds factories in Solapur.

           The other main area of revenue of the city is tourism. As Solapur district is famous for siddheshwar temple, vithoba temple (Pandharpur) & swami Samarth temple (Akkalkot), numerous pilgrims visit the city every year.

           Solapur homes several multispecialty hospitals, dental hospitals, eye hospitals that provide excellent service to the people. Solapur, is renowned for temples and valiant fort, provides a calm and quiet ambience to the tourists from all parts of the world.