Telhara

Telhara is a city and a municipal council in Akola district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.HistoryTelhara is a town in the west of Akot taluk, 17 miles from it. It is situated near the Satpuda parvat and has extreme climate conditions all year around.The town suffers of very low temperature in winter (may go up to 3 - 5 degrees), a heavy much rain and very high temperatures during the summer (temperature in month of May may rise up to 48 degrees). It is situated near by "Gautama" river. When Jalgaon taluk belonged to Akola District an Extra-Assistant Commissioner was stationed at Telhara and had civil jurisdiction over Akot and Jalgaon taluks. This has now been discontinued, but during 1908 a Bench of Honorary Magistrates was established at Telhara with jurisdiction was over one-fourth of Akot taluk. For revenue purposes there are five separate villages adjoining one another, two of them having the name Telhara and the other three having Muslim names. A Panchgawahan,Malegaon, Ghoregaon, all three were founded by a Muslim Emperor, there is a considerable Muslim settlement in the town. Therefore, there is an old mosque placed on the bazaar road.Architectural featuresThe place has no ancient temples of much interest, but does have several temples of some size have been built during the last fifty years. Harakhchand Gulabchand, Honorary Magistrate, a Swetambari Jain, to carry out a vow of his father's, has at a cost of Rs. 40,000 or more built a temple to Padmaprahu, one of the 24 Tirthankaras of the Jains. It has a golden image, and the building is strikingly coloured and furnished; some of the details, such as the introduction of the figures of British soldiers in the front.