Maihar

 town, municipality, taluka headquarter

Tehsil Maihar, District Satna, Madhya Pradesh.
Maihar is a Municipality city in district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh.
The Maihar Municipality has population of 40,192 as per report released by Census India 2011.
Maihar is an old town in Satna District of Madhya Pradesh. Maihar is 120 km east of Khajuraho and 40 km from the district headquarters, Satna. The place is famous as home of the highly revered Sharda Devi Temple, perched atop a hill. Marble Rocks (Bhedaghat) and Rookhad constitute enchanting excursions. Nearest airport is at Jabalpur. Maihar Railway Station is situated on the Katni-Satna line of the West Central Railways

Maihar State was a princely state in India founded by the Kushwaha Rajputs. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maihar_State

Maihar has a prominent place in Indian classical music as the birthplace of the Maihar Gharana, a gharana (school or style) of Hindustani music. The late Pandit Ravishankar, Pandit Nikhil Bannerjee and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan belonged to this Gharana en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maihar_Gharana

More about the history and culture of Maihar: maiharheritagepalace.com/