One of the many titles used by the Shilaharas was Tagarapuravaradhisvara, supreme sovereign ruler of Tagara. They carried the banner of golden Garuda. Like their relatives of the northern branch of Konkan, the Shilaharas of Kolhapur claimed to be of the lineage of the Vidyadhara Jimutavahana. Their family deity was the goddess Ambabai, whose blessing they claimed to have secured in their copperplate grants (Mahalakshmi-labdha-vara-prasada). They ruled over southern Maharashtra the modern districts of Satara, Kolhapur and Belagavi. The Shilahara family at Kolhapur was the latest of the three and was founded about the time of the downfall of the Rashtrakuta Empire. Kolhapur is famous in west Maharashtra for religious accounts. Here the Devi Ambabai always dwells.' The famous Jyotiba temple is also located in the Kolhapur. There is a great place of pilgrimage named Kollapura in the southern country. In the text, Devi says, 'O King of Mountains! Still I am now telling something out of My affection to My Bhaktas. Kolhapur is noted as a place of Kollamma worship. Kolhapur is mentioned in the Devi Gita, the final and key chapter of the Devi-Bhagavata Purana, a special text of Shaktism. Mahalakshmi, Hindu goddess Scriptural records
