Maharashtriya Samaj was established by the local maharashtrian residents of the city on the holy bank of chambal in the year 1945.In the beginning the activities were limited to celebration of sarvajanik Ganesh festival as per norms laid by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak. This is being celebrated with great enthusiasm since 1933.
The motto of the Samaj is to unite Maharashtrian people to help among themselves, to keep their interest safe and develop community interest on social basis, to mix with the local residents and to strengthen national unity by doing so. Samaj is doing its best to achieve these goals.

In the year1956, on the formation of western railway Kota division HQ at Kota, most of Maharashtrians got transferred here from various parts of Maharashtra and the number of Maharashtrian families increased accordingly. With the expansion in the social work of the Samaj, need of a building was felt. Executive committee decided to purchase a plot and got a plot measuring 70’x 60’in the station area of the town in the year 1968. All the Marathi speaking people along with the other local people helped with kind hearted financial assistance. Construction of building started later on and went on stage by stage. At present the Samaj has its own huge building. It consists an auditorium measuring 55’x45’ with a stage and two green rooms for the purpose of cultural activities and other programmes. Besides this there are 8 medium size rooms, a hall (30’x20’) and a Ganesh Temple. Samaj building is being used by the people of all the sects of the local area for different religious and cultural activities.
Samaj celebrates different maharashtrian as well as other local festivals. These include, Makar Sankrnati, Shivaji Jayanti, Maharashtra Din, Rajasthan Day, Ganesh Utsav, Kojagari, Durga Ashtami, Deepawali, Dussehera and other National Days. The main aim to celebrate these festivals is to unite all to make the country strong. Samaj also organises different competitions for youth that help them in all-round development. Samaj has its own library having various books of Marathi and Hindi along with the newspapers.
Samaj has its allied co-ordinating organisations that help in various social activities. These include Vanita Samaj, Haushi Mitra Mandal, Shri Vidya Mandir and Mayuresh Society. The women wing is Vanita Samaj that has its own independent working committee. Haushi Mitra Mandal comprises of youth involved in different social works and also helps Samaj in various ways. Shri Vidya Mnadir Shiksha Samiti is running a primary school in the Samaj building. It has around 150 students in different classes. The school is benefiting all the sects of the locality. A hard working team of devoted teachers are well managing the institution. The school is recognised by the education department of Rajasthan. Most of the students are from financially backward families. Mayuresh Society is working to inculcate habit of small savings. At present it consist of 140 members enjoying different benefits along with the savings. Ganesh Mandir Samiti is looking after the management of Mandir. It makes all the necessary arrangements for the bi-monthly Abhishek of Lord Ganesh. Recently, the Samiti has renovated the temple with marble work. The regular Puja is being performed by Pandit with Vedic norms.
Samaj has always come forward to help generously at the time of any National calamity. Samaj along with its allied co-ordinating organisations and local people, helped in cash and kind during Latur and Gujrat earthquake relief works. Samaj building is being used for all sorts of social purposes by govt. agencies. It has become a permanent centre for Pulse Polio booth. Every year, in this govt. sponsored programme, local people along with the people of nearby places, take benefit of it. The use of building is open for the people from all the sects of the society.
Many honourable personalities have visited Samaj building. These include Late Yashwant Rao Chvhan (former home minister), late. Vasant Dada Patil (Governer of Rajasthan), late Mohan Lal Sukhadia( former C.M. of Rajasthan), Sh. Pratap Singh Rane( former C.M., Goa), well- known Sitar player Pandit Krishna Mohan Bhatt and many others. All these appreciated the working of Samaj and recorded great words for it.
As per the latest census, Kota has maximum Maharashtrian people in the State and as such the need for a fully constructed building is being felt. Besides its regular social works, Samaj has the responsibility of completing the partially constructed part of the building. The present working committee is trying its best to complete the job. People from all the communities are also coming forward for all sorts of help.
Our aim is to make the society strong in all respects and we are determined for it. We welcome the suggestions and other sort of help for the betterment of Maharashtriya Samaj.
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