The Temple is Managed/Administered by Devasthan Management Committee, Western Maharashtra, Kolhapur Appointed by Law and Judicial Department Bombay, Govt. of Maharashtra. It's Govt. Notification Registration No. is KA 1493.
Shri Mahalaxmi Temple of Kolhapur in Maharashtra, India, is one of the three and half Shakti Peethas listed in various puranas of Hinduism. According to these writings, a Shakti Peetha is a place associated with Shakti, the goddess of power.
The Kolhapur Shakti Peetha is of special religious significance being one of the six places where it is believed that one can either obtain salvation from desires or havethem fulfilled. The temple takes its name from Mahalaxmi,and it is believed that the divine couple reside in the area.The temple belongs architecturally to the Chalukya empire and may have been first builtin circa 700 AD.