Bhavani Mandap, conjointly called the glory of the town, is one in all the largest and therefore the oldest structures set in Kolhapur. It had been designed during the period 1785 to 1800 by Shivaji Maharaj II, the ruler of Kolhapur. Earlier, Bhavani Mandap had fourteen squares but, in 1813 when the invasion of the Muslim ruler Saadat Khan, seven squares were destroyed