What is "kalyan"

Kalyan is a part of the Thane District of Maharashtra state in Western India.It is also known for being the Mumbai region's exit station to North India and South India.

Kalyan is within the administrative division ( tahsil) at a taluka level of the Thane District. Kalyan and its neighbouring township of Dombivli jointly form the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation, abbreviated as KDMC. It is considered a part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, along with Vitthalwadi, Bhiwandi, Thane, Ulhasnagar and the municipal councils of Ambernath and Badlapur.

Kalyan may refer to:

• Kalyan Muni, Digambar Jain Muni who accompanied Alexander the great on his way back to Greece, when Alexander died in his ship.
• Pawan Kalyan, Telugu film actor
• Kalyan Varma. Wildlife photographer based out of Bangalore.

• Basavakalyan, a town in the Bidar district of Karnataka, India, whose name was Kalyani before independence
• Kalyan, India, city in the Thane district of Maharashtra, India
• Kalyan, Nepal, village Development Committee in mid-western Nepal
• Kalyan, Pakistan, village of Lahore District, Pakistan
• Kalyan Taluka, administrative subdivision of Thana district
• Kaliyan, Iran (disambiguation)

• Po-i-Kalyan, the Kalyan Minaret, located in Uzbekistan
• Yaman (raga), a Hindustani raga also called Kalyani in Carnatic classical music
• A popular Indian name

Kalyan Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament) constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency was created on 19 February 2008 as a part of the implementation of the Presidential notification based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted on 12 July 2002. It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Anand Paranjpe of Shiv Sena. As of the 2014 elections, this constituency is represented by Shrikant Shinde also of Shiv Sena.