 Gadhinglaj is situated on the banks of the Hiranyakeshi river, which originates in the Amboli Ghats mountains.It is a Taluka city, located exactly at the border of Maharashtra and Karnataka, and is on Maharashtra State Highway 134.Gadinglaj is often called the headquarters of South Kolhapur or a sub-district of the Kolhapur District as it is the largest city in South Kolhapur and has enough area and population to be called a district.