Weekend Winter Trip to Diveagar Beach
Winter is actually a good time to visit the Konkan beaches. So, off we went for the third year in a row to Diveagar, this time on the Diwali weekend. We stayed at the...
Winter is actually a good time to visit the Konkan beaches. So, off we went for the third year in a row to Diveagar, this time on the Diwali weekend. We stayed at the...
drive / fort / lonavala / monsoon / trek / walk
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Aug 8, 2013 · Last modified Jul 5, 2016
This post is a photologue from my recent “very rainy” trip to Lohagad. If you want details of the route/roads, head over to my original post on Lohagad fort here. We took the Chandni...
fort / heritage / trek / view point
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jul 14, 2013 · Last modified Jul 5, 2016
Had director Shankar seen the Raigad Fort, i don’t think that there would have been any reason for him to go all the way to Machu Picchu to shoot the Kilimanjaro song for Robot....
drive / mahabaleshwar / monsoon / mulshi / nature / panchgani / travel / view point / waterfall
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jul 5, 2013 · Last modified Oct 2, 2014
The monsoon has begun. If you are the kind who says, “Oh, No! It is rainingâ€, switch on the TV and watch a grandmother fight with her daughter-in-law. If you are the kind who...
drive / mahabaleshwar / monsoon / nature / panchgani / view point
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jun 27, 2013
Though Arthur’s seat view point is quite far from the Mahabaleshwar town centre, it is one of the most popular view points for its dramatic “grand canyon” like views. The drive is through heavily...
drive / monsoon / nature / temple
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jun 18, 2013 · Last modified Aug 30, 2014
It was a lazy Sunday and it was raining. So, an impromptu plan was made for a small round-trip. Bopdev Ghat can be considered as probably the closest ghat section to proper city, as...
drive / monsoon / nature / view point / waterfall
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jun 14, 2013 · Last modified Jul 5, 2016
The road through Varandha Ghat is notorious for its bad maintenance and it shows up even more during the monsoon. But, it is this rawness that has kept the entire 50-60 km stretch of...
beach / konkan / nature / travel
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jun 9, 2013 · Last modified Jan 6, 2017
Diveagar is usually not the first option which is considered when someone from Pune wants to go for a weekend beach trip. Mostly, the first choice (as it is the nearest by road) is...
drive / mahabaleshwar / nature / panchgani / wai
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published May 15, 2013 · Last modified Aug 28, 2014
I have been to Mahabaleshwar many times. On almost every occasion, i would cast a glance at the Mapro Garden restaurant, but would not stop considering the very crowded parking spots. But, the advice...
If you remember the final scenes of Taare Zameen Par, there is a painting competition held on a mass scale in a school. There are hundreds of kids sitting on an amphitheater. For a...
pune city / temple / tradition
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Apr 20, 2013 · Last modified Oct 2, 2014
ISKCON is a wealthy organisation and it shows in their new temple recently opened (inaugurated by our president Pranab Mukherjee) in Kondhwa (Earlier got confused with Kothrud!). This one is called NVCC – New...
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Feb 17, 2013 · Last modified Jun 26, 2015
Bhigwan is a small town around 100 kms away from Pune and is also referred to as the “Bharatpur of Maharashtra”, as it becomes a hotbed of migratory birds during the winter. Bhigwan is...
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