Trek to Purandar fort – in the rain
Purandar fort near Saswad/Narayanpur is one of the easier hill forts to trek to. It takes around 45 minutes to 1 hr to get to the top of the plateau and a further 30...
drive / fort / Narayanpur / nature / trek / walk / water / waterfall
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jun 28, 2010 · Last modified Oct 2, 2014
Purandar fort near Saswad/Narayanpur is one of the easier hill forts to trek to. It takes around 45 minutes to 1 hr to get to the top of the plateau and a further 30...
drive / mahabaleshwar / nature / view point / waterfall
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jun 21, 2010 · Last modified Oct 2, 2014
I love waterfalls, whatever size they come in. Whenever i plan to visit a city, the first thing i google for are waterfalls near the city. I once saw a poster of Thoseghar waterfalls...
mahabaleshwar / nature / panchgani / view point
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jun 2, 2010 · Last modified Oct 2, 2014
I guess that the sunset point is the most crowded viewpoint in Mahabaleshwar just because of the fact that you cannot view anything at other viewpoints at that time of the day and not...
drive / temple / tradition / view point
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jun 1, 2010 · Last modified Oct 2, 2014
Every hill/mountain/hillock in Maharashtra must be having something on the top. Be it a fort or a temple. The shiva temple in Bhuleshwar is on top of a small hill in the middle of...
dam / drive / mulshi / nature / waterfall
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published May 27, 2010 · Last modified Dec 4, 2014
When i decided to come back to India (pune) one year ago, i heard zillions of stories about the pollution in Pune, the traffic , the bureacracy at work , all trying to convince...
Nighoj village comes alive during Janmashtami when lakhs of devotees throng to witness a miracle, that of an earthern pot of water coming out of a well in the village. The rest of the...
A famous village in the midst of non-descript villages! Morachi Chincholi village – the names means peacocks and tamarind trees. This village is famous for its tamarind trees (which no one is interested in)...
entertainment / pune city / zoo
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published May 5, 2010 · Last modified Oct 2, 2014
UPDATE: This post is from the trip to the zoo on 1st Jan 2010. I heard that things are much better now. I am planning to visit again soon. Will update the post with...
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Oct 22, 2009 · Last modified Sep 10, 2017
In spite of this mini golf place being open for more than a year, not many knew about it, at least amongst my colleagues and friends. No, the low awareness doesn’t mean that this...
Rajasthan is considered by many to be a remote state somewhere in the western part of India. The management of Chokhi Dhani wanted to ensure that this element about Rajasthan is not missed, so...
dam / drive / mahabaleshwar / panchgani / river / temple / view point / wai
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Aug 6, 2009 · Last modified May 6, 2010
On the way from Pune to Panchgani and Mahabaleshwar, a casual traveller can easily ignore Wai as just another dot on the map. But, if the little effort of deviating around 3km from the...
Two weeks back, i was driving from Lakshmi road (had been to Chitale Bandhu) to Rasta Peth. On turning around a corner, a huge wall came into view. it didn’t look like a normal...
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