Shirwal Buddhist caves near Bhor
A short and sweet trip from Pune: Drive through two scenic roads, a small off-road section, a short 20 min easy climb to a set of buddhist caves and a snack stop at Vithal...
A short and sweet trip from Pune: Drive through two scenic roads, a small off-road section, a short 20 min easy climb to a set of buddhist caves and a snack stop at Vithal...
The Lenyadri cave complex is a series of Buddhist rock-cut caves (like Karla, Bhaja), but also happens to have the only Ashtavinayak temple on a mountain! So, an easy climb to a beautiful cave...
cave / heritage / pune city / temple
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Feb 21, 2012 · Last modified Apr 11, 2017
A lazy Sunday afternoon in winter. With Vidhya and Akshara out of Pune for 2 weekends, i had planned on a few short road trips. One of them was a visit to the Ghorwadeshwar...
cave / lonavala / nature / walk
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Feb 18, 2011 · Last modified Oct 2, 2014
Bedse caves would complete the trio of Buddhist caves around Lonavala and Kamshet along with Karla Caves and Bhaja caves. But the bedse caves relatively lesser known to the touristy crowd and gets much...
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jan 27, 2011 · Last modified Sep 22, 2014
The Pataleshwar Cave temple and the Jangli Maharaj Mandir are located next to each other on J M (Jangli Maharaj) Road in Shivaji Nagar. it is surprising that you can find such calm places...
Karla and Bhaja caves are kind of sister caves, as in most tourists visit both of them in a single day as they are less than 10 kms apart. Karla caves are also of...
cave / fort / nature / trek / view point / walk
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Aug 5, 2010 · Last modified Oct 2, 2014
The buddhist excavations at Bhaja, also known as Bhaja caves, date almost to the 1st century AD and are believed to be one of the oldest buddhist religious centres in this area. it is...
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