Pingori – the village of Bravehearts, near Saswad
You have everything in this scenic road trip so close to Pune (near Saswad). Small hill temples (option to climb or drive to), remote rolling hills with kuchcha roads (but can be driven on...
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by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jun 9, 2025
You have everything in this scenic road trip so close to Pune (near Saswad). Small hill temples (option to climb or drive to), remote rolling hills with kuchcha roads (but can be driven on...
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by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jun 6, 2025
A great location, a scenic drive, an easy climb, awesome views, significant history and topped up with great local Maharashtrian food make the Raireshwar Fort visit an amazing monsoon day trip. Until about a...
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by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Aug 30, 2024
Panvadi Ghat is a place so close to Pune, yet so remote! My first visit to this valley was in 2016 and it has been a regular on my list for every monsoon since...
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by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jul 5, 2024
A small temple with a huge compound on top of a small hill should not be given a miss. As usual, i was browsing around on google maps (in satellite view) around my favourite...
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by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jun 28, 2024
Around Saswad, there are so many small hill temples. The entire region towards the back side of Purandar and Panwadi has lot of villages and invariably many of their have the local deity on...
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by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jun 21, 2024
Not many know of Kenjalgad fort. But almost everyone would know about Raireshwar Fort, very famous for the fact that Chhatrapati Sivaji took his Swarajya Oath at a temple on this fort. Kenjalgad is...
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by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jun 8, 2024
Ramdara Temple near Lon Kalbhor is a small yet famous temple. My first visit to this temple was many years ago. Since it is quite close to Magarpatta, we go there often, in all...
Serrano the nature resort is near yet feels far away from the chaos of the city. It is a good place for a group to spend the day just relaxing or doing few adventure...
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