Mahadev Temple in Harni – Very Scenic route to a hill temple
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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Chaturmukh Shiv Temple near Bopdev Ghat
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...
Ramdara Temple Hill Trek – Short monsoon trip from Pune
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 Nature and Adventure Resort near Mulshi
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...
Aba Bagul Garden near swargate
Pune may seem a very crowded city with chaotic traffic, but in the middle of all this chaos Pune has many small yet beautiful gardens. These gardens provide the much needed evening break. Aba...
Malhargad – Sonori Fort – near Dive Ghat
Malhargad, also known as Sonori fort, is a relatively unknown fort very close to Pune city. This is supposed to be last fort built under the Maratha empire. The fort is named after Malhari,...
Ganpati Mandal Photo Walk
It is that time of the year when the city comes alive in festive fervour. It is Ganesh Chaturthi. Lord Ganesha becomes the palette for the innovative creations of the hundreds of Mitra Mandals...
Pune Bazaar Walk
As part of the Pune Heritage festival which happened recently, i participated in the Pune Bazaar walk. There were many other such interesting walks, but they were spread over the week including weekdays which...
Adventure at seasons mall in Magarpatta
The seasons mall has been a boon for those living in Magarpatta City. But, this “boon”, it seems is not only for shopping needs. Seasons started off with a small gaming zone and a...
Parvati Hill Temple – the highest point of Pune City
A visit to Parvati was always getting postponed under the excuse, “It is inside the city, we can always go some other time”. But then, this situation continued for more than 3 years. Finally,...
ISKCON Temple NVCC in Kondhwa
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...
Wonders of the world and 4d show at Yashwantrao Park
Unless you are the kind who jets off to Disneyland and Universal studios for the weekend, there is no reason why you should give this park a miss. It seems that the Yashwantrao Park...
