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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Raireshwar Fort Trek – a wholesome monsoon experience
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...
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...
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...
Lenyadri Caves Ashtavinayak Temple
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...
Jarsheshwar Temple near Khadakwasla
A suggestion by a reader of my blog took me to this place. A small temple in a remote location with a wonderful lavasa-type access road made it a great half-day trip. To my...
Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga Temple at Ellora, Aurangabad
Grishneshwar Temple in Ellora near Aurangabad is the 12th of the jyotirlingas. The temple has an interesting legend which you can read on the wiki page . A visit to this temple can be...
A short drive to Narayanpur Balaji Temple
My first trip after coming to Pune in 2009 was to the Balaji temple near Narayanpur. This also qualified as the first outing for Akshara (she was around 8 months old then). So, i...
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...
A white-road trip to Delawadi Khandoba temple
We were making plans for a Sunday trip. This is how the discussion went: Let’s go to a temple we haven’t been to before. Let’s go along a river as it would be full...
Kodit Mhaskoba Temple near Saswad
One day, i got an email from a 70-yr old follower of my blog recommending this temple. He also sent me an article in Maharastra Times about the temple. It was in Marati and...
