Hadshi Temple – Pandurang Kshetra, Sathya Sai Trust
A heavenly place for both the young and the aged alike. While the young go about enjoying the scenery, the aged can relax in the serenity of the temple. It is not often that...
drive / nature / temple / tradition
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Sep 6, 2011 · Last modified Jul 5, 2016
A heavenly place for both the young and the aged alike. While the young go about enjoying the scenery, the aged can relax in the serenity of the temple. It is not often that...
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jun 23, 2011 · Last modified Oct 2, 2014
You don’t need to be either a mallu or a religious person to visit the Ayyappan temple. You just need to be a person like me looking for some new scenic place to visit...
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...
drive / heritage / pune city / temple / tradition
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jan 14, 2011 · Last modified Aug 30, 2014
A short drive (30 kms) away from the city brings you to a temple on top of a small hillock. A short drive, a good ghat section and something unique in this temple make...
heritage / monsoon / nature / sinhagad / temple / view point / walk
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Dec 29, 2010 · Last modified Jan 3, 2017
If you are looking for the definition of a “Hidden Jewel”, then go to this place. Nestled on top of a small hill between Khadakwasla and Panshet dams, the Neelkanteshwar temple is the ideal...
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Sep 1, 2010 · Last modified Aug 28, 2014
The advantage of being in a place where there are distinctly different seasons is that you can keep going to the same place at different times and see totally different sights. This is the...
drive / nature / temple / waterfall
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jul 1, 2010 · Last modified Aug 20, 2011
“Ban” – Forest and Ishwar – God i.e. God within a forest. This is the origin of the name of the Baneshwar temple. The name looked inviting and looking it up on Google Earth,...
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 / 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...
drive / fort / Narayanpur / temple
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jul 20, 2009 · Last modified Dec 26, 2012
My first outing in Pune was to the Balaji temple near Narayanpur village. I didn’t take my camera with me at that time, but the place/route was good enough to make a second visit...
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