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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