Showing posts with label Around Pune. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Around Pune. Show all posts

Monday, January 26, 2009

Around Pune :Raamdaraa .

Local people and google helped me to choose the destination for the evening .

Few kilometres away from farmhouse , this is the place , called Raamdaraa . I took a turn at Loni on Solapur Rd. & drove as per google maps .

Omnia is always a great help .

The not so good road , took various shapes and sizes . It was a rural India , purely agro based . Various grains and grown up vegetables along both the sides of road . Driving was fun .

Finally admist hills , along side of a small pond , surrounded by lush green tall trees , here comes the famous Raamdaraa Temple .

Extremely NO crowd . Full of silence . Stunning location . A place for perfect meditation . It was almost 1745hrs . I started exploring temple . Neat & clean place , certainly a surprising thing .

No tea stalls , no parking charges , much away from commercialisation and yes all this abundant nature , absolutely free of cost too.

Friday, January 23, 2009

Around Pune : Bhuleshwar .

Around 45 KMs from Pune , on Solapur highway , search for Bhuleshwar on right side after hotel Kanchan .

Read the board , turn right , travel almost 9KMs on bad road , climb a small ghat almost 200 mtrs in height . Take a final right turn on top . Yes right , what you are seeing is a Bhuleshwar temple .

Park your vehicle and start climbing steps , you have reached to 13th century constructed temple .

It shall take around two hours to explore the temple carefully .

Photograph is just to give you an idea , rest is left for you to explore , trust me it's worth .

Local people will tell you a story of " Goddess Parvati danced for Lord Shiva here , thereafter they went to Kailash Parvat and got married "

Very few Tawny Eagles , found migrated from Pakistan and Himalayas during my visit last week .

Carry water bottle , food , binocular , sun glasses , cap , sun screen lotion . Oh and remember , you will not get any eatables or hot / cold beverages here .

This place is far away from commercialization .