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...
Category: heritage
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...
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,...
Raigad Fort – capital of Shivaji’s kingdom
Had director Shankar seen the Raigad Fort, i don’t think that there would have been any reason for him to go all the way to Machu Picchu to shoot the Kilimanjaro song for Robot....
Induri Fort in Talegaon
Induri fort is a relatively small fort constructed in the early 1700s by Sarsenapati Sardar Khanderao Dabhade. The fort is mostly in ruins and full of overgrown bushes, but it still is a good...
Jejuri Khandoba Temple near Sasvad
If you are even slightly allergic to turmeric or the colour yellow, don’t even think about going anywhere close to Jejuri! But, it is this splash of yellow along with the red of kumkum...
Krishnabai temple near Panchganga temple – Old Mahabaleshwar
Almost everyone in Mahabaleshwar would know Panchganga temple, the temple where the waters of five rivers Koyna, Krishna, Venna, Savitri and Gayatri come together. But not many know about the Krishnabai temple, which is...
Ancient stepwell Baramotichi Vihir in Limb, Satara
It was a typical summer weekend. Our last trip out of Pune, to Sangameshwar temple, was in February and it seemed ages ago. We just wanted to go to some place. So, i started...
Sangameshwar Temple near Sasvad
Sangameshwar temple near to sasvad, at the confluence of the Karha and the Chamli rivers, is believed to have been built sometime around the 7th-10th century during the Yadava reign. The temple retains the...
Ghorwadeshwar cave temple
A lazy Sunday afternoon in winter. With Vidhya and Akshara out of Pune for 2 weekends, i had planned on a few short road trips. One of them was a visit to the Ghorwadeshwar...
The year 2011, in travel
While 2010 new year weekend had a disastrous start with a miscalculated and unsuccessful trip to Raigad fort and the Pune zoo the following day, 2011 new year weekend was exactly the opposite. We...
New Year Weekend Trip to Daman
If you are looking for a good weekend trip out of Mumbai/Pune, Daman is a nice option. It has a bit of everything – a clean (and calm) beach, hangout place for families, free...
