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...
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...
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jun 23, 2016 · Last modified Jul 3, 2016
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
Narayanpur / temple / tradition
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jul 31, 2014 · Last modified Sep 1, 2014
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...
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Dec 9, 2013 · Last modified Dec 15, 2014
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,...
drive / monsoon / nature / temple
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jun 18, 2013 · Last modified Aug 30, 2014
It was a lazy Sunday and it was raining. So, an impromptu plan was made for a small round-trip. Bopdev Ghat can be considered as probably the closest ghat section to proper city, as...
pune city / temple / tradition
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Apr 20, 2013 · Last modified Oct 2, 2014
ISKCON is a wealthy organisation and it shows in their new temple recently opened (inaugurated by our president Pranab Mukherjee) in Kondhwa (Earlier got confused with Kothrud!). This one is called NVCC – New...
pune city / temple / tradition
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Dec 20, 2012 · Last modified Sep 29, 2014
If you are looking for a break from the chaos of Pune city, then this is the place to go. Right in the middle of the city is the green haven, Chaturshringi Temple. The...
heritage / Narayanpur / temple
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Sep 14, 2012 · Last modified Oct 2, 2014
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...
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