Wonders of the world and 4d show at Yashwantrao Park
Unless you are the kind who jets off to Disneyland and Universal studios for the weekend, there is no reason why you should give this park a miss. It seems that the Yashwantrao Park...
Unless you are the kind who jets off to Disneyland and Universal studios for the weekend, there is no reason why you should give this park a miss. It seems that the Yashwantrao Park...
fort / heritage / pune city / river
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Dec 25, 2012 · Last modified Oct 24, 2014
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...
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...
heritage / mahabaleshwar / temple / view point
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jul 4, 2012 · Last modified Sep 29, 2014
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...
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Jun 9, 2012 · Last modified Oct 2, 2014
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...
Some of us just cannot make any sense out of statements like “Go towards Paud, then turn west and go for 50 kms”, because our internal compass is just not tuned for such commands...
Now you don’t have to break your head in deciding where to go for the weekend. Rather than read through dozens of posts and pages, all you have to do is to choose the...
heritage / Narayanpur / temple
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Mar 6, 2012 · Last modified Sep 29, 2014
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...
I visited the Mangal Murti Morya Ganpati Temple (also known as Birla Ganpati) and the Sai baba temple at Shirgaon along with the visit to the Ghorwadeshwar Caves. If you are feeling deeply religious,...
cave / heritage / pune city / temple
by Rajaram Sethuraman · Published Feb 21, 2012 · Last modified Apr 11, 2017
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...
While Mumbai is identified as the city abuzz with a thriving nightlife and a constant accelerated life due to heavy commuting, not far from the buzz is a peaceful respite – an islet in...