I badly needed a ‘bhatanki-break’ to kill my boredom. On saturday night, I started hunting for a place to drive and suddenly ‘Lavthaleshwar’ stuck my mind. Actually ‘Lavthaleshwar’ needs to be clubbed with Jejuri as it is 1-1.5kms just before Jejuri but i had not been there earlier in my Jejuri visits. It is known [...]
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Lavthaleshwar
Posted in Heritage Places, Historical Place, Photography, Travelogue, tagged "Lord Shankar", Around Pune, Explore Pune, God, God Shankar, Hindu, Hindu temples, Lavthaleshwar, Lawthaleshwar, Lord Shiva, Near Jejuri, Outings, Pune, Shankar, Shankar temple, Shiva, Shiva linga, Shiva temple, Shivalinga, Temple on April 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Mulashi-Tamhini: off track, reverse monsoon & wildlife treat
Posted in Bird watching, Photography, Travelogue, Wildlife, tagged Around Pune, Bird watching, Birds, Chaatak, Clouds, Explore Pune, Fog, Greenery, Marathi-Chaatak, Monsoon, Mulashi, Mulashi sunrise, Paud, Pied Crested Cuckoo, Pirangut, Pirangut ghat, Pune, Rains, Rainy outing, Reverse monsoon, Road to heaven, Scarlet Minivet, Scarlet Minivet Female, Scarlet Minivet Male, Sunrise, Tamhini, Tamhini ghat, Waterfall, Wilde Cat, Wildlife on November 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Reverse monsoon (November rain) is not a pleasant thing anymore. Moreover as it was accompanied with storms, cyclone Phyan and what not. Rains made the days dull and lazy. Weekdays were spent in the office and then came weekend. My friend wanted to capture clouds/fog for time lapse in Mulashi-Tamhini and I decided to accompany [...]
Vadhu-Tulapur
Posted in Bird watching, Heritage Places, Photography, Travelogue, tagged "शिवाजी महाराज", "Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj", "Maratha King", "Sambhaji Maharaj's samadhi", "Shivaji Maharaj", Around Pune, Aurangzeb, “संभाजी महाराज”, “Sambhaji Maharaj”, तुळापूर, नागरगाव, फुलगाव, वढू, व्याघ्रेश्वर, शंभूराजे, श्री बल्लाळेश्वर, संगमेश्वर, संभाजी, Bahadurgad, Bhama, Bhima, Bhima-Koregaon, Chatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj, Green, Green scene, Greenery, Hambirrao Mohite, Hindavi Swarajya, India, Indrayani, Jijabai, Julfikarkhan, Konkan, Landscape, Lord Shiva, Maharashtra, Map, Maratha, Mughals, Mukarrab Khan, Murar Jagdev, Nature, Phulgaon, Pune, Raja, raje, Rivers, Rivers in Maharashtra, samadhi, Sambhaji, Sangam, Sangameshwar, Sangameshwar temple, Shahaji Maharaj, Shahu, Shambhu raje, Shiva, Shiva linga, Shivaji, Shivaji’s son, Shivlinga, Shri Ballaleshwar Temple, Shrutisagar Ashram, Shrutisagar Ashram Phulgaon, Soyrabai, Swaraj, Swarajya, Temple, Tulapur, Vadhu, Wageshwar, Wageshwar temple, war monument, Wyaghreshwar Mandir, Yesubai, Yuvraj, Yuvraj sambhaji on September 24, 2009 | 17 Comments »
My wanderer mind doesn’t allow me to sit at home on weekends. Saturday was spent in some household things and evening made me ‘outing-sick’. Yes, ‘no-outing’ syndrome can be as serious as any other syndrome… no kidding friends!!! Question was ‘where?’- An immediate answer was “Vadhu – Tulapur”. I am always obsessed by bravery of [...]
Morachi Chincholi Revisited!!!
Posted in Bird watching, Photography, Travelogue, Wildlife, tagged Around Pune, Chicholi Morachi, Explore Pune, India, Maharashtra, Morachi Chincholi, Peacocks, Peafowls, Peahens, Pune on July 3, 2009 | 8 Comments »
I visited “Morachi Chincholi” for second time last weekend. From learning from last visit, this time we started very early morning at 5:00 AM. I had my friend and her family along with me. They were very keen to see this place and we made a plan. After reading my earlier post on “Morachi Chincholi“, [...]
Sinhagad Valley – Birder’s Paradise
Posted in Bird watching, Travelogue, Wildlife, tagged "Crested Bunting", Around Pune, Ashy Prinia, Asian Paradies Flycatcher, Bird, Bird watching, Birding, Birds, Birer's Paradise, Black Drongo, Black-winged Kite, Blue napped Monarch flycatcher, Cattle Egret, Common Iora, Common Kingfisher, Crested Serpent Eagle, Dove, Eurasian Black bird, Fan-tailed Flycatcher, Golden fronted Leaf Bird, Green bee eater, Grey Babbler, India, Indian Robin, Jungle Babbler, Jungle Mynah, Jungle Prinia, Little Bee eater, Magpie Robin, Maharashtra, Marsh Harrier, Nature, Orange Headed Thrush, Oriental White-eye, Pied Crested Cuckoo, Pied Kingfisher, Pune, Purple Sunbird, Red Munia, Red vented Bulbul, Red whiskered Bulbul, Red-rumped Swallow, Red-throated Flycatcher, Scaly-breasted Munia, Sinhagad, Sinhagad Fort Valley, Sinhagad Valley, Small Minivet, Tailor bird, Ticklle’s Blue Flycatcher, Tree Pipit, Ultra-marine Flycatcher, Valley, White-breasted Kingfisher, Yellow Sparrow on May 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I accompanied my friend to ‘Sinhagad valley’ on Saturday morning. I started from home at 5:30 AM and reached my friend’s place. Two more friends joined in and we all headed for the valley. ‘Sinhagad’ or ‘Sinhagad Fort’ valley is an amazing place for bird watching. In monsoon, there is a stream which flows by [...]
Ghorwadeshwar
Posted in Heritage Places, Travelogue, tagged "Crested Bunting", "Heritage of India", "Lord Shankar", Around Pune, घोरवडेश्वर, Bird, Birds, Bunting, Cave temple, Caves, Explore Pune, Ghorawadeshwar, Ghorwadeshwar, God, Hindu, India, Maharashtra, Mountain, Nature, Pune, Shiv, Shiva, Shivlinga, Temple. Heritage on May 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
‘Ghorwadeshwar’ (मराठी: घोरवडेश्वर) was on my mind since quite some time. Last Sunday, I visited this place with one of my friends. We got up early in the morning and drove to Ghorwadeshwar base. We parked our vehicle there and started climbing the mountain. To reach Ghorwadeshwar: Start from Pune and take old Pune-Mumbai highway. [...]
Pataleshwar Caves
Posted in General, Heritage Places, Travelogue, tagged Around Pune, Calm Place, Calmness, Cave, Cave temple, God, India, Lord Shiva, Maharashtra, Pataleshwar, Pataleshwar Cave Temple, Pataleshwar Caves, Pune, Serenity, Shankar, Shiv, Shiva, Shiva linga, Shiva temple, Temple on May 18, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I have been to Pataleshwar couple of times but all the times were without camera. This time I went with intention of taking some snaps. One fine morning, I decided to leave early for office and halt at this place. Pataleshwar cave temple literally means “God of underground”. The word is derived from two words [...]
Bell Tower – The Holy Church, Pune
Posted in General, Heritage Places, Travelogue, tagged "The Holy Church Of The Holy Name", Around Pune, Bell Tower, Bell Tower - The Holy Church, Church, Guruwar Peth, Heritage, Heritage Pune, India, Maharashtra, Pune, Site Seeing places, The Holy Church on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is human tendency to overlook the things or the places which are close to you. We think that we can see or visit such places anytime as they are near-by and then the thought always get somewhere back of your mind and you forget and keep on postponing. I decided not to let this [...]
Mayureshwar Wildlife Sanctuary
Posted in Travelogue, Wildlife, tagged Around, Around Pune, Chinkara, Indian Gazelle, Indian Silverbills, Maharashtra, Mayureshwar, Mayureshwar Sanctuary, Mayureshwar wildlife sanctuary, Nature, Pune, Sanctuary, Wildlife on February 7, 2009 | 8 Comments »
My friend Prasad asked me whether I would like to join them for Mayureshwar Wildlife Sanctuary and it was instant “yes” from me. We gathered at 5:45 AM near Swargate and took Pune-Solapur Highway. To reach Mayureshwar Wildlife Sanctuary: Start from Swargate and take Solapur highway. Cross Hadapsar, Manjri etc. Get return receipt of Rs. [...]
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