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Travelogue
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Visit To
Shirdi, Nasik, Matheran, Lonavala
By
Mr. Debashis Bose,
Contributing Traveller
24-10-06 We, a group of
8 senior citizens, started for the above mentioned places, from
Uttarpara, (a suburb – 10 km north of Kolkata), left for
Howrah station, by a local train, and thereafter left Howrah by
Azad Hind Express at 09.25 PM.
25-10-06 We spent the
whole day and night in the train with the excitement of going to
visit places, which we had not seen earlier.
26-10-06
We arrived at Kopargaon station at 01.42 AM, and availed
autos to reach to the Ashrama of SaiBaba at Shirdi. Though
Shirdi is a small town, the Ashrama complex is large enough, where
other than the temple of SaiBaba, there are a lot of accommodations
to stay, dining place, garage etc. Three rooms were allotted to
us, we had rest and a bit of sleep also. In the morning, we went
to the temple for 'Darshan'.
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Temple At Shirdi
We had our breakfast
in the canteen, where food, i.e. – breakfast, lunch, snacks
and dinner are available at very cheap rates. We strolled
on the main roads, markets and had meals in between. Our night
stay was there itself.
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27-10-06
Leaving Shirdi at 07.05 AM by bus, we arrived at
Nasik at 09.12 AM. Nasik is a very old and religious
town, on the banks of Godavari river. It is one of the
four places in India, where 'Kumbha Mela' is held. It is also
known as Western Kashi/Varanasi
of India.
Venue
- Kumbha Mela at Nasik
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For our sightseeing
programme, we hired a Tata Sumo and started at 10.20 AM. We, had
been to Trombyokeshwar Temple, Someshwar Temple, Kalaram Temple
at Panchvati, Kopaleshwar Temple, Ramghat & Sitagumpha, and
last of all Mukti Dham. Instead of going into full details
of the places, we visited, I shall mention only one.
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Trombyokeshwar
Temple
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Muktidham, Nasik
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Close to the Trombyokeshwar
temple, a square pond known as 'Kund' has been built by stones,
with steps on each side and path on all the sides to go around and
the whole area is covered with walls having four temples at four
corners. Opposite to the main entrance, on the wall, there are six
inlets in a row from which water from six rivers, viz, Soroswoti,
Gayatri, Sabitri, Koyena, Venna and Krishna flow into the pond
or kund. It's a holy place and many people take bath in this pond
or kund.
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The Pond or 'Kund' At Nasik - Water from 6 Rivers accumulates
Here
Other than the
places we visited, there are also Suryanarayan Temple, Rameshwar
Temple, Ramakund etc. which we could not cover. We left Nasik
at 05.15 PM by train and reached Kalyan at 09.20 PM, and stayed
at a lodge for the night.
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28-10-06
We left Kalyan at 06.55 AM by train, and
arrived at Neral at 07.20 AM. There is a toy train from
Neral to Matheran, but as it was out of order, we walked
along the track, for 3 km and reached Matheran. It is a
hill-station, and vehicles are not allowed within the
city.
Way to Matheran, a Hill Station
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We did some sightseeing on
foot and visited Madhav point, Khandala point, Shiva Temple, Lake and
Echo-Point. We had our lunch there, and returned to Neral on foot, at
03.10 PM. From Neral, we arrived at Karjat by train and from there by auto
to Khapoli, and from there by bus to
Lonavala at 07.15 PM
for our night halt and stay.
29-10-06 At Lonavala, for sight
seeing we hired a Tata Sumo at 08.30 AM, and visited Bushydam, Tiger's
leap, Roy-Wood Park. We also purchased some local products - sweets
known as Chikkies. These are made with different fruits with sweeteners
and are of many varieties. |
Roy-Wood Park, Lonavala
We left Lonavala at 12.30
PM by the same vehicle for Mahabaleshwar. En route, we stopped at
Panchgani, to witness para-gliding from a hill top known as
Table-Top-Hill. We had been to Parsi Park and Khandala also.
Not very far from our route, there are Karla, Bhaja and Bedsa caves,
but somehow we did not visit these.
About
Contributing Traveller : Mr. Debashis Bose
is a 72 year old retired Railway employee whose hobbies include travelling
& tourism, photography and amateur radio. He is a nature lover and prefers
to visit little known places as opposed to big cities with the aim of
enjoying nature in abundance. Before going on his regular tours with
family and friends, Debashis spends time in studying different places and
collecting information about them. On returning from the visit, he
prepares a travelogue, with sketch map & photos, so that he can inspire
others to visit these places and enjoy nature.
vu2dba@gmail.com
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