Kashi- The City of Ghats

  Solanpada.... A short  Road Trip Karjat ..my home town.. situated 100 kms from  Mumbai and approx. 95 kms from Pune. Surrounded by the wide Sahayadri mountains lush greenery, plenty of  waterfalls and a beautiful atmosphere during monsoon. Solanpadapprox. 22 kms from Karjat is a beautiful waterfall located in the lap of nature surrounded by mountains. Actually it's a man made dam in steps format. (See the pic below). (Pic courtesy.. Google) The Dam is situated at  base of the mountain range. The mountains range  looks like a horse shoe shape from the dam side. On the one side of these mountain range you can see the Bhimashankar mountain area, as one of the Trek to Bhimashankar mountain starts from the nearby village,  Khandas.  There are several small waterfalls around this dam. Water from these falls forms the  backwaters of the dam and  flows down these steps. The steps are well built in concrete and each step is not more than 4 or 5...

  Travelling is my hobby. It is inherited from my parents. India is largest country and it has various destinations east to west and north to south. Gujarat is one of my favorite state, where I have visited number of times for family programs. But it is not a part of travelling. I have travelled Gujrat 3 times and would like to travel again and again. In Jan. 2020, it was a opportunity to lead a group of families, willing to visit south west Gujrat for religious purpose. I have planned accordingly. A trip started from Mumbai Central and end to return to Pune , considering the availability of railway frequency and other matters. I have selected to travel by Saurashtra mail from Mumbai Central to Jamnagar which is the longest journey but it is little bit comfortable as most of journey time passed during night and no one got bored of the travelling. There are two types of journey. 1. Mumbai to Ahmedabad and then by bus up to Dwaraka. But it is time consuming and tiring. 2. Mumbai ...

Good Evening my well wishers : PRAYAGRAJ  Prayagraj formerly known as Illahabad or Allahabad is one of the pilgrim place, situated in the state of Uttar Pradesh.   It has an ancient history. The city is based on the banks of 2 well known Holy rivers , Ganga and Yamuna and mythical river Saraswati.  The third mythical Saraswati river, believed to flow underground towards the Sangam, gives the confluence its other name, Triveni. Lord  Brahma  also referred to it as  Tirth Raj  or the  King of all pilgrimage centres. Prayagraj is 130 km away from Varanasi.  .  has developed six lane expressway from Varansai to Prayagraj, is reflection of good architecture.   It took 2 ⅟ 2 hours to reach the destination. It is indeed well planned, equipped and designed express way. It is also maintain perfectly. I left Varanasi at 12 hrs. and reached Prayagraj at 14.30 hrs. It is understood that lunch hours are restricted to 3.pm and hence I decid...

  VARANASI   or   KASHI you may call with any name but after all in simple word it is a spiritual, religious & ancient city situated on the banks of Holy river GANGA . I have hobby of travelling and visiting various places with views of Geographical , Historical, Religious etc. I therefore wished to visit every tourist place in India in my life time and always pray god to bless me in my endeavor. I recently got an opportunity to visit Kashi , one of the most trusted religious place for Hindus.   I decided to seize this opportunity even in (Corona) Pandemic situation and also to visit Uttar Pradesh first time.   It was heard that Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are not safe for tourist but the experience was absolute different.   A group of people contacted me to arrange and lead a trip to Varanasi, Prayag and I accepted the challenge. It was very short time to plan, organise, ticketing and booking for our stay. But could manage perfectly, as usual, with ...