Day 1: Palava City –> Badlapur –> Murbad –> Malshej Ghat –> Pimpalgaon (Dam) –> Ahmednagar –> Shani Shingnapur –> Sonai –> Rahuri –> Shirdi. Total ~330 Kms.
Places of Interest: Malshej Ghat ; Pimpalgaon Dam lake ; Shani Shingnapur temple, Shirdi Sai temple.
There is MTDC resort in Pimpalgaon Dam lake, location looks very beautiful.
Drive in Malshej Ghat , which is not only dangerous, but equally beautiful.
Drive from Shani Signapur to Rahuri, one of the best drive roads, lined with characteristic Sugarcane juice shops.
Shani Shingnapur has parking, eating facility right in-front of temple. The village is connected only by road.
Shirdi, is world famous temple with tens of thousands of people visiting everyday. Trick for faster darshan is 8:00 pm Rs200 line. Temple admin has done commendable job (by Indian standards) of crowd management. Shirdi has airport, railway & bus terminal.
Day 2: Shirdi –> Nashik –> Trimbak –> Shahpur –> Kalyan –> Palava City.
Total Distance: ~300 Kms
This time, after almost 10 years I visited Triambakeswar. It was good to see lot of positive change, for benefit of devotees. Neat AC waiting rooms with toilet, water drinking facilities, baby feeding room. Finally, I am seeing devotee oriented infra being built in temples. Although it took 3 hrs for Darshan, but we did not feel at all, that it was afternoon. Also, surprisingly it was Holi there in Trimbak, (6 days after official Holi Day), another aspect of WEIRDLY DIVERSE INDIA.
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