Pune to Lonavala, Shree Narayani Dham, Hadshi, Mulshi Weekend Trip

- July 10, 2017

Pune to Lonavala, Shree Narayani Dham, Hadshi, Mulshi Trip

Pune to Lonavala (Shree Narayani Dham Temple) :

We started from Ravet at 9:30am and took expressway to reach Narayani Dham temple so we paid 138rs toll. We could have avoided this charge if we had taken old Pune Mumbai highway because for Ravet residents (need to give address proof like Aadhar card) there is no toll at Somatane Toll Naka. Narayani Dham temple has three deities statue ( Ganpati Ji, Sati Mata in Durga Mata Swaroop, Salasar Hanumanji). This place also has lodging, food facility, Gym, Gaushala, fountain, garden, and good parking space. After darshan, we took lunch there (112rs per person). We left for Hadshi temple at 2:15pm.

Hadshi Temple (Sant Darshan Museum)

The road from Lonavala to Hadshi Temple is very narrow. At some places (viewpoints, small waterfalls) people had parked vehicles on the roadside because it was weekend. So it was difficult to drive for a beginner like me, but somehow we managed. Hadshi Temple is very beautiful. On the campus, there was Sant Darshan Museum (100rs per person entry fee, free entry for kids under 5 years). This museum is spread across 3 acres and an areal view of OM shape. It had some amazing art. I would strongly recommend everyone to visit this.
After this, we went to stay at Swachand resort which is just 3 km away.

Stay at Swachand resort:

This was a decent place to stay. Normally they charge 1400 per person for 1 day (stay, morning breakfast, 2 time food n evening snacks). The food was really good. We left for Chinmay Vibhooti Temple which was just 1.5km far from our resort.

Chinmaya Bibhuti Ganpati temple

Very nice Ganpati temple on a small hill (1km from entry gate). At the Entry gate, there is a Maruti Temple as well. We couldn't visit this because it gets closed at 12 noon. After this, we left for the Mulshi dam view point and waterfall.

Mulshi Dam and Mulshi waterfall -

It had no parking so we had to park our car on the roadside. It was very crowded. I should say it was People fall because the whole waterfall was covered by People. Some of us enjoyed zip-lining activity (100rs per person)and some enjoyed rope bridge crossing activity(50rs per person). Outside there was a beautiful restaurant named Chatai. The ambiance was really good but the food was not up to the mark. We started our journey to Pune at 6:30pm.

Mulshi waterfall to Pune:
This road was good. We reached Pune at 7:45 pm.