tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727229231949420082024-03-13T07:16:25.741-07:00Travel BlogAlok Bhavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15027970953212943226noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672722923194942008.post-88613024316619229402014-01-27T06:37:00.000-08:002014-01-29T10:37:37.067-08:00Kutch 11-13 Jan 2014<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Gujarat Tourism was one which got me interested in visiting Kutch area of
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Also being a birder GRK is known to be a wonderful birding location.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The discussion about planning started with looking out for information about
Rann Utsav, an yearly Utsav organised by Govt. of Gujarat to promote culture
and tourism.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">We found that location of Rann Utsav is at a village called Dhordo around 80km
from Bhuj. It basically provides an oppurtinity for tourists to witness folk
dance, music, crafts, camel safari, live-in tents and visit various tourist
locations.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">But we also found that it is already fully booked and the stay and food is
quite costly.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">So we decided to plan our own itinerary and stay.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The list of places contained a variety from palaces to temples to beach and of
course a plan to eat authentic kutchhi / gujarati food and dhabeli. Most of the
people in our group are very much foodie and really enjoy good food of
different varities.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">We booked the train tickets for 12 of us on BDTS-Bhuj SF AC express starting
from Bandra terminus at 11:55pm on Friday 10th Jan and reaching Bhuj at 1:30pm
in the afternoon next day.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Our return train was to be after 2 days on 13th Jan Monday 10:15pm from Bhuj.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">So this left us with 2 and half days to plan all the places we wanted to cover.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">One of the initial plan was to cover part of Bhuj in the 1/2 day on the day we
reach Bhuj, 1/2 day for Mandvi, 1/2 day for Narayan Sarovar, 1/2 day for
remaining of Bhuj+shopping and 1/2 day for White Rann - the main attraction of
the trip.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">One thing that we learned while doing the planning of this trip is that
information available in blogs and also Gujarat Tourism website are to be taken
with a pinch of salt.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i> - Rann permits are said to be not issued on Sundays but that is not true.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i> - Prag Mahal in bhuj is
supposed to be closed on Sat as per Gujarat Tourism website but it is not so,
it has the same timings as Aina Mahal.</i></span><br />
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supposed to be closed in the afternoon from 1:30 to 4:30 but it was open.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">So we could make some good changes to the itinerary on the fly.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><b style="font-size: 16pt;"><u>Day1 - Bhuj: Prag Mahal, Aaina Mahal and Swamy Narayan Temple</u></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Reached Bhuj at around 2:00pm and our Tempo Traveller was waiting outside.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">For freshening up we had talked to the hotel in which we were going to stay on
Day2 night and he had promised to give us 3 rooms.</span></span><br />
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gujarathi lunch at a restaurant called Viram.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Finally we started for Aaina Mahal by around 4:30pm and found out after
reaching that Prag Mahal is also open and that both are open only till 5:45pm.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">So we had just around
45min to cover both.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Aaina as by its name was supposed to be a mahal full of mirrors. But not many
mirrors are remaining and those remaining on the pillars of the mahal are not
so much reflecting anymore.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">But still one can
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an old weighing machine and the most interesting a clock showing lunar calendar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-align: left;">The tower has spiral stairs inside to move to the top of the tower.
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time to relax (though some may differ with current trip :-)). This time around too that was the same with Mandavi beach and
Vijay Vilas palace to be covered in the morning time along with the market,
followed by a 150km one way travel to Narayan Sarovar and almost same distance
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wonderful hut like structure. There was nothing else around the post except for
a few shops selling handicrafts, fruit vendors, chana chor garam and a small
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">There was not much rush to get the permit still it took us 45min at the post as
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">From there as planned we first went to kaladungar at around 12:30pm in the
noon. Its a small hillock and the vehicle goes till the top of the hillock but
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The sun was on our heads
but sitting on the hillock looking down at the Rann with wind blowing was a
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">For a birder you see birds everywhere so here too we could spot a variable
wheatear, eurasian griffon, Green beeeater and Brown Rock chat.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"></span><br />
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for around an hour or so taking pictures and just sitting there.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">It was a nice resort
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Utsav site and took the turn on to a kaccha road leaving the nice tar road.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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beautiful holiday trip was coming to an end and most of us had to catch a train
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Trekking in rains is the most wonderful experience.<br />
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Just last weekend had been to Korigad just a few kms from Lonavla and this weekend got an opportunity to trek to karnala fort.<br />
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Karnala is my favorite destination but for a different reason which is birding.<br />
Have been ample number of time to karnala and had done birding for hours at the base of the fort looking out for beautiful birds. (See last blog <a href="http://alokbhave.blogspot.in/2012/05/2012-05-21-karnala.html" target="_blank">http://alokbhave.blogspot.in/2012/05/2012-05-21-karnala.html</a>)<br />
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But being at the santuary it difficult miss a look at the Karnala fort from down and wished to trek to it some day.<br />
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Ravindra called me to ask if I would be interested and I said yes. <br />
Sunil my school mate was also joining and he shared with me the well planned itinerary created by Sagar and Mandar was there to make sure that it happens as planned :-)<br />
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Ravindra picked us up from Juinagar at around 7:30am and a group of 20 people started after halting at Kamath for a quick breakfast at around 8:30am.<br />
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From around Feb 2012 (Bird race day) the forest officials had started a process to check the bags of people entering into the santuary for plastic bottles, eatbles plastic covers like biscuits, wafers etc and count them. A deposit of about Rs 200-500 is taken depending on the number of plastics and one needs to show these while going out and then only the deposit is returned.<br />
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This has helped a lot in maintaining cleanliness inside, on the way to fort and at the top of the fort.<br />
A very good practice indeed!!<br />
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It was dry as we got down at the entrance of the sanctuary but soon after starting the trek the rains started and it was a wonderful climb.<br />
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After a first stretch of climb through rocks and thick forest we reached an opening from where the other side was visible. Thickly forested and today filled with lot of clouds it was got sight.<br />
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Walking along the ledge we reached a plateau giving a view of the fort in the front and the goa highway down below on the right.<br />
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This is where we heard the Malabar whistling thrush whistling away for a brief period.<br />
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But the climb becomes worth when once reaching the top we see the view around with clouds filling in the space around you.<br />
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Went to end of the ledge and enjoyed the cool breeze, wonderful rain and the clouds below in the valley.<br />
We spent around 1hour at the top and then start the descend at around 12noon.<br />
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It seems most of the time that climbing is easier that descending especially when there are steep portions tackle.<br />
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It was not raining any more and in major part of the descend we were in sun making it very hot and humid.<br />
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We reached the base at 2pm and reached Kshanbhar Vishranti for lunch at around 2:30pm.<br />
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Started back at 3:30 pm and were home by around 5:30pm.<br />
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A saturday very well spent!!</div>Alok Bhavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15027970953212943226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672722923194942008.post-83950952241612014092010-02-20T08:35:00.001-08:002012-07-15T00:54:03.669-07:00Kalaghoda 2010 - Asiatic Library<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This year the focus of the festival was on dance performances.<br />
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On the first day there was a dance group from Africa with drums and all.<br />
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</div>Alok Bhavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15027970953212943226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672722923194942008.post-46983249322597419022010-02-20T08:32:00.000-08:002010-03-01T01:57:54.293-08:00Kalaghoda 2010 - Stalls and InstallationsInstallation at the foot of the kala ghoda<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgms5a-TYgMATCVxPe2gDiYn16ZseCahhgSH8fQCTUguBOs372Ke6u1v2TZfr4QMQENH735I1N6GOfAe_OOtH_zYzMQYfmfskLpRz6ZkzFOhSGSQqv0Lk6uPUnx2UyF1A0s-MY5VPpIZSw/s1600-h/DSC_0037.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgms5a-TYgMATCVxPe2gDiYn16ZseCahhgSH8fQCTUguBOs372Ke6u1v2TZfr4QMQENH735I1N6GOfAe_OOtH_zYzMQYfmfskLpRz6ZkzFOhSGSQqv0Lk6uPUnx2UyF1A0s-MY5VPpIZSw/s400/DSC_0037.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440381401675121874" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf9hLtThC0bqNC_oMLKQ4N61Xmhc24-bx5SynwLOMkvP_c73M4Xt20uIMK1qbOexNwc5anLTHroYhw0sN4lRGedFccGxiaPag4pdvXvpqXmKd_0-eOFIjpKw9UzhT53u-S0tn54J53iaU/s1600-h/DSC_0039.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf9hLtThC0bqNC_oMLKQ4N61Xmhc24-bx5SynwLOMkvP_c73M4Xt20uIMK1qbOexNwc5anLTHroYhw0sN4lRGedFccGxiaPag4pdvXvpqXmKd_0-eOFIjpKw9UzhT53u-S0tn54J53iaU/s400/DSC_0039.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440381410704574194" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A painting of a horse with its shadow. It gave a wonderful 3D effect though may not be seen in this pic :-)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjra7kl3SOihpx2ubqpL0ShdFOHmrVW3lWPg0lHc-nBHaz4Qgv1PG5Xx2D1rZ0UDdJT7m2-CDGQdIsgrx7TI9N6Hyz9TY6gH5t_4xomXhVKERkUPlc-EDAsr2segCj_2qycP9icTwr2ETY/s1600-h/DSC_0042.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjra7kl3SOihpx2ubqpL0ShdFOHmrVW3lWPg0lHc-nBHaz4Qgv1PG5Xx2D1rZ0UDdJT7m2-CDGQdIsgrx7TI9N6Hyz9TY6gH5t_4xomXhVKERkUPlc-EDAsr2segCj_2qycP9icTwr2ETY/s400/DSC_0042.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440381413080890002" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The rampart row with stalls on both sides and sculptures and installations placed all along.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguaB2E4ZtzhIj3KVYynLXbtbGkfUVnmG21y4d6SxrVQE1A4m3Y_mM2myYV5D3_9Ed5CY8o91FzgRAU5lJMO-91Azo0kzFExKAHUPAQsixn8H7d010ZVFHSX8ZA6af0eXNWBKaKO00q1tE/s1600-h/DSC_0045.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsmf6elSjxGLsQAWUyVv_uHt0VcH1lmQjF3WYnS2eFPKxnylZ0Z1SI0tRQvlqQoVPIEgPamSyJaB_WlG0CYNHpiP6kF_iCdTq628717Bv7T3nbx1C5y7iNF07tvVSygF0EqnCG39z739M/s400/P1020633.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440382546508438914" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A message on not to waste water<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_tluYYMwupqFha2vs5iWlqBVmTHmJiYj6ueUYYuEHMYclhtKvhGC6g1eFj4elQR_wJ9Vo1euTc1OoGFXthQVVQWXVTozpadKTXisiFG8TKQSdWrYTM4n9ou05X4OVG74ODSPPXUdiFA/s1600-h/P1020634.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_tluYYMwupqFha2vs5iWlqBVmTHmJiYj6ueUYYuEHMYclhtKvhGC6g1eFj4elQR_wJ9Vo1euTc1OoGFXthQVVQWXVTozpadKTXisiFG8TKQSdWrYTM4n9ou05X4OVG74ODSPPXUdiFA/s400/P1020634.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440382540145457554" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Masks on display<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3lVFu79M2emo6NCuRgQJ5jxnBI_ulZpKY0hjdlMsg_W1uWd2KVKezrJDcfigvNIwylOqDqHbzoLZLbbVfEJuQLMdIPLU8qbrNmGp_ReqvYSHROmXcSGava9K219ZoDuMG4_RCxOiM0hc/s1600-h/P1020635.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguQqcZJiXphR5Q-0YSGVeebY-OlfSwVnQprwcnyUqubqBIW3kZehVSworUjJ_EqEzaLxsOZLR1uRquTX5QO4-ZUdUJ9GGZ-rUZouMDS59NPfg9xPf743OExdOwGAWPnSNWRSN9KJmTaZA/s400/P1020613.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440382512358428770" border="0" /></a>Alok Bhavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15027970953212943226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672722923194942008.post-21237776358861911072009-04-02T00:44:00.000-07:002012-07-15T00:45:15.788-07:00Mahabaleshwar 28 March 2009<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
28th March<br />
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Morning 7am went for a bird walk near the hotel towards the sunset point on a trail called tigers trail.<br />
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Lot of bird activity could be heard but due to very thick forest the sightings were less. The puff throated babbler was foraging on the ground near the trail for quite some time giving good views. Also at the same place a female paradise flycatcher was flying around. At the same place the next day we saw a white bellied blue flycatcher.<br />
The other birds seen were the white cheeked barbet, small sunbird, white eyes in plenty, red whiskered and red vented bulbuls, black bulbuls, black bird, rose finch, pied buschat.<br />
One interesting sighting on this trail was the Shekhroo. Always a pleasure to watch this creature in its fresh brown coat.<br />
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Anjani was flowering at many places<br />
Anjani flower buds<br />
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Anjani flowers taken with flash<br />
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A dragon fly on tigers trail<br />
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At 10am started for Kates point. It gives good views of Kamalgad and the Dhom reservoir which are on the north of Mahabaleshwar.<br />
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Elephant head shape seen at the Kates point<br />
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Down from Kates point<br />
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Kamalgad and the savitri valley view<br />
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Land portion not submerged in the waters of Dhom reservoir<br />
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The dhom reservoir<br />
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Kamalgad seen from Kates point<br />
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Kamal and the valley below<br />
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Another view of the valley from Kates point<br />
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Dhom reservoir<br />
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Valley from Kates point<br />
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Strawberry field on the way from Kates point to the hotel<br />
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On the way stopped at the venna lake.<br />
Venna lake<br />
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Boats at venna lake<br />
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Saw 2 malabar crested larks here<br />
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In the afternoon left for Pratapgad<br />
View from pratapgad<br />
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Pratapgad buruj from top<br />
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Buruj at Pratapgad<br />
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Statue of Shivaji Maharaj on Pratapgad<br />
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Different view of the staute of Shivaji Maharaj<br />
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Another view<br />
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Unknown flowers at the top of Pratapgad<br />
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Buruj and part of tatbanddi on Pratapgad<br />
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From the bottom buruj the view of the top of pratapgad<br />
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Tatbanddi of Pratapgad visible<br />
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View from pratapgad<br />
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Buruj view<br />
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While returning in the evening went to the sunset point.<br />
It was heavily crowded. Looked like whole of Mahabaleshwar had assembled here.<br />
It took us long time to get out of the traffic jam after the sun had set.<br />
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Sunset from Bombay point<br />
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Sun at sunset<br />
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People at sunset point<br />
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Next day morning did the Arthur seat and all the neighboring points like monkey point, savitri point, etc.<br />
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Terrace fields from Arthur seat point<br />
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Arthur Seat Point<br />
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Arthur Seat Point<br />
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Arthur Seat Point Falcon<br />
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Arthur Seat Point<br />
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Pratapgad from Arthur Seat Point<br />
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Pied Buschat in hotel<br />
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height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xDCCJZJTzMg6Ur7s-W5c55y4FKmS-LPM6Xrqw9wL9ypSSwOlNmpLxYMPyQuyVOBggDa7blw-KqccQTsAp6g10jPvw-4J0l2McV5pnbq7ZGMzhz2HE8yqkOij0Ia9FeRMpparJX5Ct8c/s400/DSC_0142.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303049647229776194" border="0" /></a>Alok Bhavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15027970953212943226noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672722923194942008.post-57081660733497062422008-02-06T09:06:00.000-08:002008-02-16T03:44:24.143-08:00Raigad 2-3 Feb 20082-3Feb 2008 Raigad<br /><br />Organisers: Nilesh Rane, Rajesh Jathar, Chirag thakkar, Abhijit Pansare<br /><br />Participants: Alok Bhave, Shefali Kakodkar, Jitendra Sankpal, Sonal jain, Jayanti Das, Apurba Banik, Kamleshwar Kocharekar, Suman Kocharekar, Alka Thakkar, Anurag Kumar<br /><br />Mode of transport: Min bus 19 seater. Started from kandivali.<br /><br />Alternative route possible: ST from parel to pachad (village at base of raigad) leaves at night from mumbai and reaches early morning at pachad. For return leaves pachad at 3:30 and reaches mumbai at night.<br /><br />We left last stop vashi at 8:00am.<br />Stopped at Shanbhar Vishranti, karnala for tea and snacks.<br />Reached Raigad Ropeway at 12:30pm.<br /><br />Antakshari fun in Bus<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/alok.bhave/TravelBlog/photo?authkey=YzhXd3lvwcg#5163922133826850242"><img src="http://lh6.google.com/alok.bhave/R6nv0jKGzcI/AAAAAAAAAu0/pl-hObiIih4/s400/image002.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/alok.bhave/TravelBlog/photo?authkey=YzhXd3lvwcg#5163922228316130770"><img src="http://lh4.google.com/alok.bhave/R6nv6DKGzdI/AAAAAAAAAu8/U_HqIv64MFI/s400/image003.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Some view from the bus<br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/alok.bhave/TravelBlog/photo?authkey=YzhXd3lvwcg#5163922297035607522"><img src="http://lh4.google.com/alok.bhave/R6nv-DKGzeI/AAAAAAAAAvE/3QRLWrAltj8/s400/image004.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/alok.bhave/TravelBlog/photo?authkey=YzhXd3lvwcg#5163922387229920754"><img src="http://lh5.google.com/alok.bhave/R6nwDTKGzfI/AAAAAAAAAvM/CG_basAQssM/s400/image005.jpg" /></a><br /><br />African tulip tree at the base station<br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/alok.bhave/TravelBlog/photo?authkey=YzhXd3lvwcg#5164305098880765554"><img src="http://lh6.google.com/alok.bhave/R6tMIDKGznI/AAAAAAAAAxE/rAIOf-wUVGk/s400/image009_AfricanTulip.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Had lunch in the hotel at the base station and then proceeded to the top of Raigad via the ropeway.<br /><br />Tit bits: Constructed by Job Engineering Ltd,<br />Construction commenced:November 1994<br />Costruction completed:March 1996<br />Cost of the project:Rs. 3.1412 Crores<br />Vertical height:420 metres<br />Rope length:760 metres<br />Electrical motor capacity:70 HP<br />Cabin weight:100 kg. Each<br />2 cabins each can carry 4 persons.<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/alok.bhave/TravelBlog/photo?authkey=YzhXd3lvwcg#5164305081700896354"><img src="http://lh6.google.com/alok.bhave/R6tMHDKGzmI/AAAAAAAAAw8/-fe7WM9hOQU/s400/image007_RaigadRopeway2.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Before boarding at the base station<br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/alok.bhave/TravelBlog/photo?authkey=YzhXd3lvwcg#5164308212732055202"><img src="http://lh3.google.com/alok.bhave/R6tO9TKGzqI/AAAAAAAAAxc/YUY2Xh_Q4_g/s400/image012_JustBeforeAlighting.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/alok.bhave/TravelBlog/photo?authkey=YzhXd3lvwcg#5164305133240503938"><img src="http://lh6.google.com/alok.bhave/R6tMKDKGzoI/AAAAAAAAAxM/M9Irh8AVDTw/s400/image010_RaigadRopeway4.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/alok.bhave/TravelBlog/photo?authkey=YzhXd3lvwcg#5164305193370046098"><img src="http://lh4.google.com/alok.bhave/R6tMNjKGzpI/AAAAAAAAAxU/qUI8hkEj1S0/s400/image011_RaigadRopeway5.jpg" /></a><br /><br />From the cabin<br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/alok.bhave/TravelBlog/photo?authkey=YzhXd3lvwcg#5164308238501858994"><img src="http://lh5.google.com/alok.bhave/R6tO-zKGzrI/AAAAAAAAAxk/2cKE6gP9X-Q/s400/image013_FromRopeway.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/alok.bhave/TravelBlog/photo?authkey=YzhXd3lvwcg#5164308354465976002"><img src="http://lh4.google.com/alok.bhave/R6tPFjKGzsI/AAAAAAAAAxs/Vo_Ub2iDbEA/s400/image014_InRopewayCabin.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Base station from the cabin almost at the top<br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/alok.bhave/TravelBlog/photo?authkey=YzhXd3lvwcg#5164308474725060306"><img src="http://lh4.google.com/alok.bhave/R6tPMjKGztI/AAAAAAAAAx0/fNPmCzDi8eQ/s400/image015_BaseStation.jpg" /></a><br /><br />The ropeway station at the top<br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/alok.bhave/TravelBlog/photo?authkey=YzhXd3lvwcg#5164308526264667874"><img src="http://lh4.google.com/alok.bhave/R6tPPjKGzuI/AAAAAAAAAx8/v0BgTZQJ7Ls/s400/image016_RopewayTopStation.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Reached the top of the fort at around 2:30pm.<br />Stay:<br />Booking was done in MTDC for one 15person dormitory and one family room which can accommodate 5 person.<br /><br />Went to our MTDC cottage. It was right on the edge of raigad and we had the complete view right from the door of the cottage.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWqfly1aWyy-IHh8VoqJr-laC-CiMKEQWcMF51veshYo1KQeUO7t7gbgPOUgK1VUjRO-Fxu6RVwem4cKpbg26sUOLyGZpeQXNwmzKYV3GM5RiJDGxVtD6dt8IXbHNRTEMqnob8hDGyuL0/s1600-h/image019.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164310510539558674" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWqfly1aWyy-IHh8VoqJr-laC-CiMKEQWcMF51veshYo1KQeUO7t7gbgPOUgK1VUjRO-Fxu6RVwem4cKpbg26sUOLyGZpeQXNwmzKYV3GM5RiJDGxVtD6dt8IXbHNRTEMqnob8hDGyuL0/s400/image019.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxX1kcTEwp902hvVJiiEQU_tCIjT7C-DSTV71h_QNRME9fLjMDfru-C0YXG_OttDnwFYLAW6QatvGGvYV2G-JlQkE-F3zkQOJBVmMnRnmBEddDy6O5nA4-z18emPsNzsLGFwknKcjeE8Y/s1600-h/image017_ViewFromMTDC.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164310450410016498" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxX1kcTEwp902hvVJiiEQU_tCIjT7C-DSTV71h_QNRME9fLjMDfru-C0YXG_OttDnwFYLAW6QatvGGvYV2G-JlQkE-F3zkQOJBVmMnRnmBEddDy6O5nA4-z18emPsNzsLGFwknKcjeE8Y/s400/image017_ViewFromMTDC.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A nice place to sit outside too around where we did the camp fire at night<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1tUAbMYsjlC1P2eEEAcXNhIon8EKi_ur4ZXrhhX5wOGrDhKUzuwkaGqqA_q6gxs6x5kb9gis9r_dtvWvhtX6WNgMwI17z39TX8uGmUG5gtWP3jNvrBLzIN-o4UGTCvX5uS9CcWKVI6L4/s1600-h/image018.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164310493359689474" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1tUAbMYsjlC1P2eEEAcXNhIon8EKi_ur4ZXrhhX5wOGrDhKUzuwkaGqqA_q6gxs6x5kb9gis9r_dtvWvhtX6WNgMwI17z39TX8uGmUG5gtWP3jNvrBLzIN-o4UGTCvX5uS9CcWKVI6L4/s400/image018.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVy5OUHcUwDuGCdjQj-TDi7TfEYZYQP7yj_zvpybE-FnGVC_sDufsDyYbjeEDprMqw3NqDkc3X3tbf88RAtpY7Dk6cERvJQHi8N_ykJzFneRKGC82mcWKZLfc0jojC-mTgT2FXPdIWU8c/s1600-h/image020_MTDCCottage.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164310562079166242" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVy5OUHcUwDuGCdjQj-TDi7TfEYZYQP7yj_zvpybE-FnGVC_sDufsDyYbjeEDprMqw3NqDkc3X3tbf88RAtpY7Dk6cERvJQHi8N_ykJzFneRKGC82mcWKZLfc0jojC-mTgT2FXPdIWU8c/s400/image020_MTDCCottage.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A Long billed vulture flew above us twice. Later from Hirkani buruj we saw a flock of 4vultures on the mountains on the other side of the valley.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFg8UKHNkyhkyx0lFPlmx-iIKbj40poAwuNxmbPY-m90bkA0EuMWhJAUH5EbndLqquRANMrELXl0atuqmhlmb82UJ0bAHjlFvMI9PcTm589o74apr2D-iICauq5GgwMBVtbnxy6WALQg/s1600-h/image021_Vulture.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164310570669100850" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFg8UKHNkyhkyx0lFPlmx-iIKbj40poAwuNxmbPY-m90bkA0EuMWhJAUH5EbndLqquRANMrELXl0atuqmhlmb82UJ0bAHjlFvMI9PcTm589o74apr2D-iICauq5GgwMBVtbnxy6WALQg/s400/image021_Vulture.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Tit bits:<br />Raigad is a hill fortress situated in the modern day Raigad District of Maharashtra, India.<br />The great Maratha king Shivaji made the fort his capital in 1674 when he was crowned king of a Marathi kingdom which later developed into the Maratha Empire.<br />The fort, which rises 820 m (2700 ft) above sea level, is located in the Sahyadri mountain range. There are approximately 1400–1450 steps leading to the fort, though today a rope-way exists to reach the top of the fort. The fort was looted and destroyed by the British upon siege.<br /><br />After getting fresh immediately started on our excursion of the fort.<br /><br />Right behind our cottage was the access to the palace through the Mena Darwaja, meant to be a private access to queens.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPHGg0Zpj9kMCeSO96LVJUEJv-x_cIHfxTwIx3rYlRCxsBQpCB8BvOhihNXBVdWMcMpcPWftZS1UAx5xEBiwrvfiKS3VNBHvkhT5MkzF1SXxQfnWX43fchyphenhyphente31Km1lDRNd_Bpq8d9mI/s1600-h/image022_MeenaDarwaja.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164313134764576578" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPHGg0Zpj9kMCeSO96LVJUEJv-x_cIHfxTwIx3rYlRCxsBQpCB8BvOhihNXBVdWMcMpcPWftZS1UAx5xEBiwrvfiKS3VNBHvkhT5MkzF1SXxQfnWX43fchyphenhyphente31Km1lDRNd_Bpq8d9mI/s400/image022_MeenaDarwaja.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />But before entering the palace we had planned to cover the Hirkani Buruj situated on the left most edge of the fort.<br /><br />On the way to Hirkani Buruj, Takmak Tok is visible on the right<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzXlsJd20DtffcYkriAa16JalzFJfoJzHxd__6P4Rlg4rAqrL84_3vu9CQWV87pcNHUeNDt_3wW1GcUFqBrAh-PxHza4FaVTO5vWusbgvCFlTfX7j64-7pbdKyj-H6CY0tyDg7UE0SJBk/s1600-h/image023_TakmakTok.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164313147649478482" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzXlsJd20DtffcYkriAa16JalzFJfoJzHxd__6P4Rlg4rAqrL84_3vu9CQWV87pcNHUeNDt_3wW1GcUFqBrAh-PxHza4FaVTO5vWusbgvCFlTfX7j64-7pbdKyj-H6CY0tyDg7UE0SJBk/s400/image023_TakmakTok.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXVZI6b_SKrLMpfwrxJLy_jhkWTcaoQkRefOnwXHjt6djqCp6wSHKGiQ7ZgY9KNkob9BfGWvYmj23i7qsh8Ksk8d67bd1_nppSNQvXVzWG-dWjsP8lRZFAXGnBfI7kAbiQM-X_mrt4IU/s1600-h/image024_TakmakTokCloseup.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164313169124314978" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXVZI6b_SKrLMpfwrxJLy_jhkWTcaoQkRefOnwXHjt6djqCp6wSHKGiQ7ZgY9KNkob9BfGWvYmj23i7qsh8Ksk8d67bd1_nppSNQvXVzWG-dWjsP8lRZFAXGnBfI7kAbiQM-X_mrt4IU/s400/image024_TakmakTokCloseup.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Path to Hirkani Buruj<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACXjQcw21Tzz2wloEPby9xUyUO2XamRRRenFlwII0fDgE8qQORUGivNd1qzrUK4DfDHt1uEyMBGws5UDpEObZa0-V5diCVIhPZOo6P6E9FUqT83JpVpefrKpc8nkA7DeZxg2f91cNqkw/s1600-h/image025_ProceedingToHirkaniBuruj.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164313194894118770" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACXjQcw21Tzz2wloEPby9xUyUO2XamRRRenFlwII0fDgE8qQORUGivNd1qzrUK4DfDHt1uEyMBGws5UDpEObZa0-V5diCVIhPZOo6P6E9FUqT83JpVpefrKpc8nkA7DeZxg2f91cNqkw/s400/image025_ProceedingToHirkaniBuruj.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Hirkani Buruj<br />(The place from where Hirkani a mother of infant, selling milk on the fort climbed down the vertical slope because the doors of the fort were locked at the sunset and she had no other way to reach her home in raigad wadi at the base of raigad )<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPY59AoCyNdBuUwNgZxBxNHM41UAcAT8Ogb8Grr_1eDVtHIpug720ScPqIDgg-bu6ZDUqOKHls4oZD9DOCsLC2rAeS7cnEKLzFdlJ-LPypWD73dwgiXys2NJSHrAbffx4BR1LH5_J86Y/s1600-h/image026_HirkaniBuruj.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164313216368955266" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPY59AoCyNdBuUwNgZxBxNHM41UAcAT8Ogb8Grr_1eDVtHIpug720ScPqIDgg-bu6ZDUqOKHls4oZD9DOCsLC2rAeS7cnEKLzFdlJ-LPypWD73dwgiXys2NJSHrAbffx4BR1LH5_J86Y/s400/image026_HirkaniBuruj.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />From here we came back to the Mena Darwaja.<br /><br />To the right can be seen the MTDC cottages.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4R7lm0xsN7jZTacDwUsnPEfTH7MaT8E7apnOsaGUsaROFXH_GDFhOsCx-N5ZGMNC9mss4fHwOyzq_wH6ihKspo-yR9UlaF_Q4m5fGzd8Xd0piZhtCYnURdtQoXq1RqLLWxj5BR1uXD4/s1600-h/image027_FromRestaurantToCottage.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164314826981691282" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4R7lm0xsN7jZTacDwUsnPEfTH7MaT8E7apnOsaGUsaROFXH_GDFhOsCx-N5ZGMNC9mss4fHwOyzq_wH6ihKspo-yR9UlaF_Q4m5fGzd8Xd0piZhtCYnURdtQoXq1RqLLWxj5BR1uXD4/s400/image027_FromRestaurantToCottage.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Mena Darwaja<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghXu_vPrvWIXUSwIdgbBMsAviS5Hm79YDOgWzcmhdk5986ohXR9sv8jnjz_nlRCKNqdFoQ-UVmur7fcJajPuFfgsF4qv_aJaOPFWMno4Dtv2eYoC41SNQ-ZCo_INeCXODvFYTh92469rY/s1600-h/image028_MeenaDarwaja.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164314844161560482" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghXu_vPrvWIXUSwIdgbBMsAviS5Hm79YDOgWzcmhdk5986ohXR9sv8jnjz_nlRCKNqdFoQ-UVmur7fcJajPuFfgsF4qv_aJaOPFWMno4Dtv2eYoC41SNQ-ZCo_INeCXODvFYTh92469rY/s400/image028_MeenaDarwaja.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Ministers' Offices<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgke7-bqi1S23DzWxENWPDQcxLaIR3rKziexVp4UGmkcpdrfqlpYi7ZxMlGDBmM5f3yFTwQvgixiV_T1KkEBygDpWsB5Tlpm4E3PQJ3zrEe9cjBrF_FLPtlLQ9D1oZaw7j3g1zq6xHnh4A/s1600-h/image029_MinistersOffice.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164314861341429682" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgke7-bqi1S23DzWxENWPDQcxLaIR3rKziexVp4UGmkcpdrfqlpYi7ZxMlGDBmM5f3yFTwQvgixiV_T1KkEBygDpWsB5Tlpm4E3PQJ3zrEe9cjBrF_FLPtlLQ9D1oZaw7j3g1zq6xHnh4A/s400/image029_MinistersOffice.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Queen's palace<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62-5CsVGv-Ffg3p1PKnOj0Ata2CI4i9Liex7Wnvx8lgzbOtXGPbiMEbW49e4Apzux_easdybu2goyD05Aswdqshzcu2lxsAkXIdPU6nUcO5X44yJZxPazL_ZA8fw7xh_eNkxBeWWLA24/s1600-h/image030_QueensPalace.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164314874226331586" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62-5CsVGv-Ffg3p1PKnOj0Ata2CI4i9Liex7Wnvx8lgzbOtXGPbiMEbW49e4Apzux_easdybu2goyD05Aswdqshzcu2lxsAkXIdPU6nUcO5X44yJZxPazL_ZA8fw7xh_eNkxBeWWLA24/s400/image030_QueensPalace.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Emperor's Palace<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5I1NoEW78-MoLarrI_UfCDexV9fv6ZJJjc8qoH1mvM58hG-DaeMYX-GyMetFPFRk5B2PitYGVLRcxn1hHujzb6GfLPm53uFLegAl_vdCdyhtf3I5aRGyYg-AhCVLQ0-mJ05A2slJaFYQ/s1600-h/image031_KingsPalace_Sivhasan.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164314882816266194" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5I1NoEW78-MoLarrI_UfCDexV9fv6ZJJjc8qoH1mvM58hG-DaeMYX-GyMetFPFRk5B2PitYGVLRcxn1hHujzb6GfLPm53uFLegAl_vdCdyhtf3I5aRGyYg-AhCVLQ0-mJ05A2slJaFYQ/s400/image031_KingsPalace_Sivhasan.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Watch towers and Takmak visible from Emperor's Palace<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZrLLCSeenCu0bGJ_eYTgWQ-hpz6XfRhw_Yklcu-0VDjBvXXj-wzy_JveHuSL_9FGiOULAxFnUmKK1RCwKcf8mtEJ6-f_e_Zaoe_DWl9MbcZnkQkGLuELzgKQhLwwQhSjq6ExgrMHArQs/s1600-h/image032_watchtower_takmak.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164316025277566946" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZrLLCSeenCu0bGJ_eYTgWQ-hpz6XfRhw_Yklcu-0VDjBvXXj-wzy_JveHuSL_9FGiOULAxFnUmKK1RCwKcf8mtEJ6-f_e_Zaoe_DWl9MbcZnkQkGLuELzgKQhLwwQhSjq6ExgrMHArQs/s400/image032_watchtower_takmak.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Emperor's Public Darbar and the Nagarkhana Darwaja<br /><a 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This bird seemed to be resident in the rocks of the bazaar peth as it was always visible around here whenever we passed the bazaar peth.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghWJrcHiEfcoMlAZpSDW5s7erX3F0B5HCQTiME6wy-b90AvPw-LL68cunDeHqju2ZN_pTkjONnWcKqeY4nbAKGJG3DQMRHhNIUF4jee1yhDk3IB8hrdMmFkvdrI88iNDIb5Oxj23ubaeA/s1600-h/image036_BlueRockThrush.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164316081112141858" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghWJrcHiEfcoMlAZpSDW5s7erX3F0B5HCQTiME6wy-b90AvPw-LL68cunDeHqju2ZN_pTkjONnWcKqeY4nbAKGJG3DQMRHhNIUF4jee1yhDk3IB8hrdMmFkvdrI88iNDIb5Oxj23ubaeA/s400/image036_BlueRockThrush.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Crossing the bazar peth we started walking towards the Takmak tok<br /><br />Crazy people clicking shadows ..:-)<br /><a 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdeF09a5pFkEXceg2NpYlRoCXj6tA7HYF70XQqZtH02vFg8ZmETMTyq05ZoeyEZltD8W2um61sGsXmb9lYMqme9CBP1Pcb3-ZUeN7LiKKYUPuGOTWPgnaLtqSKWeYkkmb7zIAvs6ujE6o/s400/image038_TowardsTakmak.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />View From Takmak Tok<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjqxmRZvD9cvc2BnHKA_LIOMLCrUcaBq-IBMPlw2kVY0etsZoJdvjCjOzpbrLnoZc2aFw5EFrjnM-vPFmoaenmaJ8JdFf_mMODl8Kh-RCFoTaO5SUxwUwO5-LL4NoxMz48Rt7qNcHOIc/s1600-h/image039_FromTakmak.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166142213303579650" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjqxmRZvD9cvc2BnHKA_LIOMLCrUcaBq-IBMPlw2kVY0etsZoJdvjCjOzpbrLnoZc2aFw5EFrjnM-vPFmoaenmaJ8JdFf_mMODl8Kh-RCFoTaO5SUxwUwO5-LL4NoxMz48Rt7qNcHOIc/s400/image039_FromTakmak.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Lingana seen on the east side of Raigad<br /><a 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-cT3M7pJ42CtMpLLp-kpzsWy0pIz_Kjgj42eP-xdGMPmHd8q0QinWhRb-m1nbUD3ZUq-YbM5E-gIfTnHf-kha1LqoOwGXUjQUtL6ZbIUcxY-d0EFPRqs1qRzFoKBuPMoIYTdQJSuGcoY/s400/image041_MahaDarwaja.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Village at the base of Raigad<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieT-1EvT-imcef9kNd7hRVnSMmB6gqU2xT0gwbJjXanSyFsmjcwDkI6vaN8Rj5iif5B-6TdayzE8aFr3ae9zuFN0JDcL_WESfLKwYZ8vqt3DaPUmX21jHtrob1ImOYNgPKRdIbdesgpQw/s1600-h/image042_VillageattheBase.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166144021484811314" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieT-1EvT-imcef9kNd7hRVnSMmB6gqU2xT0gwbJjXanSyFsmjcwDkI6vaN8Rj5iif5B-6TdayzE8aFr3ae9zuFN0JDcL_WESfLKwYZ8vqt3DaPUmX21jHtrob1ImOYNgPKRdIbdesgpQw/s400/image042_VillageattheBase.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />At Takmak Tok<br /><a 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJF0j_4iYb3C42nNuOM5EAJNeLnroJ3ntY5IwRu1h_FeieYGlV0bJfsbpPHDy6MgXGsHYPYdcTjGBwXdhZpwMapGE8T3Kt248-SBur1iGT7AApfA1u5dPmTRZiHgzp5QDtq3PeY4lYM9o/s400/image047_6Deviyan.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Sunset at Takmak Tok<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVd_YVKsIOeMk6rj96p1eaBdoLz4cxDHTk5PdrMkkmm-x36KviBc4GQ7IW4aopdJrlvzODQbSEw4vumvhCnXCXEpVs55HdhBPzOWySYXxLMDfpNk0BqQqMOdUUtecTsZ1dttzqxJIiVxw/s1600-h/image048_Sunset.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166145090931668114" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVd_YVKsIOeMk6rj96p1eaBdoLz4cxDHTk5PdrMkkmm-x36KviBc4GQ7IW4aopdJrlvzODQbSEw4vumvhCnXCXEpVs55HdhBPzOWySYXxLMDfpNk0BqQqMOdUUtecTsZ1dttzqxJIiVxw/s400/image048_Sunset.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After the sunset we came back to our MTDC cottage and lit a camp fire<br /><a 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvi3k76MxlkAvC1K0XGimmCpTgKKdekNGhx7HtRJmfOw100FQHNXLZ_y5BAIc2Rzp6vVJTCCSMjc5FiKyAMCKbZURuU8oEUvj6Yg6Hv_5pbRTWcSXRFDbkti9S6XoK8m7T8APWzeRzFto/s400/image053_CampFire.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Photo of moon taken at 5 in the morning<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4JytjLI7UVLkTFeoVAt89nL82xGFClvl0XQCBA_FiXaPmbbGIN1V_vL9B4wCRUOZzPfHe3zBLUQ9VYHO887NVHv1vcGcEV5NHwYzEdHOm3boU3hwiNCH52pYrYujcetCDGzLhwGXJTLg/s1600-h/image054_Moon.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166145842550945010" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4JytjLI7UVLkTFeoVAt89nL82xGFClvl0XQCBA_FiXaPmbbGIN1V_vL9B4wCRUOZzPfHe3zBLUQ9VYHO887NVHv1vcGcEV5NHwYzEdHOm3boU3hwiNCH52pYrYujcetCDGzLhwGXJTLg/s400/image054_Moon.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Sunrise at Bazaar Peth<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9lq80wXEhw_ullesoGbmwaxNFTo2lXBL1J8n_RngoI1Uu5YemO7NcTgvgAuADL9T1iVoikp3CIQvDv8f2lXvjV72SOEyo97rc4Jm4DeZ2cwadYn_-bl4PYYc9XzPkFi5ndD9CrJkRQs/s1600-h/image055_Sunrise.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166145851140879618" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9lq80wXEhw_ullesoGbmwaxNFTo2lXBL1J8n_RngoI1Uu5YemO7NcTgvgAuADL9T1iVoikp3CIQvDv8f2lXvjV72SOEyo97rc4Jm4DeZ2cwadYn_-bl4PYYc9XzPkFi5ndD9CrJkRQs/s400/image055_Sunrise.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Sunrise with Shivaji Statue<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBg4mgeRVaKt1WRGgyK6wTpl7ypC5VzteNMDqUlMXM0GScESF9d0NLKjDxLcRKdik2VrwfbU2mrfzyuHkCZ8RoegUlcLSvL8ILd0Mdw-dGixg9auWNyKMMZwW9soer8XR5dJ6Hcn2km5M/s1600-h/image056_StatueUnderMoon.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166145902680487186" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBg4mgeRVaKt1WRGgyK6wTpl7ypC5VzteNMDqUlMXM0GScESF9d0NLKjDxLcRKdik2VrwfbU2mrfzyuHkCZ8RoegUlcLSvL8ILd0Mdw-dGixg9auWNyKMMZwW9soer8XR5dJ6Hcn2km5M/s400/image056_StatueUnderMoon.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Jagadeeshwar Mandir at sunrise<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqEEVSD3EkSe6TN5YLnJcU0tg9i6qS18ZJXaD0W3BfksahfFMAj9-JI3MNYF9kpnCc8zz8jYxAMs4NvynbHf6_u9rztf51-6ifhyZBGB5BnIVZOaw_dl1E5RZRL_lKRi29oUyU99bmDL4/s1600-h/image057_RameshwarMandir.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166146585580287266" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqEEVSD3EkSe6TN5YLnJcU0tg9i6qS18ZJXaD0W3BfksahfFMAj9-JI3MNYF9kpnCc8zz8jYxAMs4NvynbHf6_u9rztf51-6ifhyZBGB5BnIVZOaw_dl1E5RZRL_lKRi29oUyU99bmDL4/s400/image057_RameshwarMandir.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3hU542NBv7hTz6L-sZfDJOgxd9glQZdvNH5VXC9zVlocljGgn32W0kkSeQkXpf9Uv3QjZZspaUxHN6stQwYHXmoODsu4SF8D-dV5Zuk0S5gReLlgE1AlzY_O6VDHwLzH8HDcFDC2BW4/s1600-h/image058_Sunrise.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166146598465189170" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3hU542NBv7hTz6L-sZfDJOgxd9glQZdvNH5VXC9zVlocljGgn32W0kkSeQkXpf9Uv3QjZZspaUxHN6stQwYHXmoODsu4SF8D-dV5Zuk0S5gReLlgE1AlzY_O6VDHwLzH8HDcFDC2BW4/s400/image058_Sunrise.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_S-KfTBvJLxSsFDG-WMeV57CQWh2fAU_KBBUZV0m-Z-MxumqUUSXGeJWf96kmAfVyxiEZBTcoiSpn5Ywsxd6iZVUylrCd1VuXz9_7EdMNPDMd6q86LKKGp2F8uu-rq57L-3wp4cpRLQ/s1600-h/image059_BeforeSunrise.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166146602760156482" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_S-KfTBvJLxSsFDG-WMeV57CQWh2fAU_KBBUZV0m-Z-MxumqUUSXGeJWf96kmAfVyxiEZBTcoiSpn5Ywsxd6iZVUylrCd1VuXz9_7EdMNPDMd6q86LKKGp2F8uu-rq57L-3wp4cpRLQ/s400/image059_BeforeSunrise.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdJBhXFcuHkiUAOEzecYQsuJC0le6z_XhD5oAlA6HqXIJgj_5MWjSerI5FkYDibwc-OA-1J66fIvaQtbLuifn1KKUrkARxQpFWhu2d9xh843O43Tza4386TPO-RZWJ3vKd8iOGNGLA6W0/s1600-h/image060_AfterSunrise.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166146611350091090" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdJBhXFcuHkiUAOEzecYQsuJC0le6z_XhD5oAlA6HqXIJgj_5MWjSerI5FkYDibwc-OA-1J66fIvaQtbLuifn1KKUrkARxQpFWhu2d9xh843O43Tza4386TPO-RZWJ3vKd8iOGNGLA6W0/s400/image060_AfterSunrise.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After looking at sunrise we headed to deshmukh restaurant for tea.<br />On the way we got a look at the shirkai devi temple and the Ganga sagar talaw.<br /><br />Ganga sagar Talaw<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw5Z3J4ws-Boj-awyhEG8yflD0IGYd-6fLnHNtf1oXpAFF93KIyVX4rc7JPQALjFtLBPAEuWW70mSgAewPBDKqj8ajJk1c6Rg_LWfbqUO_Cpc5KKFDPb7CL0MbebnSAVv1f92BXqT-gxI/s1600-h/image061_GangaSagar.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166146624234992994" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw5Z3J4ws-Boj-awyhEG8yflD0IGYd-6fLnHNtf1oXpAFF93KIyVX4rc7JPQALjFtLBPAEuWW70mSgAewPBDKqj8ajJk1c6Rg_LWfbqUO_Cpc5KKFDPb7CL0MbebnSAVv1f92BXqT-gxI/s400/image061_GangaSagar.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Shirkai Devi Temple<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHR7UmIkk6x7a8cOzMXwLn0s_A4D8movSgPER4k6vQJdvRppxi9wWt1RueT3_rDCuY0iQeP1OROdxZN4-duQh-f_GiGH0n1tPcpFI2zRfuL1oa9tiMA_Jqyu1coNvAHJ7g0b6w9J2i5s/s1600-h/image062_ShirkaiDevi.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166147466048583026" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHR7UmIkk6x7a8cOzMXwLn0s_A4D8movSgPER4k6vQJdvRppxi9wWt1RueT3_rDCuY0iQeP1OROdxZN4-duQh-f_GiGH0n1tPcpFI2zRfuL1oa9tiMA_Jqyu1coNvAHJ7g0b6w9J2i5s/s400/image062_ShirkaiDevi.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After having tea plan was to visit the Jagadeeshwar temple and Shivaji Maharaj samadhi.<br /><br />On the way to the temple we again passed through public darbar and Nagarkhana Darwaja<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHks53CTjSo9CRSc6wZilSlbA6ciRwM-1nao5UhriG1yMXN24fj9rC1HnCB_WWIklQY_vX2ygjCTXMmhgJjyp2m3tZN4uohGAMYuWC66hNB42M33R_VyYDAWeXhgTqPxBOiJDb0fCIB50/s1600-h/image063_NagarkhanaDarwaja_PublicDurbar.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166147478933484930" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHks53CTjSo9CRSc6wZilSlbA6ciRwM-1nao5UhriG1yMXN24fj9rC1HnCB_WWIklQY_vX2ygjCTXMmhgJjyp2m3tZN4uohGAMYuWC66hNB42M33R_VyYDAWeXhgTqPxBOiJDb0fCIB50/s400/image063_NagarkhanaDarwaja_PublicDurbar.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkEt_27_TYrnptj3mrPWk8U0UKK-WIMEsgjUGiUCDzUCOgkL4a5MGeYAgfRQn3ZjuT0hV9oCbnTSMCHjZ0i9FWUD570b3-mVgatPMhbywfScwVSzB4O47ziDW9JmSm-misUDWlDcLmMv4/s1600-h/image064_RameshwarMandir.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166147483228452242" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkEt_27_TYrnptj3mrPWk8U0UKK-WIMEsgjUGiUCDzUCOgkL4a5MGeYAgfRQn3ZjuT0hV9oCbnTSMCHjZ0i9FWUD570b3-mVgatPMhbywfScwVSzB4O47ziDW9JmSm-misUDWlDcLmMv4/s400/image064_RameshwarMandir.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A few of us who had quickly had our tea had decided to make to barataki which has a pretty downtrek from the Jagadeeshwar mandir. It is a place having 12 tanks used for water storage in older times.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3PPZclmFqTxLC0Ccd5AGDdoruB61xUG-OwpldLwQqnXYMjTJcuyWAxbesZuQUByL71Fms9WOZ-ULouDe7aH8ZyTcw4_cxVEOMHL2xNGyPyhFQ5X4w1hmhX-60tIgyxuwCqouGcF7TWx4/s1600-h/image065_Chicken.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166147530473092514" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3PPZclmFqTxLC0Ccd5AGDdoruB61xUG-OwpldLwQqnXYMjTJcuyWAxbesZuQUByL71Fms9WOZ-ULouDe7aH8ZyTcw4_cxVEOMHL2xNGyPyhFQ5X4w1hmhX-60tIgyxuwCqouGcF7TWx4/s400/image065_Chicken.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjexst0lVy9up1jerTNRHZ8eXlyioLUJnY7dgeh2gyUGIse2Di6RFTVc97uUDM16gUbJkhh2av8g-l1yfOW-ZBn84OxcGNd9YjSTm-vg1AxjOewEXRuIVfoknueCgUlP226-qpIzAzEX4I/s1600-h/image066_DaruKhana.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166147586307667378" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjexst0lVy9up1jerTNRHZ8eXlyioLUJnY7dgeh2gyUGIse2Di6RFTVc97uUDM16gUbJkhh2av8g-l1yfOW-ZBn84OxcGNd9YjSTm-vg1AxjOewEXRuIVfoknueCgUlP226-qpIzAzEX4I/s400/image066_DaruKhana.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRvUEI0i_cJNuM76bVy32f3K56ypaHMtNFH58AfpMmeg-815BNRa2VWWHwaLgiVSh2XNu0vLFrdFgj8zIU5vt5lp7vDDj6zs7PxET5zGYnqbRcDcI8_p4YfJ1CM8NClP1ogVsndalZ3dA/s1600-h/image067_TowardsBaraTaki.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166149042301580738" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRvUEI0i_cJNuM76bVy32f3K56ypaHMtNFH58AfpMmeg-815BNRa2VWWHwaLgiVSh2XNu0vLFrdFgj8zIU5vt5lp7vDDj6zs7PxET5zGYnqbRcDcI8_p4YfJ1CM8NClP1ogVsndalZ3dA/s400/image067_TowardsBaraTaki.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkLstQNVwk2JtewPd0PbUaol4KX2wz_IjzRXw_eic99EMPESLraVAuibSgBw6cPabWKma5obKUuUgRhVlOjHmYJUvHa6TEx7bk1MGOEWJaQNFKYjtswI96nOXCw9KsgTQUkoCML3cSAA/s1600-h/image068_BaraTaki.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166149059481449938" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkLstQNVwk2JtewPd0PbUaol4KX2wz_IjzRXw_eic99EMPESLraVAuibSgBw6cPabWKma5obKUuUgRhVlOjHmYJUvHa6TEx7bk1MGOEWJaQNFKYjtswI96nOXCw9KsgTQUkoCML3cSAA/s400/image068_BaraTaki.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />There is a huge plateau at the place where barataki are situated and a good view of the valley on the west side.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip7I3RFstP4mBP9_EHr28ywoUTvHi-MPazy_zEvUmz4ScLHFcVylYyxBs1YhYyR1OtKbsV_sYFwG1yRz7Z5P7DxYNYyGRUN-vMZJs9IY1kI3fE1dKi-A0ISV1iuO9j0VTUMhfUhUAzP5Y/s1600-h/image069_LeaningDown.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166149072366351842" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip7I3RFstP4mBP9_EHr28ywoUTvHi-MPazy_zEvUmz4ScLHFcVylYyxBs1YhYyR1OtKbsV_sYFwG1yRz7Z5P7DxYNYyGRUN-vMZJs9IY1kI3fE1dKi-A0ISV1iuO9j0VTUMhfUhUAzP5Y/s400/image069_LeaningDown.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Came back up from bara taki at the samadhi.<br /><br />Jagadeeshwar Temple, Shivaji Maharaj Samadhi and Waghya's samadhi visible<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4r7tXIIEsZq1O53IwaUoRwoy3frW5ZaxBSjotPlFTFxIoLV6OOkROCkqdfEGYnS_JzXitetKwjpRKt818ucoNbLPHw3_wQ9zDz4A08ov1Vwlw1IYB-ARItfvzOfMPz7FtFvfsjfoGq78/s1600-h/image070_Shivaji_Waghya_Samadhi.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166149085251253746" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4r7tXIIEsZq1O53IwaUoRwoy3frW5ZaxBSjotPlFTFxIoLV6OOkROCkqdfEGYnS_JzXitetKwjpRKt818ucoNbLPHw3_wQ9zDz4A08ov1Vwlw1IYB-ARItfvzOfMPz7FtFvfsjfoGq78/s400/image070_Shivaji_Waghya_Samadhi.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is Shivaji's favorite dog Waghya's samadhi<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutsas18__7KkBMR2pUVDpn9IobxZYmXvKL-x5SKyGqer3aBFUQ1AHWwBQV2H7JEX_FDYZ0jFgu029lB2gFAs1atCefLmMZhwxvh0btzUY2581CrHiGOLg5IIkcEyrPx5QbsHmnXTcV2k/s1600-h/image072_WaghyaSamadhi.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166303708368877074" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutsas18__7KkBMR2pUVDpn9IobxZYmXvKL-x5SKyGqer3aBFUQ1AHWwBQV2H7JEX_FDYZ0jFgu029lB2gFAs1atCefLmMZhwxvh0btzUY2581CrHiGOLg5IIkcEyrPx5QbsHmnXTcV2k/s400/image072_WaghyaSamadhi.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Shivaji Maharaj Samadhi <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcIO13XHrURublXMDQ9BRygnALeskU_w2qe-NY_NTJsRnqhGwXYjEHSRT5TTVRD3XFyBkBoo8O29BkYTU3vVpOv_RD4JSWMvYSpXIxYeI_u6upcsvmip3sAyB8u9CaGhRbWoDi-u1-uOA/s1600-h/image074_Throne.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166303734138680882" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcIO13XHrURublXMDQ9BRygnALeskU_w2qe-NY_NTJsRnqhGwXYjEHSRT5TTVRD3XFyBkBoo8O29BkYTU3vVpOv_RD4JSWMvYSpXIxYeI_u6upcsvmip3sAyB8u9CaGhRbWoDi-u1-uOA/s400/image074_Throne.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU4NPWDbVW6jbcKnBr8DqN1OW3fg6-7_twpPpTEbDpJTM-vFG7EdHF6ljO5VxmM3vZKToCik8R-OHIfntqTs9Fej2F-Lde2cPjptn_C0cBmauU09224ynhAFEdKtdrJd1ORklJwyv-YF0/s1600-h/image071_AtSamadhi.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166149093841188354" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU4NPWDbVW6jbcKnBr8DqN1OW3fg6-7_twpPpTEbDpJTM-vFG7EdHF6ljO5VxmM3vZKToCik8R-OHIfntqTs9Fej2F-Lde2cPjptn_C0cBmauU09224ynhAFEdKtdrJd1ORklJwyv-YF0/s400/image071_AtSamadhi.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Jagadeeshwar Mandir<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMFcUcnwBXZe7A3IOgIGM3gEAsuaWVxjzy3GrwdEcjMylbo7K8-l3h6085CqcgSOsTEEf5AA3Cd20J0Pv-L01syYoXHbwe65BNbmZ7m-6tnX4hi0oHV3Akl0f1pfToMvWdWWHqyozK4sE/s1600-h/image073_RameshwarMandirDarwaja.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166303721253778978" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMFcUcnwBXZe7A3IOgIGM3gEAsuaWVxjzy3GrwdEcjMylbo7K8-l3h6085CqcgSOsTEEf5AA3Cd20J0Pv-L01syYoXHbwe65BNbmZ7m-6tnX4hi0oHV3Akl0f1pfToMvWdWWHqyozK4sE/s400/image073_RameshwarMandirDarwaja.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Just a poster photo<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsp8xDttF9M1taGLzETiu3qdOchVF1WFeYUVhXJSB7G042820C6PidJoko4hsk5HtCLAQs99n6UGHueZZYm4nwrkYJe3y9Eyg3_qjkNYpE8th-_yCziKJB5g-0YJuaA_-UH7VVPigpOpU/s1600-h/image075_BlueSky.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166303747023582786" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsp8xDttF9M1taGLzETiu3qdOchVF1WFeYUVhXJSB7G042820C6PidJoko4hsk5HtCLAQs99n6UGHueZZYm4nwrkYJe3y9Eyg3_qjkNYpE8th-_yCziKJB5g-0YJuaA_-UH7VVPigpOpU/s400/image075_BlueSky.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Dhaiti (Woodfordia fruticosa)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Oov4dqxkNINLmLSh7MtkWoF_x4O4sVc7_j6GWDyiNm0TVC-H-PrnbDeDt5RVdKh0eCcAAKkbTzHDVj-F90ZXI7ze9uDK30Keu25Gn3LXGok7MBVXMIs9seuEheeYxmsq4GA_E1hmADg/s1600-h/image076_dhaiti+Woodfordia+fruticosa.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166303755613517394" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Oov4dqxkNINLmLSh7MtkWoF_x4O4sVc7_j6GWDyiNm0TVC-H-PrnbDeDt5RVdKh0eCcAAKkbTzHDVj-F90ZXI7ze9uDK30Keu25Gn3LXGok7MBVXMIs9seuEheeYxmsq4GA_E1hmADg/s400/image076_dhaiti+Woodfordia+fruticosa.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />From samadhi we started back to the cottage.<br />We had to checkout at 9:30am.<br /><br />Some pics taken on the way back<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu98xSuEoQfjKI60AJUbyHivswsaXF5lXxQPZUylFfuJj04SD7Cslf937MJqKyN3IzjOWFLzrz7rQ89t0rbTv0ZOeqH2A8fT3qbZQeV5jsD_JA_tnqB3GJbgvFnDtW5qnXC-roeHTGmJg/s1600-h/image077.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166304816470439522" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu98xSuEoQfjKI60AJUbyHivswsaXF5lXxQPZUylFfuJj04SD7Cslf937MJqKyN3IzjOWFLzrz7rQ89t0rbTv0ZOeqH2A8fT3qbZQeV5jsD_JA_tnqB3GJbgvFnDtW5qnXC-roeHTGmJg/s400/image077.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsewTo_VgO4J0p4ZPTlnkTC3rREB4SEvZW6eNSFdgP9d_dxG378T4SRvGYXui3V8mcvVOaiVmREg2aOUB9BL1c10-xm2nFYAr7WVTSPDpX9bDVXQwIeI0aZVQX6tBUCs0mo3GQ8NJVHmM/s1600-h/image078.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166304825060374130" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsewTo_VgO4J0p4ZPTlnkTC3rREB4SEvZW6eNSFdgP9d_dxG378T4SRvGYXui3V8mcvVOaiVmREg2aOUB9BL1c10-xm2nFYAr7WVTSPDpX9bDVXQwIeI0aZVQX6tBUCs0mo3GQ8NJVHmM/s400/image078.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Pivali Abai (Reinwardtia Indica)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVLvN2oht34YqYsuuK58glsmMDRNTbnQ1Nli8IR_okpLS-DQbk4xIiwkg-i9pLyqGDxAT24Vmbg9hJuj0QqyP9ei4_PZxQXwRyRTvnHyX6mdNJuzoulg98HzYmtNwM82gGyxxjzidJQrY/s1600-h/image079_Pivali+abai+Reinwardtia+Indica.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166304842240243330" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVLvN2oht34YqYsuuK58glsmMDRNTbnQ1Nli8IR_okpLS-DQbk4xIiwkg-i9pLyqGDxAT24Vmbg9hJuj0QqyP9ei4_PZxQXwRyRTvnHyX6mdNJuzoulg98HzYmtNwM82gGyxxjzidJQrY/s400/image079_Pivali+abai+Reinwardtia+Indica.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Back at the cottage sighted this Shikra flying on the top<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ob5RMpm0PW_XzSFD_Aq3a3ldVDBSolvfKJUMLG5tdg4qOULk0-oXrL5LrPolJlScu-eByo0Zlidx2va6fR7ttmtzk2_EfH2qOEcw9xnrrzyzpYj-DIsXp-1EPijOsuOJ6Q1biWYFWGE/s1600-h/image080_Shikra.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166304846535210642" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ob5RMpm0PW_XzSFD_Aq3a3ldVDBSolvfKJUMLG5tdg4qOULk0-oXrL5LrPolJlScu-eByo0Zlidx2va6fR7ttmtzk2_EfH2qOEcw9xnrrzyzpYj-DIsXp-1EPijOsuOJ6Q1biWYFWGE/s400/image080_Shikra.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Started from the cottage at around 10am to start the climb down.<br />The plan was to have breakfast at the Deshmukh.<br />While climbing to the Deshmukh we took the palkhi darwaja route along the ganga sagar talaw.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQi4_DSpMSG0GcaPD_8y8rbiiQgMpoSkxf3HsJm_x0NhK96V8UiQbZIfZomykM5mQoiM4NoC1_4G53wg5SdY8I1g3resGioUH2Z1wtbJFfVlVktZJjRrkUWYRMFkQ-sny29M1dJnCbSk/s1600-h/image081_PalakhiDarwaja.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166304850830177954" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQi4_DSpMSG0GcaPD_8y8rbiiQgMpoSkxf3HsJm_x0NhK96V8UiQbZIfZomykM5mQoiM4NoC1_4G53wg5SdY8I1g3resGioUH2Z1wtbJFfVlVktZJjRrkUWYRMFkQ-sny29M1dJnCbSk/s400/image081_PalakhiDarwaja.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Just outside the Deshmukh saw this grey wagtail<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfe7lYxEiyr70OZiG366_6YZ4MrPXVJN7C98Bo39z5cKit1FSu4nxuz-9Z6koMu1VfOyFS5UrIlfs6h_ZFgXNA6vZwRtca5QEmQpPQrQtTl6SEQOqTLnS9CIHgQrNNyUdnGFOiTGx1Og/s1600-h/image082_GreyWagtail.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166306654716442290" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfe7lYxEiyr70OZiG366_6YZ4MrPXVJN7C98Bo39z5cKit1FSu4nxuz-9Z6koMu1VfOyFS5UrIlfs6h_ZFgXNA6vZwRtca5QEmQpPQrQtTl6SEQOqTLnS9CIHgQrNNyUdnGFOiTGx1Og/s400/image082_GreyWagtail.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Had poha for breakfast and then started for our down the fort trek.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5bd2ULobg2yAAxZE9ATBRrJd1aUGv1rjCB2LRmBYruEFVIRXj6Fq99AHblcSpCU1FZsm_Nn9IwJ2TCRsjRcl2aX-M3Q15LuIH8N3-1wsaSRgK9zM6rR3dwyPPR4hBY2vPvDGDDeLYB1Y/s1600-h/image083_BreakfastAtDeshmukh.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166306663306376898" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5bd2ULobg2yAAxZE9ATBRrJd1aUGv1rjCB2LRmBYruEFVIRXj6Fq99AHblcSpCU1FZsm_Nn9IwJ2TCRsjRcl2aX-M3Q15LuIH8N3-1wsaSRgK9zM6rR3dwyPPR4hBY2vPvDGDDeLYB1Y/s400/image083_BreakfastAtDeshmukh.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />At the top of the fort before descending we crossed the hatti talaw.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26nc4HFWLTK8mV9qqE0wZ1INppQ_3mHgTCa2rfOmV9HZGracOkf8uSSVNhYs4zXT45KRQSkrIYwaeisGAvym15caEQqA8Dk50NP1vPQTSG8e9q6w2k3W1pa9OcDx_vw7nH9YfG_VHmHk/s1600-h/image084_HatiiTalaw.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166306671896311506" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26nc4HFWLTK8mV9qqE0wZ1INppQ_3mHgTCa2rfOmV9HZGracOkf8uSSVNhYs4zXT45KRQSkrIYwaeisGAvym15caEQqA8Dk50NP1vPQTSG8e9q6w2k3W1pa9OcDx_vw7nH9YfG_VHmHk/s400/image084_HatiiTalaw.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A blue rock thrush female was perched on the tree just next to the hatti talaw<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvuBvNTFazhzmTiTIRK1KBg75BjfRn3eCu8RtCVn9IIwJIq-6xjWGkML55ISy7jmoPbW1RqEaMJ4XNGHFAYr-1ilAykNJuf3M5xkjVerlh55Q1CWHvl65P__mhzyHT_2qoApnMTlNQYw/s1600-h/image085_BlueRockThrush.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166306676191278818" style="CURSOR: 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1400-1500 steps to climb down Raigad.<br />Having steps many times makes it more strenuous on your legs than a proper trail.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxz2NpaPGNWZvVL2Xj1lWXtHPYn4ejvN9vsNC-A_nj-ukNd-w_w77sJnTt1lsJfKjcteTO_2AtGZr0eW9_jYutVLstJyefsoGvWwt4KLJ5ViMDPQJHVB_GLD3nejSHliHkXV6rrKjiVAw/s1600-h/image088_GettingDownFromRaigad.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166307900256958210" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxz2NpaPGNWZvVL2Xj1lWXtHPYn4ejvN9vsNC-A_nj-ukNd-w_w77sJnTt1lsJfKjcteTO_2AtGZr0eW9_jYutVLstJyefsoGvWwt4KLJ5ViMDPQJHVB_GLD3nejSHliHkXV6rrKjiVAw/s400/image088_GettingDownFromRaigad.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix3wQJYrOdn23VLJPGzzLstPp8ySZuUqEgCYAdnUEioVmgWU_hyuAVecdcXeTaok4Ams7KEyeQarEz-861DOJIBj1gFvFO_UvQXDn8vfTnFEsPr73hW5hlVqH6H4xIbQ4neUc_1DDTvyE/s1600-h/image087.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166307908846892818" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix3wQJYrOdn23VLJPGzzLstPp8ySZuUqEgCYAdnUEioVmgWU_hyuAVecdcXeTaok4Ams7KEyeQarEz-861DOJIBj1gFvFO_UvQXDn8vfTnFEsPr73hW5hlVqH6H4xIbQ4neUc_1DDTvyE/s400/image087.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Khoopladha buruj very near to the base of Raigad<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBP-l5tRI63ArZXc295njI0iUkJB6JNBjmZ06J2rfGiFvmn7_1F9aZTXTwnWSufcBhZG2AeG-vXFVWw5z28QhQ6s4wEZQ_PKySPJtfovtOXrKW7lwnxkzua8D8mnRQ9wlPZY53nlsPSI/s1600-h/image093_KhooLadhaBuruj.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166308815084992338" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBP-l5tRI63ArZXc295njI0iUkJB6JNBjmZ06J2rfGiFvmn7_1F9aZTXTwnWSufcBhZG2AeG-vXFVWw5z28QhQ6s4wEZQ_PKySPJtfovtOXrKW7lwnxkzua8D8mnRQ9wlPZY53nlsPSI/s400/image093_KhooLadhaBuruj.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />1km from the Village Pachad at the base of Raigad is the Samadhi of Shivaji Maharaj's mother Rajmata Jijabai<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3HIpkNN9cVuO6XTqKOIoinpQGv6dwbEIyhxJjCcTzp5syM_350ZOslrsds4L8e11vegAgW5ziUz_4qJy1M4mMaEwS-1y_CkDYxRFMPhrsD8qtkd9PShubUhiv-M0L7c5zmfCjYx1-Bf8/s1600-h/image097_Jijau.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166308823674926946" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3HIpkNN9cVuO6XTqKOIoinpQGv6dwbEIyhxJjCcTzp5syM_350ZOslrsds4L8e11vegAgW5ziUz_4qJy1M4mMaEwS-1y_CkDYxRFMPhrsD8qtkd9PShubUhiv-M0L7c5zmfCjYx1-Bf8/s400/image097_Jijau.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Some flower and bird pics while getting down<br />Gliricidia also called Undirmar. The powder of the bark of this tree is used as rat poison.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93kgmUhsbdKwVXi76gnTAW705Jmk4e07vG6O-qy7MSWkreqS-_GN2x_nf4Nxaj0McaFlTTUYzHT9P7hbT4fVEe08-nPI2XLab95HPfrjqpJZychtWK-hVQolAY6c5o1ZfBVEeIkBNG90/s1600-h/image090_Gliricidia.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166307926026762034" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93kgmUhsbdKwVXi76gnTAW705Jmk4e07vG6O-qy7MSWkreqS-_GN2x_nf4Nxaj0McaFlTTUYzHT9P7hbT4fVEe08-nPI2XLab95HPfrjqpJZychtWK-hVQolAY6c5o1ZfBVEeIkBNG90/s400/image090_Gliricidia.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Blyths Pipit<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAovpg8COdQYYE0sUdqXC6dS3XTYLcQCQaC8Y4ldd5qNiEbAgsdnarTBgQfoll1JquxDP8lmrlHhLbx4QGuS4jH9NOCGGd6dLNmgHY_6SV_T4j1-8SryO0S0LT1pL-h0hgvff__Zd44ns/s1600-h/image091_Lark.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166307930321729346" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAovpg8COdQYYE0sUdqXC6dS3XTYLcQCQaC8Y4ldd5qNiEbAgsdnarTBgQfoll1JquxDP8lmrlHhLbx4QGuS4jH9NOCGGd6dLNmgHY_6SV_T4j1-8SryO0S0LT1pL-h0hgvff__Zd44ns/s400/image091_Lark.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Pangli (Pogostemon Benghalensis)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3UQdDj3k98-mcPaCzr5x_BSvpK40zISr4MlGik0ObnoOfpLdU_JVTcwp3ZtYJzO0c8HDjL9XGCj9Mixa1SQR9fKiE8HsU3ykQmMy9HsgM7QrzQ8EG1cCmN6o5k28qR3cF5JjPwSXbzI/s1600-h/image098_pangli+Pogostemon+Benghalensis.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166308827969894258" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3UQdDj3k98-mcPaCzr5x_BSvpK40zISr4MlGik0ObnoOfpLdU_JVTcwp3ZtYJzO0c8HDjL9XGCj9Mixa1SQR9fKiE8HsU3ykQmMy9HsgM7QrzQ8EG1cCmN6o5k28qR3cF5JjPwSXbzI/s400/image098_pangli+Pogostemon+Benghalensis.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGmUxtOTEF-vHp8MB6uybM-owS9KxsLfHw5BS_kQVzn-mI5pvjoCs_9n9XSyhGFzeGoHKOUb6M3-ENvb5uUZ-ERTuyhrYIiOB09gU6GCR_t0yxnSA5U4CUZ5YijQP-CoEJhwQTbsQsIMk/s1600-h/image099pangli+Pogostemon+Benghalensis.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166308836559828866" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGmUxtOTEF-vHp8MB6uybM-owS9KxsLfHw5BS_kQVzn-mI5pvjoCs_9n9XSyhGFzeGoHKOUb6M3-ENvb5uUZ-ERTuyhrYIiOB09gU6GCR_t0yxnSA5U4CUZ5YijQP-CoEJhwQTbsQsIMk/s400/image099pangli+Pogostemon+Benghalensis.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoCd9fjihDXCGNCWNKjwaW7URB3jAyYdYsc-keFLPIgoK3VEV7RWXOliQdFiQUJocvnyZ4HaXc2mDnf9GpNMZcKceWGr_OGNn3pBtoZM6c01GpD4iODQ4CYlzrp4G6OUUD6ZbxLMBm-E/s1600-h/image100pangli+Pogostemon+Benghalensis.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166308840854796178" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoCd9fjihDXCGNCWNKjwaW7URB3jAyYdYsc-keFLPIgoK3VEV7RWXOliQdFiQUJocvnyZ4HaXc2mDnf9GpNMZcKceWGr_OGNn3pBtoZM6c01GpD4iODQ4CYlzrp4G6OUUD6ZbxLMBm-E/s400/image100pangli+Pogostemon+Benghalensis.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Complete Raigad for view from the base.<br />Both Hirkani and Takmak Tok are visible.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQOsKda0BhgvbnzZ_o_DSwQYHCzHAeWsKBjvSGQLJHwxfKw93Aroo5Ci0Ffc2_n7BfETHchEA97e7GXi4-RqnpTecQK-OHNBiPMKdz-JNpEs2qyOBOvrZXy3Ndb_xnTbzk1g5M5jO4io/s1600-h/image089_Takmak_Hirkani.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166307917436827426" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQOsKda0BhgvbnzZ_o_DSwQYHCzHAeWsKBjvSGQLJHwxfKw93Aroo5Ci0Ffc2_n7BfETHchEA97e7GXi4-RqnpTecQK-OHNBiPMKdz-JNpEs2qyOBOvrZXy3Ndb_xnTbzk1g5M5jO4io/s400/image089_Takmak_Hirkani.jpg" border="0" /></a>Alok Bhavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15027970953212943226noreply@blogger.com5