Sahaydri Sangh Off road Driving Rajmachi Trek

Sahaydri Sangh Off road Driving Rajmachi Trek

Befoe starting would like to say.. this was a completely new experience, yes and an exciting one- though by the standards of many people would be just a bumping walk over a rough road.

Schedule

•    26^th Feb 2012   Everyone will assemble  at Ghatkopar – Mankhurd link road except Vikrant and ajit sherakar at 4.20 p.m.
•      Light tea/snacks at Panvel at 6.00 To 6.20 p.m.
•     HEAD TOWARDS LONAVALA BY Old pune highway at 6.20 p.m.
•     Will readh lonavla city by 7.40 p.m.
•     Dinner at lonavala 7.45 to 8.30 p.m.
•     Way towards Rajmachi via left turn from lonavla Maharastra state transport - hdfc traning centre - gurukul highschool - tungarli lake - captian resort -     
•     Reach Udewadi base village of rajmachi in 40 mints ride.

As per Below plan we supposed to meet each other except Vikrant more and Ajit Sherkar, but Schedule plan not worked, cuz due to Vishal Mhaske not cut off at the final moment from the trek, we faced one bike short, so we was late by 2 hours from the schedule.. At the Time of 8.15 p.m. from  Panvel we l all 12 members ( Sachin Chavan, Vikrant More, Nilesh Shinde, Ajit Sherkar, Vikrant More, Santosh Sarak, Prakash Prajapati, Kumar Khot, Mangesh Keny, Bhushan Indulkar, Saurabh Shivalkar and umesh Mahind ) moved towards Lonavala via Chowk-Khopoli-Khandala.

We had our food before KHANDALA @ 10.00 p.m. then lateron we got so much traffic in 6km. ( Mumbai – Pune Expressway ) because of that we reached lonavala city around 11.45 p.m. It was truly too late for us, as we was already 3 hours late from our Schdedule plan, everyone was worried, cuz of dark night, but @lonavala we find some people saying not to use Targarli dam route, cuz its very dangerous and foresty, but we decided to go from that road only cuz we don’t want to go back 4-5 k.m. and start going by kunega ( Khandala). So we decided to go by Udewadi road via tungarli dam, road condition was too horrible, as it was dark night.. it just dent forest beside and u need to go upstairs/downstairs from ur bike… even in entire road u’ll find big stone, mud n all.. was not good for bike tires, so we decided to go back after 5 mints ride from that route, we took U-Turn and stayed in Lonavala MTDC hotel.

Second Day early morning we leave our room early around 6.30 and after having breakfast started going by khandala (kunegaon) road… after some time 15-20 mints.. we find even that road also same condition, but we all noticed yesterday night we took right decision, as after 4 hours ride, if u don’t the route, better to stay in city or somewhere and start going early morning..

After 1 ½ hours we readh base village Rajmachi, everyone was pleased to reach safely, then after 10-15 mints, we parked our all bikes and  started trek. With whole round of Manoranjan and Shrivandhan we got down around 1.00 p.m.. While going up we already given our Lunch order @village.. so at 1.30 we had good village food and after some rest we left for return journery via Rajmachi-Kunegaon-Lonavala-Mumbai.

History of Rajmachi

Rajmachi, a picturesque region consisting of two big  peaks namely Manaranjan and Shrivardhan, is a magnificent tourist destination in the state of Maharashtra, India. Rajmachi is famed for the fort and is near to the twin hill stations Khandala and Lonavala in Maharashtra. Shrivardhan is the biggest peak with a height of about 3000 feet and Manaranjan has an altitude of 2700 feet. There is a some scenery  plateau between the peaks. Rajmachi has a verdant history as the part of many rulers and invaders of the country. The fort symbolizes the political turmoil Rajmachi witnessed.

The fort in Rajmachi can be considered as two forts, one each in both the peaks. The fort is constructed to have an overview of the konkan region down. Rajmachi is renowned for trekking; one can trek from the Tungarli Lake region to Rajmachi through the breathtaking rocky natural trek routes. The ancient caves known as Kondhavi enclosed by the Rajmachi fort offer a nice view of the ancient creative architecture on rocks.

Places to visit in Rajmachi

Manranjan Fort - West part of the Rajmachi fort is Manranjan Fort. Its construction was strong so that no enemy could destroy it easily. The fort was built to have a watch on the plateau down the Manranjan hills. The fort has three entrances and also has a water tank at the top of the peak.

Shreevardhan Fort - Shreevardhan Fort, an ancient fort spotted with the history of Maratha rulers, is situated to the east region of Rajmachi town. The construction of the fort is in Martha style architecture and the imposing entrance of the Shreevardhan fort is in a semicircular shape.

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Great Experience all together on bike...there is no other experience of biking than biking on terrian like this ...Muddy Road, stoney roads, deep forest, small road,...Lush Greenery around.. . Thanks for all Sahaydri Sangh for such a adventurous – off road drive Trek to Rajmachi.. no one will forget this in entire life.

These are one of those trips that you always wish you had taken a while ago, and at the same time, not taken at all… Many a times we’ve been trekking to various destinations and most of the times earlier it was a sources S.T n all but now bikes thanks to everyone for giving support to have a Successful off ride Trek.

Jay Shivray

Sahaydri Sangh

Sahaydi Sangh Trek to Dhaak Bahiri ......thrill

ढाक बहिरीच्या नावानं....चांग भल 

एका साहशी ट्रेकची अनुभुती आणि प्रचंड निसर्गातल्या एका रौद्र देवतेचे दर्शन घेऊन "सुखरुप" परतल्याचे समाधान !
oo कपाळात येणे म्हणजे काय ? हे अनुभवायचं असेल तर एकदा तरी ढाक बहिरीला जाऊन याच !

ढाक म्हणजे महराष्ट्रातील ट्रेकर्सची पंढरी... ढाकला आपण गेला नसाल तर आपण अजून नवखे/बच्चे आहात अश्या अर्थानी लोक बघतात... ! ढाकचा ट्रेक म्हणजे महाराष्ट्रातील काही अवघड किल्ल्यांपैकी एक. कर्जत पासून पूर्वेकडे २० kms अंतरावर सांडशी गावात जावे.. कर्जत पासून गावापर्यंत गाडी मार्ग जातो. सांडशी गावातून एका दिवसात ढाकचा किल्ला व ढाक बहिरीची (भैरी/ढाकच्या भैरवाची) गुहा बघुन परत येता येते... गावातून पायवाट धरून समोर दिसणाऱ्या सुळक्याकडे चालत रहाव...जरास पुढे जाऊन पायवाट दिसेनाशी होते...व घनदाट जंगल असल्यामुळे फसव्या वाटा दिसतील...वर जाताना लेणी समोरच्या दिशेला दिसत राहिली पाहिजे...पुढे जाऊन जंगल संपते आणि समोर उभा राहतो प्रचंड मोठा काळा कातळ..तो वर चढून गेल्यावर उजव्या बाजूस कलाक्राय सुळका दिसतो... कळकराय सुळका अंगावर पडेल असे वाटते व डावीकडे दगडाच्या छातीमध्ये ढाकची जगप्रसिद्ध गुहा दिसते. गुहेत चढुन जायला थोडेसे सोप्या श्रेणीचे (पुस्तकातील सोपी. आपल्यासरख्या माणसांना तेही भितीदायक वाटते :) ) प्रस्तरारोहण करावे लागते. शेवटचे दहा फुट चढताना मात्र नक्की काळजी घेणे आवश्यक आहे.

ढाकच्या गुहेत गेलो की लक्षात येते की वर दोन गुहा आहेत. प्रथम गुहेत बहिरी देवाचा म्हणजेच भैरोबा/भैरवाचा रंग फासलेली दगद दिसतो. याच गुहेमध्ये दोन पाण्याची डटाकी आहेत. यातील पाणी पिण्यासाठी वापरता येते पण हल्ली फारच खराब झाले आहे. याच पाण्यात काही मोठी काही छोटी भांडी बुडवलेली आहेत. ही भांडी खालच्या गावातील लोक जत्रेच्या वेळेला वापरतात. आपणही भांडी वापरुन परत धुवोन ठेवली तर चालते. दुसरी गुहा ही बळीचे प्राणी पक्षी मारायला वापरतात असे वाटते. कारण दुसर्‍या गुहेत जी पाण्याची कुंडं आहेत ती पाण्याऐवजी प्राण्या-पक्ष्यांच्या केसा पिसांनी भरलेली दिसतात. येथे वासही फार घाण येतो. हे असे नेहमी असते क ते माहित नाही पण आम्ही गेलो तेव्हा तरी असे दिसले.

ढाकच्या गुहेतुन उतरायला तिन मार्ग आहेत, एक म्हणजे आलो तसे परत जाणे. दुसरे म्हणजे दोर बांधुन १००-१२० फुट रॅपलींग करुन उतरणे अथवा तिसरे म्हणजे थेट उडी मारणे :)

ढाकला जेव्हा केव्हा जाल तेव्हा काही खबरदारी घ्यायला विसरु नका.
१. येथील गुहांमध्ये चप्पल बुट चालत नाहीत.
२. ढाकच्या बहिरीच्या गुहेत स्त्रियांना परवानगी नाही.
वरील दोन्ही गोष्टी गावातले बरेच लोक असतील तेव्हाच पाळायच्या. शक्यतो अश्या ठिकाणी गावकर्‍यांच्या भावना दुखावुन चालत नाही.
३. प्रथमोपचार पेटी बाळगा.
ढाक बहिरीच्या नावानं....चांग भल ! असा आवाज द्यायला विसरू नका !

Dhak Bahiri Cave

Trek Start point

Sachin chavan

Dhak Bahiri Devi

myself Bhushan Indulkar

view from base

Fort Rajmachi view from dhaak

Sahaydri Sangh

Trek To Bhimashankar fort via Shidi Ghat

Trek to Bhimashankar fort via Shidi ghat

October heat was started now a days… All sahaydri sangh members excited about the next trek.. as decided Bhimashankar trek was already posponded for some months due to unavaibility of members due to heavy work schedule. As mangesh keny suggested we areEagerly waiting for Bhimashankar trek via shidi ghaat and desend via Ganesh ghat.

So our some members i.e. Sachin chavan, Mangesh Keny, Nilesh Shinde, Vishal Mhaske, Kumar khot, Vinayak Galve, Prakash prajapati and Bhushan Indulkar decided to go for a bhimashankar trek for 1 ½ day on bike… i.e. on Saturday afternoon. As decided we were met each other in New Mumbai, and as ausual prakash prajapati is late due to some important work.. so we decided to wait for him for 2 hours.. as he were very much busy in office work, we were aware it can be dangerous driving in night on highway panvel-chowk-karjat-kashele-khandas specially on bike at night. Cuz road were too small and one n only road for the karjat, it was so dangerous, route was also not good.

We were in panvel from 5 to 8.00 p.m.waited for our two trek members, pakya and vinya, at 8.10 p.m. in dark night we started going towards chowk. After 20 k.m. we reached chow then we took left turn theron started going towards karjat via chowk… it was a very poor road,we were 8, and having 4 bikes with us and everyone knows to ride, so that was a good thing. After half n hour drive we reached in proper karjat city.



We have good Dinner in good restaurtant.. in that time their was heavily raining.. so weard jackets n all for next journey… due to rain the climate was totally cold side by side we were enjoying the riding in night with very light rain J after some time we were in Kashele. It was 11.30 time their… no one was their to show which route is correct for khandas.. cuz their were 3 roads their.. after 5-10 mints from the help of one man we recongised / got the correct route. As SAHAYDRI SANGH decided to reached the village khandas for the night. Due to late night we decided to take a stay in primary school just before 3 km. khandas it was a very good primary school.  We don’t waste time much, and slept their till 6 am. In mrng. Second day after reaching base village khandas ( Bhimashankar via karjat) we took one guide. With the direction as he shown we started our memorable, long holding journey. ( yes long holding cuz we cancelled bhimashankar trek almost 2-3 times due to problems).

And importantly we all were excited even though it’s a tough trek ( 3-4 hours ) as it’s the sahaydris forest ranges part, and almost 3300 feet up. As its was a truly superb atmosphere in all over the trek as its the beauty of the Western Ghats in entire Shidi Ghat,

 After a small round of photo sessions with huge mountain range in background, we started our trek.. yes it was complete pilot trek. Initially we had to cross a small hillock and then the main jungle route for Shidi Ghat starts after crossing a river. River had potable chilled water which quenched our thirst and we were able to refill our bottles. we reached the first ladder out of three in just half n hour. Recently the first ladder has been changed; it has now become very easy and less risky. After crossing the ladder, a rocky edge starts. On the left side, one can see the beautiful valley and to the right side stands a wall of almost 200 feet. One has to deliberate where to place one’s foot and progress by placing the next foot by taking grip on hand within cracks made in the right side of the wall. This patch is really a thrill and we completed in very nicely without any accidents.

Just after crossing this patch, we saw the second ladder; After some more rocky patches we were finally at the base of third ladder. Here one can see a cave at right side. We rested here for 5 mins and enjoyed the views in front of us. Then we started for third ladder. This one is the longest ladder and at top again you have to be careful because it’s quite difficult there to put your foot on the ground and pull your body out of the ladder. After few mins of climbing, we reached a settlement. After 20-25 mins of hiking, we reached a junction where some rest huts are made. Here both routes of Ganesh Ghat and Shidi ghat meet together. Now on from here the final steep climbing starts. this patch is an exhausting and arduous climb. After crossing this patch we entered into forest. And the main entrance of  main temple of Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga. There were plenty of devotees and tourists at the temple. After the visit to the temple, we refreshed ourselves with a glass of Lime juice. Cant express in words it was superb visit in one of the famous Jyotirlinga of lord Shiva “ Bhimashankar “

After having the lunch we started coming down but though Ganesh ghat… but how long route it was… it took almost 3 hours to reach dhangarwadi ( Khandas ) from the ganesh ghat.. very long.. you have to be walk entire bhimashankar you can also view padargad. On 16^th oct around 5.30 we were in khandas to return mumbai, as we started our journey again on our bikes.. again heavy rain come, its was completely dangerous, hillerious moments in front of us, cuz their was sound of lighteining in all the path till karjat not only lightening but also due to heavy winds some trees were destroyed and landed on main road. But that time all the riders shows their courage/braveness as it was not easy to drive all the way for 3 hours in such heavy rains specially when we not able to seen properly on driving route.. I like to thnnks to compete this difficult task in heavy rain to all our members who participated.

Jay Shivray

SAHAYDRI SANGH

Sahaydri Sangh Maharashtra Day special Trek… Harishchandragad via Nalichi vaat 1st may 2011

Sahaydri Sangh Maharashtra Day special Trek… Harishchandragad via Nalichi vaat 1^st may 2011

SAHAYDRI SANGH Decides to have a Trek of Harishchandragad one more time, but this time as Sachin Chavan eagerly want to complete this trek though Nalichi vaat. as this plan has fixed in the month of April only, due most of our trek mates like Vinayak galve, Umesh Mane, Rajesh Rahatwal, Saurabh Shivalkar has cancelled their presence due to some important work or some other reason, now we only 6 ( Sachin Chavan, Ajit Sherkar, Santosh Sarak, Nilesh Shinde, Vishal Mhaske and Bhushan Indulkar i.e. myself ), so we are not sure about this trek… but one day Sachin chavan sent me a sms saying.. Harishchandragad parat karayacha tar hyach ( Nalichya watene ) otherwise yapudhe mi trekla yenar nahi, that sms truly works allot for us. We hv decided wherther its tought or more time taking trek.. we are going to complete this from Nalichi Vaat only. So we make a plan just before 2-3 days before trek.

As Nalichi vaat is more dangerous route to go up in rainy season but in month of May too its too tough to complete all task, cuz of heat, temperature n many more.. u’ll 1000% get thirsty after each 10 mints, so need to have more drinking water ( bottles ) with us, other than food we obviously need food, fruits without it just not possible. So we did planning as per that only.

Everyone comes late night @ my place in Dombivli on Friday i.e. 29^th april 2011, second day mrng. We wake up early morng at 4.30 a.m. we took 5.30 am. Local from Dombivli to Kalyan, From kalyan we already booked the Mini Taxi ( Jeep ) towards Tokavade village, we caught that at 6 am. Pls. note this all jeeps tooks minimum 1200/- till Tokavade Village and 1350/- till Belpada Village. We left kalyan at 6.30 by murbad way.. around 8.00 we reached base village of Kokan kada i.e.e Belpada village, roads condition are not so good for almost 1 k.m. before village.

Then as per our plan, we took a guide from the village, everyone saying it tooks atleast 8-10 hours to go to top of the Harishchandra temple.. actually in reality due to strong n heavy heat, we also worried how to complete the task in this climate, but then how we have to… and Sahaydri Sangh journery start at exact 9.15 am.. thought Nalichi Vaat, while going up we got good Karvande (taste was just awesome). We have to face difficult five rock patches which we heard from many trek mates, but we just had 10-10 mints two haults, the view of Kokan kada while going up is just OSSAM. U don’t get words for his Beauty, v all feel liked just stop their for half n hour, but we cant do so, cuz we have to reach the kokankada before sunset as per our planning, so by clicking good sceneries, rock patches, kokan kadas pics we continently going up.

In All 5 Rock patches u need to go climb up.. ( more stressed ), u need to have very good Ropes also for 2-3 levels.. Sahaydri Sangh Special thanks to Mehboob ( Malay Adventure) from we got a Good Rapelling Ropes. By the time of 12.45 in noon we reached on top of the kokankada, but later on , due to guide went down went back from that place, we faced some difficult.. instead of taking left from kokankada we took right and we lost the way in Tamaramati ( one of the highest peak of Harishchandra), later on after one hour we found one big group from pune @ kokankada, they said main temple is just half n hour from here and all sahaydri sangh members get relief. We all had a good home made food from Hotel Rohidas……Maruti Bharmal 860532515 / 9372766057, you will find bhagwan and maruti both in every weekends sat and Sundays, they can arrange food for you like rice, bhakri, kanda-tomotto-potato vegetables, kandapohe etc.

There were so many groups on top of fhe forts specially its 1^st may Maharashtra Day, every trekkers want to have a good trek, as sahaydri sangh did. Night climate was just superb, never ever forget that night at 4671 top from sea level.. We spend a night at Harishchandra temple only, wake up second day @ 5.30 am. Early monrg. Had some good breakfast at same place from maruti.. after that we started coming down though Khireshwar ( tolar khind ) way, after 4 hours we were at Khubi phata. Took private vehicle took us to back to mumbai. Sahaydri sangh had did many trek but this trek is so special as its Maharashtra Din Special Trek, well supported by all my trek mates.

Some information about Harishchandragad

Harishchandragad is king of fort treks. It is called pilgrimage of trekkers. This is 3000 years old fort – one of the oldest forts of Maharashtra. It has history of Puraanas and Pandavas. The fort is really vast and you really get astonished to see the huge plateau on the top having several hills. Trekking@sahyadri reaches its milestone when you reach Konkan kadaa of Harishchandragad. Harishchandragad hosts many attractions that really astonish us. This trek offers you everything – forest trekking, rock patches, long walks, second highest peak of Maharashtra, amazing natural variations, huge creations of volcano, ancient glory of Hindu carvings and the peak of all – Konkan kadaa.

The trek is in 4 steps.

1. Reach Kheereshwar from Bus stop– 1 hour walk on the wall of Dam
2. Climb up to Tolar Khind – 1 and ½ hour climb through Harishchandragad Kalsubai forest sanctuary.
3. Climb the 600 feet rock patch to reach the top of the fort Harishchandragad – 45 minutes climb on the rock patch. This is also one of the attraction for trekkers. The rock patch has railings at some places and some of them are broken. You can see deep valley of dense forest below.
4. Walk on the fort to find the Harishchandreshwar temple – 1 and ½ hour

There are other routes to the fort -

1. Way by Tolar Khind which is most common path from Kheereshwar. The description as mentioned above. You have to cross seven hills on the fort to reach this temple. Way on the sixth hill passes through dense forest. Seventh hill has a small ghumti (small temple) and a water tank. You can see Harishchandreshwar temple from here in the valley of seventh hill. The arrow marks are present
2. Way from Zunzar Darwaja or Rajdarwaja... takes you to the base of Balekilla. This way is frequently used by local people and you can take a guide from Kheereshwar. this route takes less time as compared to way by Tolar khind.
3. Nalichi vaat.. via Konkan kadaa is tough and takes about minimum 6 hours or maximum 1 day too :)
   
4. Way from Sadhale Ghat – There is also a way from Sadhale Ghat ...that takes you near Konkan kadaa.

You can see Harishchandreshwar Mandir, pushkarani, ganesh ruhaa, bale killa, tamaramati , rohitdas mountains, kokankada, kedareshwar guhaa. Amongs all these kokankada and taramati are such a beautiful to visit. Taramati mountain is second highest peak in Maharashtra. Kalsubai – the highest peak – can be seen from here. This whole range of Sahyadri is exceptionally high. the igneous rock generated in thousands of years old volcano were suddenly cooled by rains to form really steep rock patches everywhere. Taramai mountain gives clear view of Malshej Ghat, Kheereshwar, Hadsar fort, Naneghat, Kalsubai mountain, etc. Taramati Shikhar has many Shiv-ling and go-mukh on its way.

One imp note to all Trekers : - Nalichi Vaat is really tough due to big and difficutly rocks, but if you have good stamina, strong will power you can easily be on the top in just 3 hours and within 4 ½ hours in Temple. Nothing is impossible.

Sahaydri Sangh

!!! Jay Shivray !!!

Beautiful Kokankada View

Sahaydri Sangh Ratangad Fort Trek

SAHAYDRI SANGH RATANGAD TREK ***A JEWEL OF SAHYARI***

Ratangad is a perfect destination for those who like adventure travel. This is a fort about more than 400 years old, located in Ratan Wadi, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India. This fort lies in the Ajoba mountain range which is surrounded by mountains of Alang, Kalsubai,Kulang, Katarabai etc. Ratangad fort is around 4500 ft above sea level and and has a natural rock with cavity, which is known as ‘eye of the needle’,in the peak of the fort. It is simply amazing to watch the entire region from the peak. The fort as its name indicates, is really a A JEWEL AMONG ALL HILL FORTS IN SAHYADRI.

The fort is located on the banks of Bhandardara lake in Ahmednagar. The journey through the fresh water lake with the great hills on the sides is actually a visual treat. It will take around 2-3 hours to reach the top from the base. The climb to the fort is not so steep, and merely before the final climb there are two steel ladders and some rock steps before reaching the door of the fort. There is a chance of losing the way at this point and better to hire local guides to show the route. From here route right leads to the fort where the route left leads to Rani Mahal. The rock steps are slippery and dangerous and should take care in this point. This oldest contrived catchment area with its beautiful locale of Bhandardara is really amazing. An ancient temple about 1000 years old is located at the base of this fort. This well preserved temple of Lord Shiva at Amurteshwar is really an apotheosis of architectural skill of ancient civilisation.

Sahaydri Sangh Members ( Sachin Chavan, Nilesh Shinde, Umesh Mane, Bhushan Indulkar, Vinayak Galve, Vishal Mhaske, Ajit Sherkar, Prakash Prajapati, Santosh Sarak, Rajesh Rahatwal ) decided to trek the same fort on 21^st August 2010 by catching Guwahati Express from Tilak Terminus ( Kurla ) in mrong 8.00 Am. Till Kasara. From kasara we need to arrange ( Tracks ) to Village Shendi. This time with sahaydri sangh one more group came for the same trek, Saurabh Shivalkar, Ajinkya, Mangesh n all.. They are 6 of them. So it means we all are 14. We catched Guwahati express in mrng. 8, reached Igatpuri around 10.15. From Igatpuri a we took share autos till Shendi, from shendi we traveled to Ratanwadi Village from Shendi Via Launch of Bhandardara Dam.. We had food in Shendi village. After that around 1.30 p.m. we start walk towards Bhandardara.

It was so awesome view in Bhandardara Dam. U need more than Half n hour to crossed it. As we crossed the Big Dam and reached Ratanwadi Village, Rain Started slowly, what was climate it wassss ……Just Superbbbbb. We happily start our trek with the help of one guide, You must have guide with you, Cuz starting pathches are difficult and many route are their, you cant judge which one is right one. So Better to have a Guide with us.

We start our trek at around 2.45 and reached the top around 4.30. Their were no other group on the Fort, its feel good for us, Cuz there is only two caves on the fort to spend a Night. And we were 14-15 over all. After reached the top of caves we found one Pauranik Ganesh Mandir in Inside the Cave. Due the Fogs climate was just awesome, we saw Buruj also on top. There is facility of a good and cold water on top of the fort.

While having dinner at atoung 7.30 – 8.00 p.m. we listened Shivaji Maharajas wonderful songs on mobile with a large volume.. It was so cold on the top. So we think, its better to finished food quickly and go to sleep asap. And We did same. We slept around 10.00.

Second day morning we all wake up around 5.30 a.m. cuz we need to reached Base village before 8.30 to catch the Boat for 8.40. So around 6.45 in morning we start coming down for the top. While coming down, the Rockpath is the toughest patch. You all must need good shoes to passed it.

Sahaydri Sangh reached Ratanwadi village, when we had nice darshan of Lord Shiva Temple ( Amruteshwar ), this temple is haddapakalin sankriti. You will find some signs also. It shows how old it is. We catch our Speed Boad at around 9.00 and then way to Mumbai Again from Igatpuri to kasara ST.

Amruteshwar Temple

Sahaydri Sangh