March 31, 2012

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
  •    26th 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

March 15, 2012

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

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