Sahaydri Sangh Harishchandragad Trek via Nalichi vaat...

Sahaydri Sangh Harishchandragad Trek via Nalichi vaat

December month started trek to harishchandragad is almost excitement in all trekkers, as its good to visit between September to February season on this fort. Well what can I say for Harishchandragad, its 2^nd heaven, its Green carpet. So sahaydri sangh decided to climb harishchandra once again on 20^th December but from Nalich vaat route agin, on special request of Saurabh Shivalkar.

The Fort is quite acient, considered to be from the Medieval period, the great sage changdev, used to mediate on Taramati / Rohidas in 14^th Century. The Caves are also from the same period. You will not found much history about this fort, but it was captured by the Marathas in 1747 from the Moguls.

Nalichi Vaat : -

We climed all the rock patches with no difficulties. One needs more confidence and dertermination then ropes to climb these rock patches and Sahaydri Sangh all guys Sachin chavan, Vinayak galve, swapnil hande, manesh keny, vishal mhaske, vikrant more (small pack), ajit sherkar, jitu, rajesh rahatwal, saurabh shivalkar, Pratik and myself bhushan indulkar were easily crossed this rock pathches without any stress.. We were expected huge hot climate but it doesn’t happen, climate was okey.

The view from the rock top was breathtaking. Once we reached the top of this rock patch, we took a moment to admire that we have achieved, giving us sense of content. That was a moment of cherish. Well done Sahaydri Sangh.

Kokan Kada : -

Konkan Kada of Harishchandragad is a huge  cliff.  The view of the Konkan region from the top of Konkan Kada will take your breath away.  In the monsoon season, the wind currents blow up from under the cliff and if you throw flowers down, the wind blows them back up.  It’s a fascinating experience, which I had experienced when I had climbed Harishchandragad twice in year 2007(from Khireshwar via Tolar Khind) & in year 2011  (from Nalichi vaat ), both the times the view was too different than this time, we were pushing our guys hard to come before sunset view end at kokankada, Finally we managed to spend atlist 20-25 mints on kokankada, from that place we captured amazing sunset snaps n our own too J 

Kedareshwar Cave

Going rightwards of Harishchandreshwar temple, there is the huge cave of Kedareshwar , in which there is a big Shivlinga, which is totally surrounded by water. The total height from its base is five feet, and the water is waist-deep. 

Taramati Peak

Also known as Taramanchi. This is the topmost point on the fort somewhere aound (1450 meters). Leopards are seen in the forests beyond this peak. From here we can have a glimpse of the whole range of Naneghat and the forts near Murbad. From this Taramati point, we can have a glimpse of forts till Siddhagad near Bhimashankar in the south and Napta twin peaks, Ghodishep (865 meters), Ajoba (1375 meters), Kulang fort (1471 meters)in the north near the Kasara region

Temple of Harishchandreshwar

This temple is marvelous example of the fine art of carving sculptures out of stones that prevailed in ancient India. It is about 16 m high from its base. Around this temple there a few caves & ancient water tanks. The top of the temple resembles construction with the north-Indian temples. A similar temple is situated in Buddha-Gaya

Harishchandragad lies where the boundaries of Thane, Pune and Ahmednagar districts converge.

1) From Thane District: One has to board the bus for Nagar from Kalyan & alight at ‘Khubi Phata’. From there we reach the village of Khireshwar by bus or private vehicle. This village is 7 km mean almost 1 ½ hour walk from khubiphata.

2) From Pune District: There is a daily bus from Shivajinagar ST stand (Pune) to Khireswar village.

3) From Ahmednagar District: via Rajur village.

Nilesh Shinde, santosh sarak, umesh mane, Kumar khot, Vikrant more this among our group  missed this trek.

I had started this write up of trek after 6 months later from the trek but still, it felf as if I’m just  back from  the trek . 

Jay Shivray

 JAY SHIVRAY