Shivneri – One of the most prominent forts of Shivaji era. This is the place where Shivaji Maharaj was born and got his name from “Shivai” temple situated on the fort. Mona (Anki’ Sis) and Aniket (My Bro) both had vacations so they came to our place. We enjoyed Ganesh Chaturdashi procession on Laxmi Road, sound of dhol tasha makes you mad. It’s just amazing when 50-60 dhols rock in sync, your legs automatically start shaking. Later we decided to go on some one day outing, the only place that came to my mind was Shivneri.
Shivneri is approximately 100 Kms from Pune near Narayangaon on Nashik road. As we don’t want to go by public transport we decided to go by my bike and Anki’s scooty. We left in the morning around 8 Am, after 15-20 mins of driving we stopped at hotel in Bhosari. Had breakfast and got some snacks for the journey and then we moved ahead. Nashik road is quite nice road for Drive and Anki was in full excitement as she go to drive this much. Remembered the days when we were in our school, Anki and Mona use to come in summer @ vidisha to visit her maternal grand mother. We four use to go for a walk daily in eve till nearby Hanuman Temple.
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We reached Narayangaon, had stopped for a while and left nashik road to move towards Junnar. Shivneri Fort is hardly 10 Kms from Junnar. We reached base of fort by 12 Noon. Parked our vehicles, and started our trek. Actually its a easy walk till the top as there is proper way, this fort is preserved well. There are lots of gardens on the fort, first of all we visited the Shivai Temple situated at the fort. You can view Lenyadri Hill from here, Lenyadri is one of the Ashtavinayak Shrine. We reached the top where birth place of Shivaji Maharaj, its small stone structure having two floors. It felt great to visit the Place.
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We stayed at the top for a while, enjoyed the scenic from the top. After some time we were on foots for our return journey. Had Nimbu-Soda on our way back and reached parking. Return journey was also smooth, faced bit of traffic near chikhali. Reached Pune at around 10 Pm, quite a nice experience!!!
-Jyotin
We reached Narayangaon, had stopped for a while and left nashik road to move towards Junnar. Shivneri Fort is hardly 10 Kms from Junnar. We reached base of fort by 12 Noon. Parked our vehicles, and started our trek. Actually its a easy walk till the top as there is proper way, this fort is preserved well. There are lots of gardens on the fort, first of all we visited the Shivai Temple situated at the fort. You can view Lenyadri Hill from here, Lenyadri is one of the Ashtavinayak Shrine. We reached the top where birth place of Shivaji Maharaj, its small stone structure having two floors. It felt great to visit the Place.
We stayed at the top for a while, enjoyed the scenic from the top. After some time we were on foots for our return journey. Had Nimbu-Soda on our way back and reached parking. Return journey was also smooth, faced bit of traffic near chikhali. Reached Pune at around 10 Pm, quite a nice experience!!!
-Jyotin
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