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pjbiju · 12th December 2007, 16:08

@Techno. I had travelled to Shirdi on 11-Nov-07. I travelled from Pune (Aundh) via Chakan-Narayangaon-Ale Phata-Sangamner-Loni-Babaleshwar-Rahata-Shirdi. The total distance was 192.6 km from my home. I had started at 5:47 a.m. from my home and reached Shirdi at 9:46 a.m. So it took me 3 hours 59 minutes including a break of 41 minutes for breakfast. You have 4 lane roads till around chakan. Beyond that it is 2-lane highway. The roads were good throughout except for a small stretch between Loni and Babaleshwar which had a patched up surface but no potholes. There was hardly any traffic till I reached Babaleshwar (at this point you join the Ahmadnagar-Shirdi road). You have to pay toll at two places. There were also a couple of unmarked small speed breakers on the Nashik highway

While coming back along the same route, it took us 5 hours and 7 minutes including a break of 51 minutes for lunch. Plenty of trucks and two-wheelers on the road. I think the Nashik route may be better than the Ahmadnagar route.

It took us almost 4.5 hours to have darshan on that day. The queue was stretching for nearly a km on the roads outside the temple.

12th December 2007, 16:08	#12 (permalink)
pjbiju BHPian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Karamattom, Aluva, Kotagiri, Yercaud, Hospet, Indore, Nashik, Pune (now) Posts: 338	@Techno. I had travelled to Shirdi on 11-Nov-07. I travelled from Pune (Aundh) via Chakan-Narayangaon-Ale Phata-Sangamner-Loni-Babaleshwar-Rahata-Shirdi. The total distance was 192.6 km from my home. I had started at 5:47 a.m. from my home and reached Shirdi at 9:46 a.m. So it took me 3 hours 59 minutes including a break of 41 minutes for breakfast. You have 4 lane roads till around chakan. Beyond that it is 2-lane highway. The roads were good throughout except for a small stretch between Loni and Babaleshwar which had a patched up surface but no potholes. There was hardly any traffic till I reached Babaleshwar (at this point you join the Ahmadnagar-Shirdi road). You have to pay toll at two places. There were also a couple of unmarked small speed breakers on the Nashik highway While coming back along the same route, it took us 5 hours and 7 minutes including a break of 51 minutes for lunch. Plenty of trucks and two-wheelers on the road. I think the Nashik route may be better than the Ahmadnagar route. It took us almost 4.5 hours to have darshan on that day. The queue was stretching for nearly a km on the roads outside the temple. Last edited by pjbiju : 12th December 2007 at 16:09.