[ampere]

The station seems highly unused why? I thought quite some trains go through.
Or its just the retro feel?

[pramod]

B/W snaps of ur daughter are super. Show her those after a few years. She will enjoy them for sure

[neoonwheels]

Originally Posted by MX6

And this takes the cake. Two wheelers are ok, but in the opposite direction? Here comes a couple of guys, very nonchalantly on the wrong side in a e-way where people do anything in excess of 100. Part of a lane is blocked with stopped cars and a bike. Another scooter is parked and the owners no where to be seen. Perfect recipe for disaster. Guess the benz caught fire due to heart burn of the driver seeing such scenes on an E-Way.
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Let me tell you the incident and you will forgive these 2 wheeler guys. If you have been to Mahabaleshwar (Which you must be hundreds of times), while coming towards Pune, theres a one way tunnel (The other way goes through ghat towards Maha.), when I was about to enter this tunnel at 100, on the right most lane, what I could see was a biker (Local guy) coming out of the tunnel with headlight on. Can you beat this? If I would have been 30 sec before, I would have collided this bas***.

[ASHISHPALLOD]

As earlier mentioned, yesterday, tukaram dindi stayed at 12mati on the way to pandharpur.

Dindi entered in the city at 6pm and moved toward Indapur today at 7am.

Tukaram dindi.




I got opportunity to walk with the dindi for 5 km before 12mati with six other rajababues.

Me holding the kasara[ string to control the bulls].



Rare opportunity for such pic of me,
Me in between the bulls of the cart/chariot carrying saint Tukaram palkhi.



The palkhi kept in chariot.



The footprints of saint Tukaram in the palkhi.


The tutari[ don't know the english name]



The flag



The vinekari with the man holding the symbol.



The Garuda on the chariot



The innocent varkaries.





Great social activist Shri Anna Hazare in the chariot.[Extreme right]



Shri Anna Hazare giving pose for this pic requested by me.



It was like festival in my city.



People dancing and playing with joy.




Next year, i may be in the form of varkari for full one day.[ thats the capacity and time can be given by me].

[MX6]

Excellent. Nice to see Anna Hazare saab there! Thanks for the addition AP.

[Autocop]

ASHISH, You are very lucky to get opportunity to take glimpe and becoming part of Tukaram Palkhi and Dindi. Must have been a really thrilling, exciting experience.

Thanks for sharing the snaps and giving us the Glimpse of Dindi and Palkhi!

[SDP]

@Ashish,
Thanks for sharing the Dindi pics. They are beautiful.

PS:
1. You are really tall!!
2. You mention 'Rajababu' many times. What does it mean?

[ASHISHPALLOD]

Originally Posted by SDP

1. You are really tall!!
2. You mention 'Rajababu' many times. What does it mean?

1] Not more than 6 feet.

2] For the term Rajababu, please ref my travelstory of Malaysia and Singapore.

[StarVegabond]

Aashish bhau, Tumhala khoop khoop dhanyavad,

Pudhya varshi tumhi varkari honar tar ?
Mala lahanpane punhya aastana te ichha hoti, pan kadhi zamla nahi

For the benefit of others, translating in english

Brother Ashish,

many many thanks for sharing this
next year you will be joining the varkari group who travel to pandharpur ?
i wanted to become a varkari when i was younger and was residing in pune, but never managed.

[hotstuff]

I keep bookmarking the Tlogs I need to read and try to catch up during breaks and after classes... caught up with your blog. Done!

My most fav snap : http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/attach...parenthood.jpg

BTW, some scenes of Raavan were shot somewhere around this area ?

[MX6]

The Raavan climax was shot in Malsejh. They made 3 bridges for that fight sequence on the bridge.

[SDP]

Originally Posted by MX6

The Raavan climax was shot in Malsejh. They made 3 bridges for that fight sequence on the bridge.

@MX6, Bridges on the bridge? Not sure I understand.

Also, when is the next travelogue premiering?

[SDP]

Everyone seems too busy exploring the actual "Magnificent Maharashtra" that there is no time for sharing the experiences.

[MX6]

@SDP. That's a typo. it's three bridges on the location in Malsejh. And yes, we were busy with the Mumbai Pune megameet at Lonavala. And this weekend I'm travelling again. And there's work too. This log will roll shortly.

[schitre05]

sorry for hacking your thread MX6 but couldnt resist
uploading few of the pics from my side

This one was taken when we were going to malshej in September 09


picture of malshej


this was at the mtdc parking lot at malshej


This one is from the top of Lenyadri (ashtavinayak ganpati) december 2009


Another view from lenyadri these pics taken at around 7am from the top. Very busy period this is. one should avoid going to ashtavinayak during this holiday season.


random pics of Mahableshwar feb2010





These ones taken at a strawberry farms near venna lake, Mahableshwar
amazing fresh produce...