1-day Sunday WanderLust of 2 Ancient Indian Temples
Gondeshwar & Aishwareshwar प्राचीन मंदिरे in Sinnar, near Nasik on 21st January 2018, Sunday - A TTMM trip.
The blog post is divided as:
1) How to go? 2) Time line. 3) Photos (some of them reminding you of the world famous Khajuraho carvings). 4) Expenses.
How to Go?
Marked on Google maps: Gondeshwar Temple & Aishwareshwar Temple.
Our route:
Home > rickshaw to station > train to Dadar > train to Kasara > shared jeep to Ghoti bus depot > walk to Ghoti junction > shared jeep to Sinnar bus depot > rickshaw to Gondeshwar > walk to Aishwareshwar > walk to Sinnar bus depot > shared jeep to Nasik > Tapovan train express to Dadar > train to home station > rickshaw to home.
Time line:
09:30 reach Kasara railway station. 09:40 shared jeep to Ghoti. 10:20 reach Ghoti bus depot. 11:10 shared jeep started from Ghoti junction. 12:40 reach Sinnar bus depot. 12:45 rickshaw to Gondeshwar temple. 12.52 reach Gondeshwar temple.
Lunch break and local market stroll.
16:10 leave Aishwareshwar temple 16:35 Jeep to Nasik from Sinnar bus depot. 17:30 reach Nasik railway station. 18:40 take Tapovan train from Nasik. 23:45 reach home.
PHOTOS:
Gondeshwar Temple:
The temple complex houses 5 temples. One in the centre of Lord Shiva and the 4 around it of Lord Ganesh, Goddess Parvati, the Sun God and Lord Vishnu.
↑ First sight ↓
Now let us zoom in to see the intricate details of the carvings here!
↑ There is legend here that, the trunks of these elephants carried jewels and the robbers therefore mutilated them to loot the precious stones. Not a single elephant in these row of carvings have trunks. ↑
↑ Some of these carvings will remind you of the carvings at world famous Khajuraho temples in Madhya Pradesh, India ↑
Aishwareshwar Temple:
↑ This intricately carved toran or decoration is worth seeing ↑
Sinnar:
↑ Sinnar ST Bus Depot ↓
Expenses:
25/- rick from home to railway station. 35/- ticket to Kasara. 40/- shared jeep seat from Kasara to Ghoti. 15/- sugarcane juice. 50/- shared jeep from Ghoti to Sinnar. 20/- shared rick from Sinnar to Gondeshwar. 90/- lunch. 30/- shared jeep from Sinnar to Nasik. 90/- train from Nasik to home. 120/- Kondaji half kg chivda. 10/- tea 30/- rickshaw to home.
Total = Rs. 555/- per head (when expenses were shared equally in group of 3 friends).
See you next weekend and till then you can browse through my friend’s blog post on these 2 temples!