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.
Marked on Google maps: Gondeshwar Temple & Aishwareshwar Temple.
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.
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.
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.
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 ↑
↑ This intricately carved toran or decoration is worth seeing ↑
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!
