Diwali Time
6th Nov
to 10th Nov 2018
Very few pictures
captured, at:
Taking the advantage of Deepavali holidays I left
on Naraka Chathrudasi, November 6th morning at 6.30 am. to Shirdi
(Maharashtra). It was almost 15 years since I had been there. My motorcycle trip was overdue ! This is 100th anniversary of Baba’s
death. I took a total of 4 days I did
about 2114 Kms as per the GPS. I have marked the overnight stays. My odometer says: 2118 km. The Sunset before Vijayapura on the river Krishna
was very good. The 3 Kms Korthi – Kohalar bridge was vibrating as trucks passed
by when I took the picture.
Shirdi was less
crowded because of Diwali; I was able to get in a couple of times. I was mentally reminded of Sai Baba’s
statement “Sabka Malik EkHai”. I wish
this is something we could follow instead of dividing people. On Friday 9th Nov I was in Kolhapur,
and went to see the old temple of “Mahalaksmi’, built first in the 7th century.
I avoided going
thru’ Pune due to excessive traffic and finding the route could be been tough. Came
via Temburni to a Satara & Karad.
The rural roads are tough and many times single lane. But you can see abundance of Sugarcane crop
all around. I came across “PitStop’ a pure veg restaurant, run by the local Sardarji
family of farmers. The food was
delicious and well presented at a much needed pit stop.
* = overnight halt
|
Sl.
No
|
Start
|
Arrive
|
Distance - Kms
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
Bangalore
|
Hubli
|
408
|
|
2
|
Hubli
|
Vijayapura *
|
196
|
|
3
|
Vijayapura
|
Sholapur
|
99
|
|
4
|
Solapur
|
Ahmednagar
|
231
|
|
5
|
Ahmednagar
|
Shirdi *
|
86 =
(1020)
|
|
6
|
Shirdi
|
Ahmednagar
|
86
|
|
7
|
Ahmednagar
|
Temburni
|
142
|
|
8
|
Temburni
|
Karad *
|
172
|
|
8
|
Karad
|
Kolhapur
|
75
|
|
9
|
Kolhapur
|
Hubli *
|
207
|
|
10
|
Hubli
|
Bangalore
|
412 = (1094)
|
|
|
|
|
2114
Kms. Total
|
41 Km / litre:
Mileage 220 Bajaj Avenger
