Thursday, November 15, 2018

Shirdi Motorcycle Trip


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 

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