what is wrong with maharastra?

jivan · Feb 22nd, 2006, 02:56

I liked u'r album sirensongs as well as the osho for a day photo-op. As somebody who had been in its earlier avataar of an ashram still managed to pull some heart-strings. Recognized few of the people & didn't know we were connected in so many ways. Go with the flow

Dr Funkenstein · Feb 22nd, 2006, 03:55

Maharashtra's got one of the best beaches I've ever seen in my life. And not another soul to be seen on it!

But I didn't tell you that, like ...

jivan · Feb 22nd, 2006, 04:41

virgin beaches been there & enjoyed them quite a bit but would take the hills anyday. The real beauty is tht there is more than enough diversity in hills/beaches/plains so one can pick & choose what one wants/likes.

sadhuji · Feb 22nd, 2006, 08:40

those interested in seeing what maharastra has to offer can follow these links -

Torna (Maharashtra) trek pictures

http://amitkulkarni.info/pics/torna-trek/?torid=im

the photos are fantastic.

himadventures · Apr 3rd, 2006, 23:00

I go wit SHIMLA in expressing why it is not THAT MUCH famous on domestic destinations list.
Besides many many oppertunites in exploration,trekking,camping,w ildlife sanctuaries,art and stone work,tribal villages,monsoon tourism...and lot of other sections...

GOA & KERALA has dominated the scene. But I am sure someday TIDE will TURN.

Shiver me Timbers · Apr 3rd, 2006, 23:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by cyberhippie

And Malvan is a gem!

Oops!!! Did that slip out

Now you've spilled the beans CH, can I post my pictures

jivan · Apr 4th, 2006, 13:55

the more the better connor

indira · Apr 4th, 2006, 14:18

[quote=cloudchaser]Kolhapur - ummm been ages since I went there. My family roots are from near Kolhapur but its been ages since I last went as a child. From what I recollect Kolhapur was just the standard mid-sized Indian town - all the best parts and un was in the villages around it.

Maybe next year ... hmmmm.

I did go to school in kolhapur, St xaviers, then Holy cross....do you rememeber the palace...i stayed close to st xaviers......dont forget the zunka-bhakar...ambabai temple....and and and..

cyberhippie · Apr 4th, 2006, 14:24

Well seeing as it made the LP this year there seems little point in trying to keep it secret.
So gimme the photos!!

navinkurian2002 · Apr 5th, 2006, 10:47

hehe

maninair · Dec 29th, 2008, 11:20

I am from Mumbai. There are lots of interesting places to see in Maharashtra. Our tourism department is sleeping and not interested to tap the vast tourism potential in the State. Let us learn from Kerala and Goa, see how they are utilising their minor resources to attact tourists from India and abroad.

alouise · Jun 13th, 2009, 19:59

An old thread, but I'd like to add something that may interest travellers who are interested in off-beat trips full of history. Maharastra is the place for this. Almost 2000 years ago there was an important inland trade route connecting coastal ports of Nalosopara (north Mumbai) and Bharygaza (Baruch)with many gem and textiles centres inland as far as Ter (ancient Tagara) which is 16 km NNE of Osmanabad. These centres were thriving being part of a busy trade network linked to maritime trade with the Roman empire via Berenice (Egypt).

The visible remnants of this trade network are dotted throughout Maharastra and better known as Buddhist cave temples. Although Buddhism prohibited monks from touching money, there is ample evidence from literary and archaeological sources that the cave monasteries thrived with this trade, being constructed close to market cities (eg. Nasik)and financed by donations which included those of craft guilds and foreign merchants. It has been proposed as well that the monasteries provided secure lodgings for traveling merchants and quasi "banks" in this inland trade. There are so many of these Buddhist cave monasteries in Maharastra worth visiting, interesting too if one wants to trace the ancient trade routes as they are dotted along them, in numerous cases at a day or two walking distance apart.

Starting from Nalosopara -Mumbai, one reaches Kanheri then up to the Deccan through the Naneghat Pass (caves there too)to Junnar caves or north to Nasik and then onto Aurangabad ( Aurangabad caves, Ellora, Pitalkhora, Ajanta) although this last set of caves also lie on the trade route south from Bharuch. Then there's the more southerly Mumbai route going through Lonavala, marked out by the Bhaja, Karla and Bedsa caves. There are many more caves, these are just the main ones which have been restored by ASI. Closer to Osmanabad there are the Dharasiv caves, some thought by Burgess to be older than Ajanta and which I am yet to visit.

An amazing trip, something for dreaming about, would be to travel the ancient inland trade routes through Maharastra, stopping at all of the caves along the way to Paithan and Ter, then crossing the Andhra Pradesh border into the later Satavahanna territory and the Buddhist caves and sites across to the East coast.

There's lots to see in Maharastra!

Feb 22nd, 2006, 03:55	#32
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Feb 22nd, 2006, 08:40	#34
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Feb 22nd, 2006, 02:56	#31
jivan Maha Guru Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pune, India Posts: 862	I liked u'r album sirensongs as well as the osho for a day photo-op. As somebody who had been in its earlier avataar of an ashram still managed to pull some heart-strings. Recognized few of the people & didn't know we were connected in so many ways. Go with the flow

Feb 22nd, 2006, 04:41	#33
jivan Maha Guru Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pune, India Posts: 862	virgin beaches been there & enjoyed them quite a bit but would take the hills anyday. The real beauty is tht there is more than enough diversity in hills/beaches/plains so one can pick & choose what one wants/likes.

Apr 3rd, 2006, 23:00	#35
himadventures Maha Guru Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: India Posts: 1,069	I go wit SHIMLA in expressing why it is not THAT MUCH famous on domestic destinations list. Besides many many oppertunites in exploration,trekking,camping,w ildlife sanctuaries,art and stone work,tribal villages,monsoon tourism...and lot of other sections... GOA & KERALA has dominated the scene. But I am sure someday TIDE will TURN.

Apr 4th, 2006, 13:55	#37
jivan Maha Guru Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pune, India Posts: 862	the more the better connor

Apr 4th, 2006, 14:18	#38
indira Account Closed Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Austria Posts: 184	[quote=cloudchaser]Kolhapur - ummm been ages since I went there. My family roots are from near Kolhapur but its been ages since I last went as a child. From what I recollect Kolhapur was just the standard mid-sized Indian town - all the best parts and un was in the villages around it. Maybe next year ... hmmmm. I did go to school in kolhapur, St xaviers, then Holy cross....do you rememeber the palace...i stayed close to st xaviers......dont forget the zunka-bhakar...ambabai temple....and and and..

Apr 4th, 2006, 14:24	#39
cyberhippie Account Closed by User's Request Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 6,009	Well seeing as it made the LP this year there seems little point in trying to keep it secret. So gimme the photos!!

Apr 5th, 2006, 10:47	#40
navinkurian2002 Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mumbai,India Posts: 863	hehe

Dec 29th, 2008, 11:20	#41
maninair Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Dombivli(East) Posts: 49	I am from Mumbai. There are lots of interesting places to see in Maharashtra. Our tourism department is sleeping and not interested to tap the vast tourism potential in the State. Let us learn from Kerala and Goa, see how they are utilising their minor resources to attact tourists from India and abroad.

Jun 13th, 2009, 19:59	#42
alouise Maha Guru Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: sydney Posts: 812	An old thread, but I'd like to add something that may interest travellers who are interested in off-beat trips full of history. Maharastra is the place for this. Almost 2000 years ago there was an important inland trade route connecting coastal ports of Nalosopara (north Mumbai) and Bharygaza (Baruch)with many gem and textiles centres inland as far as Ter (ancient Tagara) which is 16 km NNE of Osmanabad. These centres were thriving being part of a busy trade network linked to maritime trade with the Roman empire via Berenice (Egypt). The visible remnants of this trade network are dotted throughout Maharastra and better known as Buddhist cave temples. Although Buddhism prohibited monks from touching money, there is ample evidence from literary and archaeological sources that the cave monasteries thrived with this trade, being constructed close to market cities (eg. Nasik)and financed by donations which included those of craft guilds and foreign merchants. It has been proposed as well that the monasteries provided secure lodgings for traveling merchants and quasi "banks" in this inland trade. There are so many of these Buddhist cave monasteries in Maharastra worth visiting, interesting too if one wants to trace the ancient trade routes as they are dotted along them, in numerous cases at a day or two walking distance apart. Starting from Nalosopara -Mumbai, one reaches Kanheri then up to the Deccan through the Naneghat Pass (caves there too)to Junnar caves or north to Nasik and then onto Aurangabad ( Aurangabad caves, Ellora, Pitalkhora, Ajanta) although this last set of caves also lie on the trade route south from Bharuch. Then there's the more southerly Mumbai route going through Lonavala, marked out by the Bhaja, Karla and Bedsa caves. There are many more caves, these are just the main ones which have been restored by ASI. Closer to Osmanabad there are the Dharasiv caves, some thought by Burgess to be older than Ajanta and which I am yet to visit. An amazing trip, something for dreaming about, would be to travel the ancient inland trade routes through Maharastra, stopping at all of the caves along the way to Paithan and Ter, then crossing the Andhra Pradesh border into the later Satavahanna territory and the Buddhist caves and sites across to the East coast. There's lots to see in Maharastra!