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Dec 17th, 2008, 15:15
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Belgium
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| Pune or Solapur I will travel from Mumbai to Raichur by train and would like to make a one day stopover in Pune or in Solapur. Can't find much travel info about Solapur. I love markets, temples and an occasional beer, ... What would be the most interesting stopover in your opinion ? | |
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Dec 17th, 2008, 23:33
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| Maha Guru Member  Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Land that shakes and bakes.
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| Solapur! Not much except for those of who love a good sakhar karkhana or Maharashtrian farmers (I do!). There is a good temple if that is your thing some distance away, Pandhrapur if my fading memory lasts. The Footprints has a short mention of it. Pune is vastly more cosmopolitan. Look for that under threads here.. | |
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Dec 17th, 2008, 23:40
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| In charge, navel affairs  Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: styx
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| Sholapur has a siddeshwar temple and a fort (best avoided, the fort at least, and even the temple) and, yes, a market. If you don't mind some travel, consider Bijapur. 2 hrs drive from Sholapur. 100km.
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Dec 17th, 2008, 23:54
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| Mahajan, Why is the fort best avoided ? | |
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Dec 18th, 2008, 00:10
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| In charge, navel affairs Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: styx
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| It wasn't much of a fort, to begin with, and what was left was falling apart. This was a couple of years ago. It may have fallen by now  | |
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Dec 18th, 2008, 00:17
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| That's a good reason to avoid it  | |
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Dec 20th, 2008, 12:06
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| Bijapur is well worth a visit.. | |
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Dec 20th, 2008, 22:24
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2006 Location: Pune, Maharashtra
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 | Siddheshwar Temple The temple in Solapur I believe is worth a visit. Have a look at it. There you could pass time feeding the fish in the surrounding pond.  | |
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