While coming back from Panchgani, we stopped at Venna Lake for some boating. It has changed its face since we visited it last time three years back.
The Venna Lake is a great attraction to everybody with its dazzling sight, boating, fishing, newly came up dam and stalls for games and eatables. It is within walking distance from Town Mahabaleshwar.
It also supplies drinking water to the town. Venna Lake has an area of 28 Acres and average depth of the 10 ft.

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The first points we saw were Panchaganga Mandir and Shri Shankar Mandir.
Panchaganga Mandir

As per the Hindu mythology five holy rivers Krishna, Venna, Koyna, Savitri & Gayatri show their token appearance here in five springs flowing closely. They are seen flowing in five stone conduits & joining in one horizontal half channel leading to the Goumukhi (cow face) spout. Through the Goumukhi it falls in the cistern below.

Shri Shankar Mandir
The Mahalinga of the lord Shiva is of Rudraksha shape & believed to be ’self-bodied’ (swayambhoo). This Mahalinga is considered to …

Last weekend of July, people around me were planning a visit to Mahabaleshwar and Panchgani, small hill stations amidst the heights of the Sahyadris mountains, about 120 km south of Pune. Fortunately I was able to plan my time so that I can travel with them. Though I had been to both these places three years back during summer, I wanted to see how different it looks in monsoon. The photos in my last post are from the same trip.

Situated at a height of 1372 m, Mahabaleshwar is one …

Can you guess where I had been to recently ? No, the place in first photo is not as scary as to make a horror story. Till the time I am ready with the post, keep guessing.

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