Baleshwar -Payardara- Pemgiri - Kothale Bhairavgad

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 As a preparation for our himalayan trek in september Dhamdhere kaka wanted to plan treks which will prepare us for those long walks in the himalayan regions , this trek was the first of those many to come. Here is the photo blog of the same.
Baleshwar temple resembling ramsey's movie setups at night , baeleshwar is a temple on hill top about 20 kms from sangamner towards nashik 

We had motths and insects for the company in the temple

Waghoba - a village god resembling tiger , on the way to pemgiri from baleshwar

the cave 

Huge yeloshi waterfall today is without a drop of water , monsoons here have not made even  a guest appearance in this part 

on way to pemgiri from yeloshi

Descending the payardara - Payar means step in marathi , payardara has manmade steps to facilitate the movement

manmade payardara

ladder on the pemgiri fort , while ascending we took the route from the front of the fort , this one at the back has metal ladders 

17th century step well remains neglected by both villagers and government 
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pemgiri fort from pemgiri village
huge banyan treek so big that its branches cover area of over an acre

ladder on bhairavgad


bhairav temple
bhairavgad

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