Raireshwar and Kenjalgad Trek

Place Type: Trekking, Temple on top.
Location : Bhor Taluka, Pune District.
Distance : Approximately 85Kms from Pune.
Best Time to visit : Monsoons with waterfalls, lush green surroundings and flower beds.
Driving Directions : Check map below, this route has a TOLL.


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Drive : 

The road till bhor village is very good as its highway, after the its a single road.
Some patches of road are badly damaged. Uneven protruding bumps at the center of the road, which hit the car underneath.So better travel by 2 wheeler or by a SUV with high ground clearance
We stopped on the way, to have some snaps of sunrise and surroundings, here are few pics.

On the way : After bhor village

On the way : After bhor Village

Kenjalgad :

Kenjalgad is the guard point, from where one can keep eye on other forts.

A view of Kenjalgad from Raireshwar

Raireshwar :

Chatrapati Shivaji took the oath of swarajya in Raireshwar Temple, so it holds prominent place in Maratha history.

A view of Raireshwar from Kenjalgad

Raireshwar is very good place to visit in monsoons, with lush green surroundings.
It has very varities of flowers, which would be in full bloom in monsoons.

Trek : 

Reached Korle village(kenjalgad base), had tea, breakfast, packed some snacks and started the trek.
Korle has limited parking space, we parked our vehicle in nearby fields.

Parking space to Korle Village

Korle welcoming

Sign board towards trek

One can take road to Kenjalgad (under construction).
The road ends at a village, after that we need to trek to reach top of Kenjalgad.

Road that take to Kenjalgad in monsoons

We started trek from Korle Village.

Please don't litter there,We keep our cities so clean. The piles of filth surrounding, now slowly proliferating the countryside, are SCARY! #SayNoToPlastic.
If you carry plastics, please get them back and segregate properly.

#SayNoToPlastic

On the way to Trek : Just after start from Korle

Secret of healthy life

If you lose track, just catch an electric pole, trek path is parallel to these poles.

Flowers can be spotted on both sides on the way to top.

flowers on both side of the trek

flowers on both side of the trek

The whole trek was slippery, took lot much time to reach the top.
In some places, its hard to find the path, fully covered with green grass and flower plants.

Stircase on top of Kengajgad

From there we started towards Raireshwar, it is a staright road ~7Kms(from Kenjalgad).

Road to Raireshwar, from Kenjalgad

You can see directions on the road towards raireshwar.

Sign board

On way to Raireshwar, you can see the beautiful back waters of Nira Deoghar Dam.

Beautiful view from Raireshwar

Check the below video of beautiful view. 



After that you find a staircase to reach Raireshwar, some odd 350 steps to reach top.

Staircase to Raireshwar

Staircase to Raireshwar

Staircase to Raireshwar

On reaching top of Raireshwar, one feels like he's in heaven with flowers on whole plateu and a lake.

Flower on top, Raireshwar

Flowers on top, Raireshwar

Flowers on top, Raireshwar

Lake Gomukh on top, Raireshwar

On Raireshwar there are nearly 35 houses, wondered how these people make a living on such places.

Houses, Raireshwar

Place we stayed and had lunch

Suprised to houses there have Tata Sky, couches and all, the question that immediately popped my mind was "how did they carried all these here?"
We had our lunch at Pujari's home, the Mahrashtrian Bhakri along with Pithla and Tak never tasted so good.

Mahrashtrian Bhakri along with Pithla

The Shiv Mandir, where Shivaji Maharaj took oath.

Shiv Temple, Raireshwar

Picture depicting Shivaji Maharaj taking oath

On the way down to base village Korle from Raireshwar is a plain road with green sorroundings and nice waterfalls.

Water fall, on the way down

This dog accompanied us all the time in Raireshwar