Trip to Shirdi

Hello readers, I had been to shirdi last 2 days i.e. on 26th Jan at 8.30 Pm and came back on 28th Jan 12 am in night. The trip very exciting than i expected it to be. Unfortunately we dint had camera so no pictures with me, also cameras and mobiles were strictly not allowed in the temples.

Our journey started from thane, we went first to vandana bus stand where we came to know that we have to go to Khopat bus stand for Nashik and shirdi buses. This bus stand was walkable from Vandana bus stand. We reached Khopat and bus to shirdi was there standing for us. The ticket fare to shirdi is 210 Rs this is just for readers knowledge. We reached shirdi at 3:15 am and we had left thane at 9 Pm. Then as usual agents arrived at the bus and we fixed with one and he provide us with a room to fresh ourselves and take bath. He took only Rs 20 for this per person. Then we came to that agents shop where he provided us free lockers to keep our belongings including mobiles as they are not allowed inside the temple. We bought flowers, prasad etc. from the same shop. Then at 4:30 we reached temple wher Kakad Aarti had just started, it was very good and was satisfactory that we reached on time. After standing in the queue for 3 hours at 7:30 we got Sai Darshan. Then inside the temple there is museum, Samadhis of different people.

After having breakfast in shirdi we took a bus to Nashik from the bus stand which is very near to the temple. Nashik is 90 Km( 66 Rs) from Shirdi, we left shirdi at 9am and reached Nashik (CBS) at 11 am. From CBS we took a bus to Trimbakeshwar which is 30 KM(20 Rs) from CBS. In this temple also no bags, mobiles, cameras are allowed. Locker at very chea rate of Rs 5 available near the temple where you can keep your luggage. When we went inside the temple huge queue was awaiting for us. Bhadjis asked 100 Rs per person, but we thought its not the right way and joined the queue. After 3 hours we finally got the Shiv Ling darshan. It was great feeling after we got darshan as we stood in the queue in hot sun.

We left Trimbekeshwar at 5 Pm to CBS again. We took a auto(20 Rs) from CBS to Panchavati which is 2 Kms from CBS. Panchavati is really a beautiful place with river godavari flowing in the heart of city. Many people take bath in this river but we just washed our hands and legs as we had no spare clothes. I felt this Temple as Golden temple of Amritsar, I am not sure wether this comparison is correct because i have seen golden temple only on television. In panchavati there are many small temples which reveal the story of how Ravana captured Sita to lanka. From panchavati we took a auto to Bombay Naka (20 Rs). Remember every where we have to Bargain a lot. Here we got a Dadar bus which reached thane(Majiwada) at 12 am. Overall the journey was exciting and we enjoyed a lot and I wish all readers should experience this.