Trip to Shani Shingnapur and Shirdi

Last weekend I went to Shirdi and Shani Shingnapur. Both these places are good to visit from religious point of view. After, Rishikesh and Haridwar I think Shirdi is the place which radiates spirituality like no other place.

We started our trip at around 8.45 am from Pune and reached Shingnapur at around 1 pm. The connecting road from Pune- Shingnapur-Shirdi is too good. I love traveling through road route rather than air /train route as one can better explore the culture/scenic beauty/good food joints… 

Shani Shingnapur, as the name suggests is famous for Shani temple. Another unique feature about this village is that no house in this village has doors. People used to cover the entrance of their homes through curtains only. 

The whole area of Shingnapur is covered with sugarcane fields and from place to place you will find the local people using bull to extract juice from the sugarcane. We stopped at one such place which was covered with various Neem trees and drank sugarcane juice which was fresh and tasty. I love village life as it is very simple and free from the hustle-bustle of life. Moreover people there are very down to earth…

Traditional method of sugarcane juice extraction

After visiting to Shani temple, we went to Shirdi. We reached there at around 6 pm. After taking room in one hotel, we reached to Sai temple at 8.30 pm; spent around 2.5 hours in the queue. But all my tiredness went off after attending night prayer in the temple campus. The atmosphere over there was peaceful and serene. In the morning we went to some other places in Shirdi and left from there at around 3 pm and reached Pune at 8 pm. 

Sai Prasadalaya

We stopped at one food corner near Pune in between to take some rest. I forget the name of the place (I am too bad in remembering names of people/places) but the food there was too delicious and more over the place is beautiful with a nice garden and a small pond where some ducks and birds were reared by the owner…

 I believe that taking regular breaks are required from the mundane chores of daily life. A break to pause, to contemplate and enjoy...... A break to seek some inner tranquility and rejuvenation…....

 

I have already chosen my next travel destinations which are Bedsa Cave-Khandala- Lonavala most probably next month - my next break from work :-) :-)