AKKALKOT-TULJAPUR-DAY 2-Travel blog

Tuljapur-akkalkot-Gangapur-Day 2

So day 2, after taking a bath at Sangam, Gangapur. We started our Trip for Akkalkot-Tuljapur, our train was at 8:00 PM for Nagpur. We thought, to take darshan at Tuljapur, we have to stand in queue for hours. so, we started our journey a little early.

Reached Akkalkot

Shri Swami Samarth-Akkalkot

We reached Shri Swami Samarth Temple Akkalkot and I was really amazed by the place, cause it was really changed and I remember people use to park at the tall swami Samarth statue and now it was wonderful seeing the place was renovated. When we arrived I got bad news that Mahaprasad was closed for some days. so, when we were going to the entrance, there were many toy shops and seeing them kids started crying, they wanted all the toys after telling some lies, we got  inside the temple.  There was not much crowd, so we took darshan easily and after that, we took some pictures and we sat for some time. I don’t why we feel different when we sit in the temple even though many people are around us we get a different feeling of silence and peace.

How to Reach Akkalkot

• Railway: there are two railway station osmanabad railway station(UMD)(94 KM from Akkalkot) and Solapur railway station(SUR)(40 KM from akkalkot).
• Roads: akkalkot is well connected via road to major cities and private as well as govt buses run regularly.
• Airways: The nearest airport would be sambre airport, Belgaum, Karnataka(254 KM away).

Akkalkot Temple- Shri Swami Samarth

Shivaji Maharaj

AKKALKOT

SWAMI SAMARTH

Swami Samarth Statue

Ox and calf  Statue 

Didn't like Breakfast at akkalkot

After sitting for a while we decided to have breakfast, when we were going out we saw they were offering Butter-milk it was for 10 Rs /-. It’s was a blessing in the summer, the buttermilk was good. We took south Indian breakfast at the restaurant which was near the statue of the cow and calf. The breakfast was ok .because I didn’t like the sambar at the restaurant and it was too spicy, I know we shouldn't name the food take it as a review. After having breakfast we took our next destination which was Tulja Bhavani Temple Tuljapur.

Akkalkot Garden

In case you wanna spend more time you can visit Shri Swami Samarth Vatika Balodyan Akkalkot which is a garden near Shri Swami Samarth temple. It’s a nice place for kids. You can have a nice time here. Although in our case, we didn’t have time, so we didn’t get to see the wonderful garden.

ATM problems Akkalkot-Tuljapur

We took a route via Solapur remember if you needed to take out money from ATM don’t relay that you’ll take it out at tuljapur or at Solapur cause in our case most of the ATM were Out Of Cash or at Akkalkot the atm was close. So make sure don’t relay that you’ll take cash from atm when you’ll reach. We took a stop at the shop which was near the toll gate in case if you need a car repair shop there was a garage also. We took something to it and when my aunt asked that can we refill the water bottle they were having cool kedge so they said go ahead but it cost around 5 RS /- per bottle which was nice as the water was cold. 

Reached Tuljapur-Tuljapur Darshan Pass

Tulja Bhavani Temple Entrance

We reach tuljapur and god ! for darshan of Tuljabhavani the queue was starting from the entrance. when we were going towards a shoe stand. We came to know we have to take pass so remember don’t stand in a queue without taking out darshan pass we came to know that there are paid pass also which cost around 100 RS /- Per person and we were having kids with us. so, we decided to take a paid pass and remember each and every member of your group should take his pass Cause they click your picture. You cannot book this pass online in advance. While the darshan by Paid Pass took around less than 15-20 Mins. So, if you’re traveling in summer and you have kids with you, I would recommend taking paid Pass.

Look at the crowd at Tuljapur

Lunch at Samadhan Dhaba-Tuljapur

Samadhan Dhaba

After taking the darshan of goddess Shri Tulja Bhavani at Tuljapur we decided to take our lunch, there were many hotels around temple. But, our relatives suggest, we should go to samadhan dhaba. They said the place is really good and pure vegetarian. So, we took back to the route by which we came, the hotel was about 7 KM from tuljapur on Beed – Solapur Rd. The food was excellent

I’ve Made two friend, they were very friendly

Small duck at samadhan dhaba

Is he Smiling

it was 4:00 PM we had Much Time for Our Train, We thought Next Time we Will Try Pandharpur also
and that's How Our Journey Went If You're Travelling To Tuljapur I wish You a Very Happy Journey