Thursday 6 June 2013

A religious trip to Nashik

This year we planned to visit religious places and Nashik is a popular holy land and number of temples and sacred places are located here. Nashik is located in Indian state of Maharashtra and it is third largest city in the state after Mumbai and Pune. The city is famous for the temple of Trimbakeshwar that houses one of the Shiva Linga from twelve Shiva Lingas in India. Many tourists come here every year some to spend their holidays and some to seek the blessings from the Lord.


The city is popularly known as the holy land as it houses many sacred places and Panchavati is one of them which is a religious spot located in the city. Panchavati is a place in the forest of Dandakaranya, where Rama built his home along with his wife Sita and brother Laxmana during their period of exile. At this place today, we can find five trees marked, one of which is an Ashoka tree and there is also a cave called as Sita cave it is said that Lord Rama, Sita and Laxmana prayed here in this cave. Panchavati has many temples such as Kalaram Temple, Goraram Temple, Sita Gupha and many more. Many religious festivals are celebrated here and this time many thousands of devotees attend the celebration here.


Places to visit in Nashik

• Kalaram Temple

• Trimbakeshwar temple

• Artillery centre

• Dhammagiri, Igatpuri

• Shri Saptashrungi Devi, Vani

• Bhandardara and Kalsubai Peak

There are many more places to visit in and nearby regions of Nashik. As the city houses many religious places and temples therefore every year many thousands of tourists visit this city. Kumbhmela is a fest that is celebrated after every twelve years and Nashik is one of the centre where this festival is celebrated. While visiting every tourist needs a place to stay and there are many number of hotels and lodges available that provides excellent facilities to their customers. You can get many hotels in Nashik near Panchvati. For transportation also we can easily reach here by road, by rail and by air also. One can easily reach by buses and by trains also there are numbers of trains available that comes in the vicinity of Nashik. So come and visit this beautiful and holy land. I enjoyed my trip to this religious place fully and we can feel the holiness of this land in every corner.


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