Day : 12 Mar. 2011
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| Bedse caves |
Bike : Thunderbird twinspark (me - alone :) )
Distance :
Kothrud Stand to Bedse caves(Kothrud stand => ChandaniChowk => NH4 => Kamshet => Bedse village => Bedse caves) : 60 Km
Bedse caves to Kothrud Stand (Bedse caves => Talegaon => took wrong turn and landed in Pipri => Kothrud stand) : @ 70 Km
Note :
There are no boards before Kamshet on NH4 indicating turn for Bedse village, even after Kamshet I did not see any boards showing "towards bedse caves" etc.
Do park your bike near Bedsai Devi temple, road after that is in very bad condition (rather it is not a road for vehicles)
My journey started looking at accidents on the highway.
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| Ice truck |
Till Kamshet I could drive mostly @ 75 to 85 kmph. After Kamshet the road goes through village and it is not in very good condition. You will have to drive @ 40-50 kmph on this road.
You can visit temple of KedarNath (Shiv temple) on your way to Bedse caves, the temple is exactly on the road!
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| KedarNath temple - on the way to Bedse caves |
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| Inside the KedarNath temple |
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| Shiv Pindi |
The scenery around the road is quite beautiful, particularly if you reach little early in the morning you can enjoy the nature's beauty in this area.I tried clicking few photographs on my way to Bedse caves -
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| Salunki |
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| Probably kokil |
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| Trees |
I had little bad day today, for some unknown reason one of the screw supporting Thunderbird's front leg guard fell somewhere, being in little remote area and unable to listen to that noise I tried something simple to fix this problem :)
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| Temporary fix for Front leg guard support |
When I was about to reach Bedse caves I thought of parking my TBTS near Bedsai temple (which was THE RIGHT THOUGHT), a villager told me that you can go further on your bike. Somehow I stupidly believed him and overconfident with my driving skills decided to go further on bike
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What is seen in the image is just a little glimpse of this BAD ROAD,
ahead it is feels like mountain biking :( |
I tried controlling my TBTS on this dirty road as much as possible. The front leg guard was already irritating me with noise. Finally when I almost reached there, I lost my balance :(. I did not have even minor injury but to add to driving pain, my TBTS's foot rest for gear shift was broken :(.
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| Broken foot rest |
Now I was in dilemma "Whether to go up stairs and visit Bedse caves or should I return from here itself". Finally I thought after all this pain it is not worth going back without visiting these caves. So finally I went upstairs to see these caves. It was worth that effort!!. No usual crowd, at the most 4-5 people, clean caves and beautiful nature. That is almost perfectly what I like. Sharing here few photos of these caves -
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| The lonely road, My Lonely :) TBTS - near Red mark, and the stairs for Bedse caves |
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| Stupa |
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| Another view of same stupa |
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| Carvings - taken from inside the caves |
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| Couple on horse |
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| Couple on Elephant |
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| Another carving |
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| Carvings on walls |
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| Inside Vihar - where monks meditate |
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| Sun rays and water |
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| Pune-Mumbai Expressway - taken from Bedse caves |
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| I am sure these hills must be looking very beautiful in rainy season |
My return journey was not so good. Saw few more accidents while coming back. With broken foot rest I really tried best out of me to control bike down the hilly area. I had never tried such driving before, to add to it while going down I tried to follow another villager and came down from a more difficult to drive road. But finally I loved this experience. Near Kamshet I could get a mechanic, who did not have foot rest for my TBTS, but I suggested him to use one of the pillion foot-rest and make it work for now :).
10 comments:
Wow Ashish! You have given a complete account of what you have experienced! I am sure no one will any trouble going there after reading this post. Was it a drive you took after a long time?
:) Thanks for comment Gayathri, it was not a drive after long time. Few weeks back only I had gone to Bhimashankar and little before had gone to Ahmednagar...
But this was first time I tried riding in rough patch. Also first time I realised that my @ 200 kg bike is little difficult to balance in such patches (I need to improve on riding techniques)
Nice blog Ashish...reminded me of Bhaje caves near Lohagad!
Nice Post dude. Very informative. If I ever happen to go there I will not push my bike that hard. :) Caves pics are really beautiful.
Now I see you as real trekker! use of hanky to tie bike parts is something I would never think of :)
@ Kartika - Actually I had plan to visit Karle and Bhaje caves as well, but after all this experience I just wanted to reach home SAFE :)
@ Giri - Yo if you go there I am sure with your muscles you can push your Pulsar but better not to take risk.
Regarding the use of hanky... - I am afterall Mechanical Engineer :)
so, an experience to count :)
रुमाल भावला :)
In the photo 'Sun rays and water', I am wondering what those white and dark bands are.
ते वातावरण पकडण अवघडच आहे पण स्तूपाच्या आजूबाजूला एखादा panaromic photo घेता येईल. next time do add a photo of yours with your TBTS :)
@Chinmay
!!No Idea how those bands are formed!! - if you get any idea do tell me.
Will try to take my photo with TBTS next time :).
Hi Ashish,
This is very well written & descriptive post.
@ Ashish Dani
Thanks for stopping by and reading this post.
I saw documentaries - you have created on Bedse caves, nice work man!
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