I finally got the chance of planning a trek after a long time between this One week of Diwali vacation from college,On 31st October 2016 we(Mandar,Akshay,Aakash and Me) met near Azad Nagar metro station
Boarding Metro at 6:38 am to ghatkopar which costed us 30 Rs,'after reaching ghatkopar we took kasara local ticket which costed us 35 Rs,By the time we took ticket and reached platform to board kasara train,it left in front of us at 7:09 am which left us all shocked cause train timing was 7:19 am,Unluckly next train to kasara was after 10 am however we boarded Asangoan train at 7:43 am which left us at Asangoan around 9:07 am and from there train to kasara at 10:10 am.During our train journey akshay was talking about his Ayurvedic firm 'Sdf holistic' where he worked.We reached kasara station at 10:46 am where it was crowded as it was festive week and Taxi drivers in this case were making the most out of it dominating the fare which was 150 Rs per person to mumbai naka originally it cost 120 Rs per person on a normal day however after negotiating with some driver we managed to get 120 Rs per person fare.The reason we took Mumbai naka taxi as no one was ready to go to anjaneri directly,they were like take another transport mode from mumbai naka.
During our journey to mumbai naka,we eat lots of chocolates and biscuits that akshay got with him,lots of them were of Amul brand,staying loyal to Indian brand i think so.
After reaching mumbai naka,'we asked rickshaw man about fare to anjaneri he quoted 600 Rs,by using Exit tactics we were able to bring the quoted price to 300 Rs.
Anjaneri village is like 29 km from Mumbai naka,we were there within 35 minutes then we rested for 5 minutes near one of the local Bania shop buying Four 15 Rs Mangola bottle, starting of our trek around 1:40 pm,if one want to explore Jain temple take left or 'Go straight if you are willing to trek Anjaneri first,'we took straight route,first we encountered shantinath Statue,this statue was recently renovated in 2nd quarter of 2016.
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| Shantinath statue |
The temperature out here was mild,on the way i saw two temples,'the mountain is considered to be holy by villagers and religious people,who comes here to pray.My main purpose was to conquer the mountain.
History
Anjaneri fort is famous for the birth place of “God Hanuman” and only place in world where you can find Anjani Mata temple. This mountain is called as anjaneri mountain beacause there is anjaneri Mata temple on the fort which is devoted to ” Anjana Mata” Mother of Lord Hanuman.
Now we came to the point where we saw two pinnacles facing eachother Navra(Husband) and Navri(Wife)
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| Navra |
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| Navri |
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| Akshay,Me and Aakash |
Now we came to the point where it was steps leading you to the top,'people who were on the bike or cars had to stop and roll further on the foot,out here we drank mangola,lemon water and continued with our 'easy trek' ,but little tiring.
In between we saw group of 10-12 people - jumping,screaming and taking selfie at every corner of the mountain and tree.
After climbing steps,one will come to the base of the mountain which i think is perfect for the people who want to do camping for a night.
I think railing should be removed,it really adds man-made effect to the natural beauty.Its not like somebody did a suicide or was slipped while trekking in the past.
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| That's where we headed,on the top |
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| Anjaneri mata Temple |
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| Pond near temple |
Again one will encounter steps,this time it will only take around like 25 - 30 Minutes to be on the top.The only difference out here was a sudden drop down of temperature,it was cold probably because of plants on the both sides,the aroma of the herb or maybe flower was kind of strong on the way,'i am not sure whether its during spring time only or other season also!
By recent information scientist founded a rare plant on Anjaneri mountain which is called “Anjanerika soparia”only available on this mountain so i would say there is a high chances of getting that plant around this place only.
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| Cold spot |
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| Brain storming about what we gonna cook tomorrow |
We starting descending by 5 pm.Two times the mountains looks most astonishing - 1st.During sunrise time and 2nd During Sunset time.I was loving the scenery of golden reflection on mountains while i was descending.
we were down till 6 pm and we went straight to the Jain temple before it turns dark,those temples got ancientic feel to it which is made up of bricks of stones,mostly these kind of temples are very common in South India,South America and Africa.
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| Jain Temple |
We were on the main road till 6:25 pm,after crossing the road we asked one of the family standing there about transport mode to nashik,they said ''ST bus will be here any minute''.They were shocked after they got to know that we conquered the mountain,I mean we too kept quiet not informing them about our past trek.
Finally ST bus arrived in 10 minutes,so we boarded the bus and took the ticket till mumbai naka which costed us 116 Rs for all of us and from there rickshaw till Mandar rented house near CBS.if one want to go mumbai from mumbai naka? There are buses available directly to mumbai and also taxi till kasara station.
Next day we did a shopping of butter,masala,vegetable,bread and chicken to cook but it was a big fail cooking on induction,it got burned,'i mean the whole building was filled with that burning smell,however we ate half of the chicken as we were hungry and left the home during afternoon time while mandar staying there for some college purpose
we took rickshaw till CBS and from there another rickshaw till mumbai naka,there bus booking agent approached us quoting ''350 RS per person AC bus ride till vasai which will drop us at our stop which is andheri'' somehow we negotiated and got the ticket price down to 280 Rs per person.
We halted at andheri east and from there all the way walking towards our home.I was home till 9 pm.
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