Day 1
Train
We boarded Train from Dadar to Jalna i.e. Devgiri Express 17057 @ 21.45. We had already parceled our Dinner and had a sound sleep untill we put our foot in Jalna.
Day 2
Activity
We had our breakfast on the way and headed towards Lonar
Monument
Lonar Lake is located in Lonar, a town in the Buldhana district, which is about 500 km from Mumbai and 380 km from Pune. This Lake is one such area where religion and science meet with mythology.
Sight Seeing
Gomukh Mandir on the crater rim with its infinite stairs leading down to the crater lake and kund [tank] fed by a perennial spring for ritual bathing . Pilgrims believe Lord Ram’s wife Sita had a bath at this exact spot.
Worship
Kamalja Devi Mandir on the lake’s shoreline bursts into life during Navratri celebrations. The day I visited Lonar, it was as desolate as the rest of the crater.
Worship
Daitya Sudan Mandir meaning Temple of the Destroyer of the Demon. The Destroyer being god Vishnu and the Demon being Lonasur. Note the Islamic interiors of Daitya Sudan Mandir. Outside, a couple make erotic love on the stone facade.
Monument
According to a famous local legend, the crater was created when Lonasura, a mythological demon who troubled the local people, was hurled back into the netherworld with immense force by Lord Vishnu. It is believed that this led to its formation.
Car
