I visited ISKCON Temple on Katraj Kondhwa Bypass yesterday. It is a nice place to spend half or a full day picnic.
Timings and Route: I left my home in car at around 6 PM and took the route shown here. There is one route that goes via Dagduseth, Swargate, Katraj Zoo and we chose this one while going but it took almost one hour 20 minutes since there was heavy traffic. While coming back we took the route that comes via NH-47 and it is actually 10 KM longer than the previous but due to low traffic, we did not take a lot of time. There are different timings of different aarti's including Mangla, Shringar, Rajbhog, etc... The doors remain closed between 8PM and 9PM so please visit accordingly.
Fees: There are no entry fees. But there are places where you can donate some amount to feed people for free and also to collect some prasad.
Timings and Route: I left my home in car at around 6 PM and took the route shown here. There is one route that goes via Dagduseth, Swargate, Katraj Zoo and we chose this one while going but it took almost one hour 20 minutes since there was heavy traffic. While coming back we took the route that comes via NH-47 and it is actually 10 KM longer than the previous but due to low traffic, we did not take a lot of time. There are different timings of different aarti's including Mangla, Shringar, Rajbhog, etc... The doors remain closed between 8PM and 9PM so please visit accordingly.
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Food: The temple itself has provided an eatery which serves a lot of varieties of food including pav bhaji, chinese noodles, manchurian, dhosa, pastry, chhole bhature etc... at reasonable cost. The food was hygienic and quite tasty.
Activities: The sheer grandeur of the temple made us overwhelmed. There are stories of Dhruv, Prahlad, Krishna, etc... carved on the walls of the temple.
All in all, we did enjoy our visit to a temple after a long long time.
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