Hadshi Temple and Pavna Dam

I visited Hadshi Temple and Pavna Dam last week as there was heavy rain the previous week so chances of having to see greenery around Pune was worth having.

Route:We started for Hadshi temple on route shown here at around 8:30 AM. There were waterfalls and rivulets along the way which the kids enjoyed. My wife had prepared some pop-corns which came handy for breakfast along the way.


We reached the temple at around 10:15 AM as the roads were not that good so driving at a speed was difficult. The temple has Vitthal avatar of Krishna and Rukmani. There was a temple of Saibaba too. There were ponds where we saw lotus and butterflies on the lotus too.

We spent some time at the temple having our breakfast with thepla and patra that the two ladies had planned for us.


We moved from there to Pavna Dam at around 11:45 AM. We spent some time at the Dam just seeing the beauty of nature.

We finally went to Tony Da Dhaba near Lonavala to have lunch and then came home.

All in all, it was a nice picnic for the kids and us.

Westend Mall, Aundh

We visited two eateries in Westend Mall at Aundh in the last one month. The mall itself opened somewhere in the middle of June and so we tried our hands on eating there.

The first one was Kailash Parbat. The menu of the restaurant is available here. We ordered following items:

• Veg Combo
• Gulab Jamun
• Chat Platter

The total bill was around INR 450 which was not on very high side.

The second time we went there, we tried Wadeshwar whose menu is available here. Some items are specific to this shop such as combos. We chose to order following:

• Combo one which had Masala Dosa, Filter Coffee
• Combo two which had Biryani, Filter Coffee
• Aappe
• Ghee Idli

The total bill was around INR 550.

Both the places were reasonable for eating out.