My Weekend Odysseys

In this post I plan to present some unique, hidden temple gems in Mumbai, These places are not very architectural delight but holds its own significance and has been part of interesting history of Mumbai, which has got noticed by few but largely play a silent but important role in adding flavor to cultural diversity of city of Mumbai. I plan to cover few unique and hidden temples of Mumbai which I have recently visited, places which have been silently playing spectacular role in enhancing and preserving cultural diversity of the city. Nipponzan Mydhoji Temple :  The name doesnt sound Indian at all but the place has been very much a part of Mumbai. Tucked on the road to worli sea face from worli naka, lies a quaint Japanese Buddhist temple. Built somewhere in 50's on the land donated by the Birlas and looked after by the followers of Nichiren sect of Japanese Buddhism. This small but spacious temple walls are lined with paintings of life of Buddha. The atmosphere here is rather tran

Travelling is great stress buster and reenergiser for me. It's like polishing myself with "Colin" to remove the dust of boredom and stress of daily routine. I have written about my trips to different location and hopefully will continue to write till the time my passion for travelling, exploring new places or same old places doesn't fade. Here in this post, I plan to describe Mumbai and some places in Mumbai which I love to visit, which have always been my stress buster places on weekends when I am at home getting bored and have no plans what so ever.   Marine drive : The Queens necklace as it is called and the 3KM long promenade is one place which I have frequented since my days in college and I still visit when in town. Walk all the way from chowpatty to NCPA building is amazing especially during the evening. Cool breeze blowing from the sea with noise from the waves hitting the shore creates a kind of rhythmic sound which gives quite a amazing feeling when sitting

Lonavala - one of the twin hill station 100kms from Mumbai, weekend gateway, must see in rains for its waterfalls and scenic beauty, must visit in winters for chilling climate and quick vacation gateway in summers. Its a 365 days destination. I have been to lonavala quite few times with friends and family. But couple of trips with Priyank and family to their weekend house in Lonavala have been most memorable times. Priyank a.k.a papaji or Sharmaji was getting bored at home on one Saturday with pressures at work taking its toll and same was the case with me. Again we took a spontaneous decision for long drive in his SUV to lonavala. We were on road to Lonavala by 11.00am. It was hot may summer.    Whenever I and papaji are on our weekend trip, Its long ride in SUV and its always memorable be it our Shirdi trips or trips to Lonavala. Its one of those trips when we had decide to loosen our self. (of course this was till last year when I took a decision to drink only on social occasions an