It had been days that I had planned for the visit to the city of Kolhapur, not only because it was near to Belgavi but because of my subject in college "Architectural Design". The plan to visit the city started off when my professors gave me a site in Kolhapur in which I would be proposing a design for a business hotel. Being an architecture student, the site on CAD wasn't satisfying for the understanding of the contexts in and around the sites. I checked the weather forecast of Kolhapur and started off towards the city on my bike. The rain as always greeted me with it's beautiful shower which started irritating me whilst riding my bike on the highway. As the sky started to clear up, I started to notice the mountain ranges that were tagging along the roads. It was a beautiful and a sunny day as I was riding with the winds. As I stopped for a break, I happened to glance at my bike. Realizing that it was covered with mud due to the prominent rains of Belgavi. I decided to have a pit stop at the city of Nipani. This is how my bike shinned with all its beauty while it was getting washed.
The heavenly feeling that I got by looking at my angel spic and span. Now the distance between the city of Nipani and Kohlapur wasn't far. So within a jiffy I had entered the city to notice the greenery that surrounded the city. The first thing that I did when I entered the city was to visit the "Mahalakshmi temple" which is quite famous as it is considered the residing place of the Hindu Goddess Devi Ambabai and also because my mom was adamant with me visiting the temple. But the temple greeted me with a beautiful archway that was constructed many centuries ago. I couldn't click pictures here as the weather wasn't in favor of me clicking pictures, but I did manage to click a pic of a dog which was near the entrance of the temple.
The temple wasn't as crowded as my mom told me it would be. But a must visit place for everybody. After my religious visit, I moved towards my site which was my sole purpose of visit and was siting for hours just observing the surroundings and the contexts that would influence my design. It got too boring as the rain god again started pestering me. I had noticed on my map that there was another place nearby Kolhapur which was like a hill station. I proceeded towards it to realize that it was an amazing decision that i had taken. The beautiful curvy roads that led to the top of a hill. I parked my bike on the side of the road to just observe the beauty of nature.
As I entered the city of Panhala, I was greeted by the statue which stood at the center of a circle. The beauty didn't seize to amaze me more and more. I felt that I had come to a different place that I had never expected so near to me. Gradually as I reached the top, there was a point where we could observe the scenery that is hidden behind the city and the fort that is built on a hill.
These images potray what I saw with my own eyes. The spooky part was when I noticed the fort. It was in my vision about 2 minutes ago and then I realize that the clouds are passing through it.
as you can observe it in the image. As the day was coming to an end, it was time for me to head back to my abode. But on the way back I clicked some pictures which showed the beautiful things that a person can observe while travelling to Panhala.
The path that we travel may not always be right, it may be the least traveled path taken by people, but always know this, no great things come out of ordinary thinkers. The things we think out of the way gives rise to much beautiful things. I end my travel diary to Kohlapur with the note that "It is not the end, but it is the start of another new journey that awaits us, craving to be explored and relished".
