Travelling around Pune: Sagameshwar, Tulapur Pune

Friday evenings are probably the best evenings in the life of working professionals. Every one starts planning their week end to break free from the monotony of the office work. I also fall in this category but with a difference. My usual planning of weekends includes the quest for a new place; to get up early morning and have a nice photo shoot.

This time after much of rumbling and toiling the internet, I zeroed on to Tulapur. Not very far from Pune, it is a small hamlet associated with the last moments of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, son of the great Maratha ruler Shivaji Maharaj. He was captured and executed here by Auragazeb and his body parts hacked and thrown in the river.

The people of the village despite the treating of Auragazeb retrieved the pieces of his body, and sewed them together thus getting the name of Shewle (literally meaning those who stitched in Marathi).

Tulapur is located at the confluence of Bhima River and the Indrayani River and was originally known as 'Nagargaon'. The Sanagameshwar temple dedicated to Shiva is located at this very place in addition to the Samadhi of great King.

Getting there is very easy. Start on the Pune - Ahmednagar road and travel till you cross Wagholi and Lonikand. Once you cross the village, to your left you would see a sign board mentioning about this place. Travel straight for next 7 km and before the village of Tulapur starts a small road leads to this place.

This place has been recently renovated and is well maintained. Morning breeze by the river side and watching the sun coming up in the horizon makes its a good place to see.

Once you enter the place there is a very garden and statue of Sambhaji Maharaj. Since we were there in the early morning the flowers in the garden were fresh and they looked beautiful