The Utterances of a Peculiar Mindset

My convocation took place on Tuesday, 3rd April. Did I tell you about it? Oops.. Seems I forgot!! It was ok. Very less interesting than my expectations. Only good thing was I got my degree certificate, I got a snap in convocation gown and I was with my friends after a long time.
Btw, here is my snap in the convocation gown. I know it has come bad. But you can imagine me waiting in queue for 1 hour in a hot afternoon for this snap. And morover, there was no mobile coverage which irritated me even more.

It has been long since I had been to any trek. These days I'm missing the treks, the Sahyadris, the magnificient forts and the beautiful nature. When I think of treks, first fort that comes to my mind is Tikona. So here is some information about this favorite place of mine.

The mountains on Deccan plateau in the vicinity of Bor Ghat have many ancient caves like Karle, Bhaje, Bedse, Bhandara and Shelarwadi. The forts of Lohgad, Visapur, Tung and Tikona were built in order to defend these caves. This region also has a number of Ghat-routes connecting the ports on the western coast to the cities located on the Deccan plateau. These forts served as protectors of these important trade routes of ancient India. As the caves found in this area belong to the Buddhist and Heenyana era, it is believed that these forts must have been built around 800 to 1000 AD.

Fascinating Spots:
The whole fort can be seen in an hour's time, as the area is not so wide. Turn left after passing the entrance. In a short while a cistern and cave can be seen. About 10 to 15 persons can be accommodated in this cave. However, it is not suitable for a stay during monsoon. The path going uphill adjacent to the cave takes us to the entrance to the bastion. The steps in this stretch are a bit tiring. One can see cisterns on the right and fortification on the left after passing through the entrance. After taking a few steps straight ahead, a trail climbs down on our right. Here too are a few cisterns. Return back and join the main path, which takes us to a stretch of broken steps. A climb uphill brings us to a Mahadev temple, behind which is a big moat. Circumventing this moat takes us to the flag-post. From the bastion one can have a view of adjacent fort Tung, Lohgad, Visapur, Bhatrashi hill, Morse hill, Jambhuli hill, Pauna region and Fagne dam. Thus, the whole of Mawal region is visible from fort Tikona.

How to reach:

The main route to the fort is from the village of Tikona Peth. To reach this village, alight at Kamshet, which is two stops ahead of Lonavala on the Mumbai- Pune rail route. From Kamshet railway station, take a bus / shared private vehicle (jeep) to Kale colony. One can also get a vehicle to reach Tikona Peth from Kale colony.
A bus at 08:30 a.m. at Kamshet bound for Paund or Morsay is convenient for reaching Tikona Peth. From Tikona Peth the fort can be reached in about 45 minutes. This straight route is quite simple and not at all tiring. After passing through the entrance door, a path leads towards left and takes us to the citadel in about 20 minutes.

I am unable to publish anything on my blog for past few days due to heavy loadshading. And it seems he situation might continue the same way for few more days. So here is something for keep going the flow. :-)

Today had been a great evening. Had been to an outing to a place "Sai", around 8 km from Latur. I had been to this place before too. But today, we had been there for long long time.
Actually, we (Me and Ghansham) were planning to watch a movie. But we didn't get any show at PVR. So Ghansham suggested that we should go to Sai. And we started towards Sai. It took around 20 minutes to reach this place.

There we had some time in the garden and then shifted towards the river. We got two sugercanes from a neighbouring farm and moved towards a small bandhara constructed on
the river. It was fun going there through thorny bushes ;-)Then we sat there for around 1 hour and discussed a lot of things. After that, we went a corner side of bandhara to watch the sunset. And it was real fun to watch sunset there. Atleast, its better than watching through concrete jungle :-)
It had been long since I had gone out with some friend and spent so much time away from all worries and tension. So this outing is more special for me. Sitting on the bandhara leaving your legs in water, enjoying the sweet sugercane, wandering on the dusty road and the bike drive. Everything was so much joy. Just fantastic.
If you ever happen to come to Latur, let me know. I will take you to this fantastc place.

The results of MBA-CET written test are out. MY CET score is 108 out of 200 (That makes 95.72 percentile). Now GD and PI is remaining which are scheduled on 25th May, 2007. Friends, wish me all the best. Hopefully, I will be in some top Management college by August, 2007. All I need is your best wishes..