Gondavale
Gondavale Budruk is a small town in Mann taluka of Satara district, 64 kilometres from Satara. It is the samadhi (shrine) place of Shri BrahmaChaitanya Gondavalekar Maharaj (श्रीब्रह्मचैतन्य गोंदवलेकर महाराज). Gondavale is a very famous pilgrimage place. It gets crowd on every pournima (पौर्णिमा) and at the time of Shri Raamnavmi, Gurupournima, Gokulashtami, Daasnavmi.
Gondavale is famous for Gondavalekar Maharaj math. Gondavalekar Maharaj was devotee of the god Rama. He spent a lifetime teaching the importance of peace. He showed path of devotion of god Rama to thousands of devotees. He taught a Mantara to people "Shri Ram Jay Ram Jay Jay Ram (श्रीराम जयराम जय जय राम)". There are lots of temples in Gondavale some of them are shri Aaisaheba's Temple, shri Appa maharaj samadhi, Thorale Ram mandir, Dhakate Ram mandir, Datt mandir, Hanuman mandir etc.
How to reach
By Road
from pune to gondavale - by road it will takes 4 hours @40km/h speed, pune-hadapsar-saswad-nira-phaltan-mograle ghat- dahivadi-gondvale. state transport buses also available from pune station stand, swargate
- Satara - Gondavale distance is 64 km. Direct Buses are available from Satara to Gondavale. Or you can visit Gondavale with your own vehicle also.
By Train
Nearest Railway station is "Koregaon". You can reach Koregaon by Train.