Villages & Hidden Gems in Maharashtra
49 places in Maharashtra under villages & hidden gems. Places most people drive straight past.
Explore with dates- Alandi, Dnyaneshwar SamadhiPune, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesWhere Dnyaneshwar sealed himself in at twenty one. The wari still starts here.
- Ambhora HillBhandara, Maharashtra · Peak TreksA hill temple above the confluence of five rivers, Vidarbha's quiet sunrise spot.
- Antur FortChh. Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra · FortsA forgotten fort inside Gautala sanctuary, the best-kept trekking secret in Marathwada.
- Banganga Tank & WalkeshwarMumbai City, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA sweet-water tank two minutes from the sea, sunk by Ram’s arrow according to the story.
- Bhamer Fort & CavesDhule, Maharashtra · FortsA Dhule hill fort ringed by more than a hundred rock-cut chambers.
- Bhamragad & Triveni SangamGadchiroli, Maharashtra · Villages & Hidden GemsThree rivers meeting in Madia Gond country, in Maharashtra’s far south-east.
- Charthana TemplesParbhani, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA village holding dozens of Yadava-era temples and stepwells, mostly unprotected.
- Dahanu & Bordi BeachPalghar, Maharashtra · BeachesMaharashtra’s northernmost beaches, backed by Dahanu’s chikoo orchards.
- Dandoba HillsSangli, Maharashtra · Jungle TrailsA forested reserve above Sangli with a hilltop temple, an easy half-day walk.
- Dehu, Tukaram MaharajPune, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA grain seller whose banned poems, by the telling, floated back up after thirteen days.
- Dighori & Sindhola TemplesBhandara, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesFinely carved old stone temples in the Bhandara countryside, and nobody there.
- Diveagar & the Golden GaneshRaigad, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA gold Ganesh mask turned up in a betel nut plantation in 1997, and changed the village.
- Hazra Falls & DarekasaGondia, Maharashtra · WaterfallsA forest waterfall near Darekasa, in the same belt as the Kachargadh caves.
- Hemalkasa: Lok Biradari PrakalpGadchiroli, Maharashtra · Eco TourismPrakash Amte’s hospital, school and animal orphanage, deep in Madia Gond country.
- Jawhar & Jai Vilas PalacePalghar, Maharashtra · Palaces & HavelisA Warli-country princely state with a pink stone palace and big views.
- Kachargadh CavesGondia, Maharashtra · CavesA vast natural cave held sacred as the origin place of the Gond people.
- Karanja LadWashim, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesBirthplace of Narasimha Saraswati, and a major Digambar Jain centre.
- Karneshwar Temple, SangameshwarRatnagiri, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesAn eleventh century temple with carving that deserves far more visitors than it gets.
- Kelzar GaneshWardha, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA hilltop Ganesh shrine on the hill locals hold to be Ekchakra Nagari.
- Korlai FortRaigad, Maharashtra · Coastal DestinationsA Portuguese fort on a headland with a working lighthouse and a creole-speaking village below.
- Kumbhe WaterfallRaigad, Maharashtra · WaterfallsA tall, quiet fall in the Mangaon interior with a fraction of Devkund's crowd.
- Madhi, Kanifnath SamadhiAhilyanagar, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA Nath samadhi entered sideways through a gap, with one of the state’s biggest fairs.
- Markanda TemplesGadchiroli, Maharashtra · Pilgrimage RoutesThe "Khajuraho of Vidarbha", a cluster of carved temples on the Wainganga.
- Morachi ChincholiPune, Maharashtra · Villages & Hidden GemsA village where peacocks have lived alongside people for generations.
- Nagardhan FortNagpur, Maharashtra · FortsA Gond fort standing on the excavated capital of the Vakataka empire.
- Nanemachi WaterfallSatara, Maharashtra · WaterfallsA tall, hidden fall in the Koyna interior that barely shows up on trekking calendars.
- Narsi NamdevHingoli, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesThe birthplace of Sant Namdev, whose verses reached the Guru Granth Sahib.
- NarsobawadiSangli, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA principal Datta shrine at the Krishna-Panchganga confluence.
- Nevasa, where the Dnyaneshwari was writtenAhilyanagar, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesThe pillar Dnyaneshwar leaned on while dictating the book that made Marathi literary.
- Nighoj Potholes (Ranjankhalge)Pune, Maharashtra · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Kukadi river has drilled hundreds of deep basalt potholes into its own bed.
- Paithan, Eknath Samadhi & JayakwadiChh. Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesThe Satavahana capital, home of Eknath and of the Paithani saree.
- PargadKolhapur, Maharashtra · FortsA fort with a living village inside, descended from Shivaji’s original 1676 garrison.
- Pathri: Sai Baba BirthplaceParbhani, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesWidely held to be Sai Baba’s birthplace, and a pilgrimage circuit with Shirdi.
- Pawas: Swaroopanand AshramRatnagiri, Maharashtra · Pilgrimage RoutesThe quiet Konkan ashram and samadhi of Swami Swaroopanand.
- Prakasha: Dakshin KashiNandurbar, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesThe “Dakshin Kashi” of Khandesh, old temples at the Tapi-Gomai confluence.
- Purushwadi: Firefly VillageAhilyanagar, Maharashtra · Firefly SpotsA community-run village where whole trees pulse with fireflies each May.
- Samrad VillageAhilyanagar, Maharashtra · Villages & Hidden GemsThe village at the head of Sandhan Valley, remote, simple, very dark skies.
- Sarangkheda Horse FairNandurbar, Maharashtra · Villages & Hidden GemsOne of India’s biggest horse fairs, held for a month each winter on the Tapi.
- Sawantwadi PalaceSindhudurg, Maharashtra · Palaces & HavelisA lived-in palace where the royal family revived Ganjifa card painting.
- Sevagram & Paunar AshramsWardha, Maharashtra · Monuments & HeritageThe mud huts Gandhi lived and worked in from 1936, and Vinoba’s ashram nearby.
- Sindkhed Raja: Jijabai’s BirthplaceBuldhana, Maharashtra · Monuments & HeritageWhere Jijabai was born, the Jadhav seat, now a protected heritage town.
- Unkeshwar Hot SpringsNanded, Maharashtra · Pilgrimage RoutesSulphur hot springs beside a Shiva temple, deep in the Kinwat forest.
- Vairagad FortGadchiroli, Maharashtra · FortsA Gond ground fort in Gadchiroli, near a village once known for diamonds.
- Vajreshwari & Akloli Hot SpringsPalghar, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesBuilt on a vow after Vasai was taken, beside sulphur springs you can still bathe in.
- Velas: Turtle FestivalRatnagiri, Maharashtra · Eco TourismWhere olive ridley hatchlings are released at dawn each spring.
- Velneshwar Beach & TempleRatnagiri, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA Shiva temple behind a coconut-lined bay, and a beach you can actually swim at.
- Vetalwadi & Janjala FortsChh. Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra · FortsTwo big, forgotten forts in the Ajanta range north of Sambhajinagar.
- Wai Ghats & Dholya GanpatiSatara, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesSeven stone ghats on the Krishna, a very large Ganpati, and half of Hindi cinema.
- Worli Fort & KoliwadaMumbai City, Maharashtra · FortsA British fort at the tip of Worli, reached through a working Koli fishing village.
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