Bhimashankar is the sixth jyotirling of Shiva situated on the hills of Sahyadri Range in Maharasthtra, 110 kms away from Pune. This is also the place where the Bhima river, the largest tributary of Krishna river, originates. The Maratha styled temple is made of black stones. Everyone is allowed to enter the sanctorum and touch the jyotlirling. The story behind this jyotirling goes thus: Shiva took a ferocious form and reduced the oppressive demon Bhima, the son of Kumbhakarna, to ashes and remained here in the form of a jyotirling. The area is very scenic and offers breathtaking beauty, especially the neighboring peak called Nagfani. Connectivity is not a problem with many state buses plying from Pune every half an hour. The other eight km route from Khandas village near Karjat is a trekker’s paradise.
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