Bhimashankar - A Blend of Spirituality and Nature
There are 12 sacred temples of Lord Shiva in India and here the most famous one is called as Bhimashankar temple which has Jyothirlinga can be reached by our Pune to Bhimashankar cab taxi service and is at a distance of 109.6 km from Pune and you can reach this place within 3 h and 23 min. The ideal time to visit this place is during the rainy season. Importance of Bhimashankar The name Bhimashankar has been adopted from the name of river Bhima which starts from here and lord Shiva temple over here carved its name as Bhimashankar. This temple was constructed in the year 1300. Most of the current temples are redeveloped by Peshwas during the 18th century. History of Bhimashankar You can hear lots of stories related to this place and one of the version goes like this that Lord Shiva killed the demon Tripura over here. There is another version of the story where there was a Demon called Bhima who was the son of Ravana. He was angered by his father's death at the han