25/01/2016
SHIVTHAR GHAL from Pune 120 km
Some places become famous because of their beautiful landscape, others due to incidents associated with history.
At Shivthar Ghal though, it is a combination of both. Also known as Sunder Math, this is a picturesque cavern inside a cliff located in Varandha Ghat in the Sahyadris on the Bhor-Mahad Road.
It is here that the famous Marathi spiritual and social mentor-poet Samarth Ramadas Swami resided for almost 22 years, and created the famous work ‘Das Bodh’ with the aid of his most loyal disciple, Kalyan Swami, who worked as his writer.
It is also believed that Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj met Samarth Ramdas for the very first time at Shivthar Ghal.
