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Situated near to Junnar, in Pune district of Maharashtra, India; Lenyadri has 30 beautiful rock-cut Buddhist caves. To reach to these caves, one has to climb steps towards the caves. After climbing up, the down view is wonderful and awesome. Out of these caves, the cave 7 is a famous Hindu temple dedicated to the Lord Ganesha, which is one of the Ashtavinayak holy places. This place is more famous because of the existence of this temple of Lord Ganesha i.e Girijatmaj. The temple remains crowded always. One gets to see so many monkeys on the way to temple and caves. This place, which possesses Lenyadri caves and the famous Ganesha temple offer the combination of spiritual and scenic beauty both.
How to get there?
There are many frequent options to reach to Lenyadri caves. Since it is located near to Junnar, Pune; one may opt for any option as follows:
How to Reach Lenyadri Caves By Road:
There are State transport buses available for Junnar from the bus stands like Shivajinagar bus stand Pune and other bus stands in Mumbai or Thane as well like, Kalyan ST bus stand in Thane district and Mumbai central bus stand in Mumbai.
How to Reach Lenyadri Caves By Train:
Since Junnar does not have a railway station, the nearest railway station is Pune, which is at around 74 kms from the Junnar. Hence, one may catch a train for Pune; which is a major city and well connected with other major cities in India. After getting down to Pune railway station, one may opt for local transport bus for Junnar as mentioned above.
How to Reach Lenyadri Caves By Air:
Since the nearest domestic airport is “Pune”, one has to catch a flight for Pune. Pune is well connected to other major cities by air as well. After reaching to Pune, taking local bus is the option available to reach to Junnar and to the Lenyadri caves.
Distance from Major Cities to Lenyadri Caves
- Junnar to Lenyadri Caves Distance – 7 KM
- Shivneri Fort to Lenyadri Caves Distance – 7 KM
- Malshej Ghat to Lenyadri Caves Distance – 29 KM
- Ranjangaon to Lenyadri Caves Distance – 75 KM
- Pune to Lenyadri Caves Distance – 97 KM
- Igatpuri to Lenyadri Caves Distance – 120 KM
- Nashik to Lenyadri Caves Distance – 149 KM
- Mumbai to Lenyadri Caves Distance – 155 KM