Bhimashankar Heaven on Earth ..! पृथ्वीवरील स्वर्ग भीमाशंकर BHIMASHANKAR

Bhimashankar Temple is a Jyotirlinga shrine located 50 km northwest of Khed, near Pune, in India. It is located 127 km from Shivaji Nagar (Pune) in the Ghat region of the Sahyadri hills. Bhimashankar is also the source of the river Bhima,
भीमाशंकर मंदिर भारतात स्थित 50 कि वायव्य खेड या, पुणे जवळ एक ज्योतिर्लिंगांपैकी पवित्र जागा आहे. हे सह्याद्रीच्या च्या घाट प्रदेशात शिवाजी नगर (पुणे) 127 किमी आहे. भीमाशंकर तसेच नदी स्रोत भीमा आहे,

 Mumbai to Bhimashankar
If coming from Mumbai, take Pune road. About 31.02 km from Deonar traffic junction lies the Mumbai Pune Expressway (NH-4) after crossing Navi Mumbai and Panvel. After 52 km from Panvel is Lonavala and 50 km from there is on NH-4 is Wadgaon. At Wadgaon, turn left on State Highway towards Chakan which is about 12 km. At Chakan, take NH 50 towards Manchar which is around 65 km to Bhimashankar. From Mumbai direct State Transport buses are available from Kurla Nehrunagar and Kalyan. you can go by changing buses. ST buses are available for Ghodegaon and Manchar from Mumbai central, Parel and Kurla Nehrunagar. after reaching Ghodegaon or Manchar next journey is easy due to more frequency of buses. Traveling from Mumbai to Bhimashankar takes 6 hours by private car and state transport vehicles takes 8 hours. Alternatively u can go via Kalyan also. Go to Kalyan from Mumbai via thane. From kalyan take Mumbai-Nagar highway. It is via Murbad. After reaching Bankarphata which is 2 hours from kalyan, turn right for Junnar. From Junnar Go to Ghodegaon which 40 minutes journey. From Ghodegaon Bhimashankar is 47 km away. this way is through Malshej ghat which is often closed in heavy rains. So avoid this route in monsoon. you can visit fort Shivneri while going through this route near Junnar. On this way u can go in Malshej ghat. one of the Ashtavinaayak Lenyaadri is also in this way.

pune to bhimashankar

If starting from Pune, drive along the Pune-Nasik highway and turn off at the road leading to Bhimashankar. The mountain road is quite a steep climb. The distance is about 160 km from Pune.
Government MSRTC buses (non luxury) run from Pune to Bhimashankar every 30 minutes from 5:30 am till 4:00 pm. You can get State Transport buses from Shivajinagar, Pune. The fare is Rs. 132 and it takes around 3–4 hours to reach there from Pune.