The Kaas Plateu, Carpet of Flowers

Kaas Plateau -Thosegar falls, Lingamala falls-Panchagani-MahabaleshwarTemples - Bhuvaneshwar- Mahi temple - Krishna devi temple where krishna river is born

Focus was just this place and a day or 2 in Pune, we ended up visiting further Mahabaleshwar, Panchagani which were few of the most beautiful green with table top mountains and valleys with various waterfalls too!

The Carpet of Flowers @ Kaas, Satara:

The Kaas Plateu is a world heritage site managed by UNESCO located near Satara. This plateau on high hill graslands turns the entire grasslands to colorful plateau beween August to early October. Kaas Plateau has more than 150 or more types of flowers, shrubs and grasses. The orchids bloom here for a period of 3–4 weeks. It lies between Sajjangad fort and the Kanher Dam

Sahyadri Mountain range:

The Sahyadri Mountain Range, Sahydri meaning (The Benevolent Mountains) is a mountain range that runs parallel to the western coast of the Indian peninsula, located entirely in India. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is one of the eight "hottest hot-spots" of biological diversity in the world. The range runs north to south along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain. The Western Ghats is among greatest mountain ranges in India and The Sahyadri Mountains are located in south-west India. It is one of the longest mountain ranges in the world as well with its stretch spreading over 1600 kms.

The waterfalls: Thosegar & Lingamala falls over the sahyadri mountain range was a feast to our eyes. We also had an opportunity to do horse riding on the table top mountain at place called Panchagani.

 Thosegar Falls: Thoseghar and lingalamala falls were quite big ones within the sayhyadri mountain range. These were quite different in its shapes and sizes compared to westren ghats in Karnataka.

The Krishna River from near where the river is starts from a temple:

We also did a boating and witnessed the Bamnoli Triveni sangam  where 3 rivers meet (River Koyana,Solashi and kandati).

Lingamala Falls:

The Ganesh Temple at Wai, Satara on the banks of River Krishna: This town is surrounded by Sahyadri mountains and also had the prominance during the rule of Peshwas. Also called Dakshin Kashi as this town has about 100 temples.