Shegaon Trip, Journey from Mumbai to Shegaon

Trip from Mumbai to Shegaon - onboard Vidarbha and Geetanjali express, My Visit to Anand Sagar, Shegaon

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Anand Sagar, Shegaon

Anand Sagar - Shegaon has a famous tourist attraction known as "Anand Sagar" which contains lot of greenery, toy train or mini train - ride available for children and adults to take you for a round of the park inside Anand sagar, that gives a feel of safari ride covering various locations (this is like mini train Jungle safari ride inside national park), there is Light and Music show in daily evening, Garden, Dhyan Mandir at the centre of lake, meditation centre, fish aquarium, children play park, garden restaurant, Hanging bridge etc. Much more to experience. It is huge area and best way to cover entire area of Anand Sagar is by taking a ride in toy train that starts from starting station of the train which is near to the entrance. It is very neat, clean and peaceful place as i experienced.

Crossing the Hanging bridge is one of the most wonderful experience; that no one should miss it. Experience of hanging bridge give me better glimpse of the lake. Most incredible place in Anand sagar is Dyan Kendra. My visit to Dyan Mandir was joyful experience for me. I also enjoyed show of Musical fountains in Amphitheatre i.e. open theatre which can be found at very few places in India. It has steps with green grass; can say Eco friendly seating arrangement.

Here I am sharing plan of my tour to Shegaon and Anand Sagar, with some beautiful photographs of places; i visited in Anand Sagar. 

To visit Anand Sagar, you will have get down at Shegaon railway station. We travelled on the Vidarbha Express while going and returned in Geetanjali express. You can reach Anand sagar by taking either bus or auto from station.

Anand Sagar, Shegaon

My tour programme from Mumbai to Shegaon:

Day 1: We boarded the Vidarbha express for Shegaon from Dadar, Mumbai. (OverNight Journey). Schedule departure of the train from CSMT mumbai: 19.05. 

Day 2: At around 4 in the early morning, we reached Shegaon railway station as per scheduled of arrival. From there, you can board the shegaon temple Sansthan trust buses or take an auto standing outside of shegaon railway station to reach temple. Book for accommodation in "Bhakt Niwas" at Shegaon.

Day 3: Visit Anand Sagar by local auto or buses available from Bhakt Niwas.

To and fro bus service by Sansthan is available from Mandir to Anand Sagar, starting from "Bhakt niwas" complex.It will take a whole day to fully enjoy Anand Sagar. In the evening, return to "Bhakt Niwas" by bus or auto.

Day 4: Visit temple and shopping etc. As we couldn't get reservation ticket of Vidarbha express, we booked a ticket on the day-time running train. Return to Mumbai by 12860 Geetanjali Express. This train departs from Shegaon at 11.44AM and arrives Dadar at 8.47PM same day.

Anand Sagar Shegaon

About my experience on my tour to shegaon.

This time, we decided to plan and complete my long outstanding trip to Shegaon. Since long time during my college days; we were planning to visit Shegaon temple and Anand Sagar. I am sharing my trip plan and travel experience on my journey to Shegaon to know about beautiful places in Shegaon like Anand Sagar. We packed our bags and headed for Shegaon. We had booked our tickets on the Vidarbha express which is a night-time running train from Mumbai. We got confirmed tickets from Mumbai CSMT to Shegaon; at the same time, we had booked a ticket for the return journey, we got confirmed tickets on the Geetanjali express from Shegaon to Dadar, this train runs in the daytime in between Shagaon and Mumbai. We couldn't book ticket of overnight running trains as the status of tickets of all night rider trains were showing in waiting. I didn't take a risk to book a waiting ticket hence we could avoid daily task to check the status of my ticket. I was happy at this time as my ticket was not on the waiting list. I mentioned this because during our last trip to Kolhapur by Mahalaxmi express, we had booked the waiting ticket on that night rider train; at that time waiting list no. was 86 and wait list was reducing at a very slow pace still i had believed it would either end at RAC or confirm, but as not to take any risk due to long wait list number; we had managed to get tatkal tickets of another train, that caused a change in the schedule of our trip plan.

But this time; as we had confirmed tickets on both direction journey, we could plan our tour programme properly.

Our journey to Shegaon started, We left Dadar as per scheduled departure in the evening and reached Shegaon in the early morning at 3:40. The 1st impression of Shegaon is of one of the cleanest places i have visited. We reached Shegaon by Vidarbha express, from there we boarded a minibus to the Shri Gajanan Maharaj Sansthan. The Journey from railway station to Sansthan was over within half an hour. There We booked a room as planned. I observed that the staff members were very cooperative. I got information from the enquiry office and staff available there; that, we can get sansthan buses from there which would take us to the Anand Sagar. Please check my tour plan, i mentioned the same. I observed, people were still waiting for the accommodation. Some of them might have booked rooms in another complex like Anand vihar. On the first day, for darshan, it took us about a half an hour. by God's grace, the queue was continuously moving which was really helpful. After darshan, we headed back to our bhakt niwas, had our lunch, then roamed around the complex, shopping etc. part of the unplanned programme.

On the next day i.e. Day 2 of my shegaon tour, I woke up early and was all excited to be going to visit Anand Sagar. After taking bath, we had tea and poha as a morning breakfast. After breakfast, We all boarded the bus and went to Anand Sagar and enjoyed a lot, you can see photographs of some of the beautiful places that you can visit in anand sagar. It was really the great fun and lot of enjoyment that we had. The weather was excellent, it was so refreshing to see so much greenery. As soon as you enter into the park of Anand sagar, you will see a mini-toy train which will take you for a ride around this beautiful place. There are canteens available at many places in the park, so don't worry about food. In the morning, as we already had breakfast in the Sansthan's canteen, we skipped breakfast here in Anand Sagar. It was around 2.30 and we went for lunch. We quickly finished our lunch and headed for dhyan kendra in Anand sagar. There is a lake and in the middle, alsi there is a meditation center and mini island. We spent good time there almost an hour in a meditation center. In the evening, we watched a musical fountain show at the amphi-theater in Anand Sagar. We clicked some pictures there. We enjoyed surroundings and refreshed by this enriching experience, we headed towards Bhakta niwas by taking an auto. In short, everyone enjoyed the trip to Anand Sagar. Please note that the park is so huge hence you have to walk a lot and you may need more than one day to explore it. Please carry atleast 1.5ltr water bottle and wear a cap. 

Next day i.e. 3rd day of the Shegaon tour, We woke up early and took a walk (towards temple) to feel fresh air. There were fewer people in the temple in the early morning hence we managed to come back within half an hour. After that, We went to the market for shopping. After darshan and shopping; we took our bags, checked out of rooms and headed back to the railway station around 10.30am to start return journey towards Mumbai. We had confirmed tickets up to Dadar on the Geetanjali express. During our return journey; wait for the Geetanjali express was longer than expected. The train arrived about an hour late at Shegaon. We boarded our train for Mumbai from Shegaon railway station. I sat at the window side the whole day and enjoyed the scenery all along. Our train made very few halts and after 9-hr journey, we reached the Dadar railway station at around 08.50PM i.e. on the right time. From then it was a wait of few mins to get a taxi to go home and finally finished our tour to Shegaon-Anand Sagar.

Here I am sharing some beautiful images of Anand Sagar captured through my Cam.

I recommend this place to visit with family as well as with friends. I am sure you will definitely love to visit Anand Sagar again. Shegaon-Anand sagar is definitely must visit place in Maharashtra.

Note- To get more details regarding traveling to Shegaon, you can take the help of internet (official website of railways and other transport) or travel guide.

Anand Sagar, Shegaon Main entrance.

@ Anand Sagar, Shegaon

"Shree Swami Samarth" Anand Sagar, Shegaon

@ Anand Sagar, Shegaon

Anand Sagar, Shegaon

Anand Sagar, Shegaon

Anand Sagar, Shegaon

Anand Sagar, Shegaon

Anand Sagar, Shegaon Mini Train Ride. This is slowly moving toy train in Anand Sagar.

Anand Sagar, Shegaon

Anand Sagar, Shegaon Mini Train Track

Anand Sagar, Shegaon

Anand Sagar, Shegaon children play area

Anand Sagar, Shegaon Mini train station

Anand Sagar, Shegaon musical fountain

Anand Sagar, Shegaon

at Anand Sagar, Shegaon

at Anand Sagar, Shegaon

Shree Gajanan Maharaj temple, Shegaon

Shegaon Railway Station board

Passenger train halt at Shegaon

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