My Travel experiences: October 2016

Exploring the rarely explored TILARI

It was a highly anticipated place to visit for me since i ever hear the name of it from one of my friend who had visited the place in July 2015...and it became true when our fellow group mates planned to visit the place late at night once our class trip was cancelled a day before..

Why to visit

It's one of the unexplored places implies you don't find any sign boards or any one who could guide you out through the place and also the place is stress bursting you can keep yourself away from hustle and bustle of city life and also the place is not about forest to be precise its the hillocks and valleys and small streams of waters which forms this beautiful place..

About the place

Tilari is a hill station in Maharasthra which forms the ending edge of Deccan plateau on north western side of Karnataka which is at the junction of three important states of India-Karnataka Goa and Maharasthra... From the place one can infer that the village is constructed for the people who work at tilari hydro-electric project which is a joint venture of MH and GA states (More about the Hydro electric Project) ...Tilari is also the name of the river which flows here it is the river whose origin needs to be discovered one can't clearly define it's origin since it is formed by confluence of many smaller streams which flow in the valley..Like the other hill stations in Maharasthra Lonavla and Amboli where the valleys are covered with grasslands and small bushes unlike in Karnataka here we have thick forests which are Tropical evergreen forests..but in MH most of them get dried of in off monsoons the same applies to tilari so one has to visit the place only during Monsoons to enjoy the beauty of it.....

You dont have any canteens or shops in tilari and also petrol pumps .. so its better to bring home cooked food..or pack something in Belagavi and also fuel up in Belagavi itself

Places to see and experience in Tilari

1. Tilari Dam waterfalls

2. Swapnavel Point

3. Popular waterfalls..

4. Tilari Ghat

5. Tilari Sunset Point

6. Kadoli Mauli Devi Temple

(Courtesy : allaboutbelgaum.com)

one can refer these maps to visit the places

How to Visit

Don't follow the suggestions given by google maps....roads are in bad condition it takes 15 minutes to traverse just 5 km..

One can take Belagavi-Rakkaskoppa Dam- Tilari Nagar to visit the place visit the places in the following order Tilari Dam-Swapnavel Point-popular falls-Ghat-Mauli Temple-Sunset point and return to belagavi via Tilari Nagar-Parle-Patne-Yashwant Nagar connects to amboli road and reach Belagavi...

Detailed route info

Follow Sulaga road from Belagavi then after Sulaga you will spot a Indian Oil petrol pump after few meters ahead from pump take left towards Belagundi then follow the road ahead once you are about to reach the dam you see a road meeting your road from right.. then follow ahead you see a straight road and main road suddenly turn right that is the place where place no.1 arrives deviate from the main road to the dam road following the road you will see a gate stop your vehicle there then facing towards the gate take the small path on the right downwards which will take to you to the falls one can hear the noise of the sound from a distance follow the sound and you are there

Main Dam WaterFall

Once you are done with this falls head back to the main road and continue your journey towards tilari nagar this road is very beautiful and you can click a lot of photographs along this path..it will be great if you are a photography enthusiast... once you are following this road you will notice on to your left that canal which you had seen in tilari dam is very close to you at this point you will see a tar road on to you left leading to swapnavel point later the road is mud with tiny patch asphalted you lead to a place where canal flows next to your road where you can find some beautiful flowers

Then continue on to the road now you see a small road a sign board named Swapnavel point now continue on to that road at the end you see a gate where you have to pay Rs.10 as entrance fee and some fee for parking.......