Naneghat

History:

Naneghat or 'Nanya' ghat was a mountain pass connecting the Nalasopara region with Junnar plateau near the Pune Region at the time of the Satvahanas who came into power shortly after the fall of the Mauryan empire. Naneghat also finds its name in the bibliography of ancient records of 'Zero' -
Indraji, Pandit Bhagavanlal. 1876. On ancient Nagari numeration: from an inscription at Naneghat. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Bombay Branch 12: 404-06.

Reaching there:

Reach Kalyan, take any bus towards malshej ghat and get down at Vaishakhare. Few minutes walk will take you to the base of the mountains. Clear white arrows mark the way to the top.

Height: 2750 ft.

Difficulty Level : Simple to Average in Monsoons.

Minimum Duration: 1 day.

Water: Advisable to carry water as water on top is dirty.

Shelter: Good Caves.

Our Experience:

A fine scenic trek when you want to take new people around. We were six people-Myself, Aswin, Alfredo, Mithun and Pranav. We started at around 0530 hrs in the morning of a fine sunday. We were expecting a good rain after the premonsoon showers and was our first trek this monsoon. We reached Kalyan and took a direct bus to Vaishakhare. We started climbing and in about two hours we were there and it was humid, hot and never rained.

Lessons we learnt: Never expect rain until its going floods and never ask ashwin to buy food, who got a bag full of samosas which fused into each other to form a big potato ball.