Hills Taken from the Moving Karnataka Express near Manmad
21 thoughts on “Hills Near Manmad”
as usual awesome snap..just reminded of those gruelling days when i travelled between mumbai and chennai in 2nd class compartments of trains which were invariably late..i can still feel the heat at cadappah, guntakkal, renigunta etc..hey M, u brought back my memories yar..take care..cheers…
Nice picture…I bet the hills are all green in the monsoons now. I have to say that I need to draw inspiration from you and update my blog regularly. I am very erratic and post when I have the mood…plus I am going through a writer's block now.
Ramesh, that must have been tough but when we are younger so many things we just take in our stride. Thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts.Tarun, ni idea, clicked it from a moving train.Megha thanks for the tip.Lucky click Hobo!Rocksea could not paste it in Picasa, will try again. Many thanks for the tip.Vamsee I hardly write anything 🙁 I just post pictures. But since I enjoy it, I will keep doing it 😀
Hi, A long time ago, i was travelling in India and took the Karnataka Express from Delhi to Bangalore. On the late afternoon of the 2nd day of the journey, I saw a beautiful fort, which was extremely big lengthwise, situated atop a ridge. This view was from the right side of the carriage. I am assuming that it must be somewhere close to this place because according to the train schedule, the train is in this particular area at that time. Do you know what I am talking about? Do you have any pictures of that fort? Do you know the name of the fort? Does it even exist or is this some crazy fantasy that I have imagined in my own head? The image still haunts me after 18 years, I would love to go back and visit this place.
Karnata express it is train number 2628. It starts from New Delhi(NDLS) at 21.15 hrs and reaches Bangalore City Jn. (SBC) at 13.40 hrs on the third day. While it covers a total distance of a total distance of 2456 km in 40 hours and 25 minutes. Main cities on the way are Hindupur, Anantapur, Ahmednagar, Bhopal, Jhansi, Agra and Mathura. I can expect Wadi, Daund, Manmad, Bhusaval, Itarsi also on the root.
You said it is on the late afternoon on second day. . I guess it shold be Ahmed nagar, Manmad may be Sholapur also. Thess are may estimations with information you said. I can explore more about this place to show your dreams.
Its amazing as i was also looking for the same information. Around 1992-94 i traveled quite a bit on Karnataka Express and always kept an eye out for that fort. I believe i have also seen it in a couple of hindi movies this pictures seems to me is of the same hill and there is a fort at the top, too bad it wasn’t taken length wise for a better view but nonetheless refreshes the memory of yonder years as its been 14 years since i set foot in India.
This fort is called as Ankai, there are two forts which are situated adjusant to each other. Ankai – Tankai. (Situated at 915 m above the sea level), the Ankai fort is having the Temple of Agatsya Muni, who is the first aryan, who has crossed the Vindhya Mountain Range.
as usual awesome snap..just reminded of those gruelling days when i travelled between mumbai and chennai in 2nd class compartments of trains which were invariably late..i can still feel the heat at cadappah, guntakkal, renigunta etc..hey M, u brought back my memories yar..take care..cheers…
WoW…..looks like a table moutain..where the place actually is
Maharashtra is full of forts and inspiring history. A good place for explorers.
Two shades of same mountain.Intelligent click.
Nice capture. For the proper copyright symbol, you can do this:In Ms Word, type (c) and it will turn that automatically into ©. You can then copy this to your image editor where you put the copyright. Or you can simply copy it from this comment or elsewhere. Anyways, no harm in using just (c).
Nice picture…I bet the hills are all green in the monsoons now. I have to say that I need to draw inspiration from you and update my blog regularly. I am very erratic and post when I have the mood…plus I am going through a writer's block now.
Ramesh, that must have been tough but when we are younger so many things we just take in our stride. Thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts.Tarun, ni idea, clicked it from a moving train.Megha thanks for the tip.Lucky click Hobo!Rocksea could not paste it in Picasa, will try again. Many thanks for the tip.Vamsee I hardly write anything 🙁 I just post pictures. But since I enjoy it, I will keep doing it 😀
Nice picture. Looks so much like the desert lands in the US.
Thank you Bindu , I have not been to the USA till date 😀
This is very typical of Sahyadri mountain range!
Hi,
Its not a sahyadri Ranges, It comes under Satpuda – Chandwad Range. Sahyadri starts from Nashik.
Regards,
Sandeep
WOw an excellent viewChennai Coimbatore
Priyank and you must be quite familiar with them!Bala thank you.
Mridula,saw your Barog toy train pics, want to use it in a magazine… [email protected]
Rina, thank you for your message, I have written you a mail.
Hi, A long time ago, i was travelling in India and took the Karnataka Express from Delhi to Bangalore. On the late afternoon of the 2nd day of the journey, I saw a beautiful fort, which was extremely big lengthwise, situated atop a ridge. This view was from the right side of the carriage. I am assuming that it must be somewhere close to this place because according to the train schedule, the train is in this particular area at that time. Do you know what I am talking about? Do you have any pictures of that fort? Do you know the name of the fort? Does it even exist or is this some crazy fantasy that I have imagined in my own head? The image still haunts me after 18 years, I would love to go back and visit this place.
Silky unfortunately I have no idea. And in India it is quite common to spot a fort on a hilltop from a train. Sorry about not being of much help.
Karnata express it is train number 2628. It starts from New Delhi(NDLS) at 21.15 hrs and reaches Bangalore City Jn. (SBC) at 13.40 hrs on the third day. While it covers a total distance of a total distance of 2456 km in 40 hours and 25 minutes. Main cities on the way are Hindupur, Anantapur, Ahmednagar, Bhopal, Jhansi, Agra and Mathura. I can expect Wadi, Daund, Manmad, Bhusaval, Itarsi also on the root.
You said it is on the late afternoon on second day. . I guess it shold be Ahmed nagar, Manmad may be Sholapur also. Thess are may estimations with information you said. I can explore more about this place to show your dreams.
I will welcome you back to see the place.
Its amazing as i was also looking for the same information. Around 1992-94 i traveled quite a bit on Karnataka Express and always kept an eye out for that fort. I believe i have also seen it in a couple of hindi movies this pictures seems to me is of the same hill and there is a fort at the top, too bad it wasn’t taken length wise for a better view but nonetheless refreshes the memory of yonder years as its been 14 years since i set foot in India.
Oh! BTW its called Ankai Fort and there are lots of photos on Flickr. Google it.
Hi Silky,
This fort is called as Ankai, there are two forts which are situated adjusant to each other. Ankai – Tankai. (Situated at 915 m above the sea level), the Ankai fort is having the Temple of Agatsya Muni, who is the first aryan, who has crossed the Vindhya Mountain Range.
Regards,
Sandeep