Shree Jyotiba Devasthan Kolhapur

Nelesh Surve 20 months ago

Peaceful place to visit.

* The temple is Big, Clean and Devotional. You'll love it.
* Heavily crowded in festival days and weekends. visit in the
morning or weekdays for proper peaceful darshan.
* The travel route to this temple is also more enjoyable as it is
present in the Hills.
* The view from top is mesmerizing and pleasing to eyes.
* I've been there in both clear and rainy days. I enjoyed the most
in Rainy days due to chill climate and foggy views from top.
* Special mention for the Prasad available in the stalls, especially
the Dark color milk sweets.
* Also try the local fresh hot snacks in rainy season.

Added images from both climates. Do check them all.

Rudra Patil 18 months ago

Loved it...the road you go from is very nice surrounded with mountain and beautiful nature. You can find hotels and small restaurant around... And should try the लस्सी which you can buy there,up on the mountain...it is very nice you will really like the place and people there...the view is really very nice..????????

DMP MAccount 21 months ago

A very iconic devotional place in Maharashtra. This place is adorned with Gulaal ( गुलाल ) everywhere. Deity (मूर्ती) is beautiful and the architecture has influence of Hemadpanthi (हेमाडपंथी / हेमाडपंती) style.

Things that could be better:
Parking - There is no dedicated parking area for devotees nearby. You will need to arrange from nearby stalls that allow you to park your cars in exchange for offerings that you buy for the temple deity.
Cleanliness: Must be improved considering the temple gets thousands of devotees everyday.
Inside the temple, Priests (पुजारी) at temple are quite insistent on giving दक्षिणा / दान at every deity. Mind you, there's one main deity of Jyotiba and many other deities around. This experience is not very nice!

If you ignore these 3 things, it's very satisfying to visit this iconic and religious place and enjoy a truly pink surrounding!