subject: Tips For Travelling From Bangalore To Shirdi [print this page] Bangalore, the capital of the state of Karnataka is the third most populous city of India. It is often referred as the Garden City because of its greenery and beautiful public parks like Lal Bagh and Cubbon Park. Other major tourist attractions include Visvesvaraya Science and Technology Museum, Vidhan Saudha, Tipu Sultan Palace, ISKON Temple and Bull Temple. Bangalore is the Silicon Valley of India as a lot of IT companies are located there.
Shirdi is a town located in Ahmednagar district in the state of Maharashtra. It is famous for Shirdi Ki Saibaba, an 18th century ascetic who preached brotherhood among all religions. He practiced both Hindu and Muslim rites. Permanent population is only 26,169 as per 2001 census, but nearly 25,000 people visit here daily seeking Sai Babas blessings. Places to visit at Shirdi include Sai Baba Mandir and Samadhi, Dwarakamai Mosque, Lendi Baug and Chavadi among others.
Bangalore is well connected to all main cities of India by National Highways (NH) and State Highways (SH). Shirdi lies close to Mumbai-Ahmednagar State highway SH 44. Distance from Bangalore to Shirdi via Davangere, Hubli and Pune is 1027.3 km and can be covered in nearly 15 hours. From Bangalore take Mangalore Highway (16.1 km) and Nelamangala Expressway (3.4 km) to be on NH 4 (229.6 km), drive along SH 65 / SH 76 (23 km), back on NH 4 (531 km), take Pune bypasses (18.2 km), be back on NH 4 (9.5 km), use NH 50 (131 km), SH 44 (40 km) and SH10 (7.4 km) to reach Shirdi.
Private taxis are available from Bangalore to Shirdi with fares varying from Rs 16100- for Tata Indica to Rs 20639/- for Mahindra Logan for a round trip. Private bus services are also there from Bangalore to Shirdi. Per head fare will be Rs 850/- for non-a/c and Rs 1200/- for a Multi-Axle Volvo a/c bus.
Bangalore City junction and Krishnarajapuram are the two stations in Bangalore and Sainagar is the station at Shirdi 1 km away from Sai Mandir. Direct train from Bangalore city junction to Sainagar, 16217 weekly Mysore-Sainagar express takes around 27 hours and one from Krishnarajapuram namely 12627 weekly Sainagar Express takes 19 hour 48 minutes for the journey. Kopargaon station which is 15 km away from Shirdi has two direct trains from Bangalore City junction.
Nearest airport to Shirdi is Aurangabad airport, 98 km away. There are no direct flights from Bangalore to Aurangabad. Spice jet, Jetlite and Jet airlines have flights with one stopover at Mumbai, the fare being Rs 5000/- approximately. Private luxury buses ply between Aurangabad and Shirdi taking 4 hours 15 minutes, fares varying from Rs 500/- to Rs 760/-.
by: Guide Tourist
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