Harihareshwar Temple

Harihareshwar Temple 
And Mind blowing Lovely Beaches

Harihareshwar famed as the Dakshin kashi

          Harihareshwar temple, the main attraction of Harihareshwar apart from the Harihareshwar beach, from a tourist perspective. It is quite a simple structure with traditional tiled roofing. There is a small garden on the left as one enters the temple complex. The Harihareshwar temple complex opens up to a long stretch of beach to its north where the shorter 'pradakshina marg' culminates.

          The presiding deities in Harihareshwar temple are the Trimurti - Brahma, Visnu and Mahesh, along with Devi Parvati. It is customary to visit the Kal Bhairav temple before visiting any other shrine here. The Harihareshwar temple opens upto a long stretch of beach on its northern side. The pradakshina around the hill finishes up at the beach.

          Believed to be built in late medieval period, the main deity of the Harihareshwar temple is the kuladaivat of the Peshwas, the prime ministers of the Maratha Empire. 'Pradakshina Marg' around the temple was built by Chandrarao More. Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj has also visited the Harihareshwar temple.

    There are two beaches in Harihareshwar
One towards the right side of the temple where the pradakshina trail ends and another beach which is towards the south of the hill on the other side. Both the beaches typical of northern Konkan beaches are pseudo white sand beaches. Harihareshwar beach has a thin layer of white sand covering the underlying fine black sand. Water sports is available at the Harihareshwar beach on the southern part of Harihareshwar beach

How to Reach? 
By Air
The nearest airport to reach this place is the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.
By Rail
The nearest railhead some 57 km away is Mangoan Railway Station. This station is well connected to main cities in Maharashtra and cities of India
By Road

There are plenty of Road route options to Harihareshwar. Numerous bus and cab operators ply on roads between this holy place and Mahabaleshwar (about 130kms away), Pune (about 208kms away) and Mumbai (about 188kms away)