Thoughts Decoded

Since January we were planning to go on a recreational trip but couldn’t make it. Finally the day came. Friday the 5th Jun. It was undecided and was a spontaneous decision that I called my friends & planned to celebrate our weekend at morachi chincholi.

In Marathi peacocks are referred to as “Mor” while “Chincholi” means a tamarind thicket or a jungle of tamarind trees.The place is called as such due to the unusually high number of peacocks inhabiting in the profusion of tamarind trees in that village. Morachi chincholi is a small village which is around 85-90 kms from Pune on Pune- Ahmednagar highway.

Where we started?
We started our journey around 10 pm from Dadar.We caught Neeta volvo and reached pune station.From station we moved to Hadapser where my friend stays. We reached there by around 2.15 am. Next day we started our journey from Hadapser. The journey was like Hadapser -> Vaghuli -> Shikarapur ->Morachi Chincholi. We reached the spot at 9.30am.The journey was too hectic, but when we reached finally to our destination, we were refreshed.The place was like heaven.

From Weekend @ Morachi Chincholi (Pune)

Morachi Village

It had a typical rural atmosphere. When we were passing through the village the villagers & the small kids were eyeing us with curiosity.The overall atmosphere of the village was mesmerizing.Its also made me realise that how simple life is in a village & how different and stressful life we lead in our cities.I could actually feel myself reposeful in such kind of atmosphere.

From Weekend @ Morachi Chincholi (Pune)

As soon as we reached the spot, the evident mewing of the the peacocks played in our ears.We were very excited. We kept our patience and went to Mr. Dattatraya’s house, had some food & took rest.

Then we went walking to nearby fields. We saw few beautiful peacocks in the fields. We tried to click some snaps but it was too difficult, as we went nearer, they ran faster.

From Weekend @ Morachi Chincholi (Pune)

One of amazing sights that we came across was that these peacocks were perfectly in their natural habitat with the villagers working nearby, so they were used to presence of the villagers. It was just pleasurable. We were told that this is a common sight in the village as villagers actually took care of these birds, But for all their familiarity with humans, the peacocks were shy of any outsiders. However when we tried to get closer to get decent photos, they took flight or ran faster. Thankfully I managed to take some excellent snaps of peacock by god’s grace with Canon SX10IS  .

The magic continued to manifest itself as we travelled further into the village. The villagers were very helpful in providing information as to the whereabouts of the peacocks. We could see the pride in everybodys face when they talked about how unique they were to have such a beautiful coexistence between the humans and the birds.

From Weekend @ Morachi Chincholi (Pune)

During the noon time after the delicious lunch we lost ourselves in the relaxed atmosphere of the place.We just lazed around for some time in the cool shadows of the tamarind trees.Suddenly the climate becomes cloudy & this was the right time which I was eagerly waiting for. After all the intense efforts, I got couple of snaps of dancing peacocks as I desired. I was just felicitous looking at those pictures.

From Weekend @ Morachi Chincholi (Pune)

Dancing Peacock

From Weekend @ Morachi Chincholi (Pune)

Pleasant atmosphere after rain

From Weekend @ Morachi Chincholi (Pune)

This small town is surrounded Ranjan Khalge (World famous Pot holes), Malthan, and many more natural dwelled villages.So, Next day, i.e on Sunday we planed to go to the world famous pot holes called “Ranjan Khalge” in Ranjan Village. Ranjan means name of village& Khalge (in Marathi ) means potholes.Pothole (or kettle-hole) is also a term for a formation in rivers caused by a whirlpool eroding a hole into rock. The abrasion is mainly caused by the circular motion of small sediments such as small stones in the river. The interiors of potholes tend to be smooth and regular. The site was truly awesome , we had never expected such miracle of nature.

Around in the middle of noon we reached back to morachi for return journey. We enjoyed the every moment of the village.However, soon it was time to leave. It was very difficult letting go such place wielded on us. So with a heavy heart and a promise to ourselves to return back to this magical place again,

Currently this village is having a peacock sanctuary which shelters more than two thousands of peacocks. & we expect double of that in next few years.

I hope after reading this blog ,you people definitely want to visit this awesome Place “Morachi Chincholi”.

Best time to visit: Early morning or evening in the months of June to September (basically Monsoon season).

In the 21st century its been impossible to breath fresh air in cities,but one can enjoy this in morachi.

If one who is planning for stay on weekends, can enjoy following things,

You can make a tour for a weekend to this place by following either of these route from Pune,

How to go?

Direction 1A:
(Assuming you are starting from Yerwad, Pune Station, Swargate, Kalyaninagar or Chandannagar)around 47KMs drive
a) Drive on Pune-Ahemadnagar highway up to Shikrapur around 30KMs from above mentioned locations.
b) When you reach in Shikrapur, cross the bridge, and then in chauk, ask for the road to Malthan, it’s a just left turn road after Shikrapur area finishes.
c) Now take left turn to Malthan phata, which is starting of small road and move without stopping to Ganegaon for a distance of around 8KMs.
d) Once you reach in Ganegaon, take left turn and reach directly in the Morachi Chincholi which is around 9KMs.

Direction 1B:
(Assuming you are starting from Yerwad, Pune Station, Swargate, Kalyaninagar or Chandannagar) around 45KMs drive
a) Drive on Pune-Ahemadnagar highway up to Shikrapur around 30 KMs from above mentioned locations.
b) Once you reach in Shikrapur, cross the bridge and in next chauk itself, take left turn to Pabal phata, travel further for around 200 meters and take a drive up to Kanhur Mesai village, which is only 15KMs from this chauk.
c) After Kanhur Mesai, travel towards Morachi Chincholi which is hardly the distance of 3KMs.

Direction 2:
(Assuming you are starting from Bhosari, Nashik phata, Khirki or Chinchwad) around 65KMs drive
a) Drive on Pune-Nasik highway (NH50) up to Rajgurunagar around 40KMs from above mentioned locations.
b) Once you reach in Rajgurunagar, take an immediate right turn before MS Bus Stand to Pabal, which is well-known for Jain temple and travel directly to Morachi Chincholi, which is around 25KMs.

Direction 3:
(Assuming you are coming from Ahmednagar towards Pune) around 23KMs
a) Drive on Ahmednagar-Pune state highway up to Shirur,
b) Once you reach into Shirur, take a right turn towards Ramling town.
c) Take a straight drive up to Chincholi Morachi which is around 23KMs. In between this path, you will travel over Malthan which is also one of the tourist spot for village life.

You can contact Mr. Dattatraya Anandrao Thopate on +919689125047 between 0800 to 1700 (IST)