Things to do & places to visit in Maharashtra, India

Maharashtra #2 destination in India 2023. The average rating score is 4.29 based on 166.5k traveler reviews, of 722 attractions. Timezone: Asia/Kolkata, current date and time: Thursday, May 02, 2024, 22:34.

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General weather summary in May

107°F - 78°F

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Really hot and breezy

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Chance of rain

7.0 millimeters

Amount

14.9 mph

Wind speed

31%

Humidity

13.1

Daylight length

5:51 AM

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6:54 PM

Sunset

57%

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4.5 Bandra-Worli Sea Link (9.551 reviews)
- Excellent road
Spent < 1 hour Bridges

This is a bridge which links Mumbai’s suburbs to South Mumbai. It’s a very prestigious bridge which was opened in 2009. See more..
4.5 Marine Drive (8.191 reviews)
- Sunset at marine drive
Thursday: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM Points of Interest & Landmarks • Scenic Drives

Bordering the Arabian Sea, this famous road is a popular spot for watching sunsets, and is gorgeous when lit up at night. See more..
4.5 Shree Siddhivinayak (5.599 reviews)
- Beautiful, peaceful place of worship
Spent 1-2 hours Religious Sites

Located in Mumbai’s central area, Prabhadevi, this temple is the most revered Lord Ganesh temple not only of Maharashtra but also of India. See more..
4.5 Della Adventure Park (4.697 reviews)
- Amazing experience at Fish spa
Thursday: 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM Spent More than 3 hours Amusement & Theme Parks

Della Adventure Park is India’s Largest Extreme Adventure park with 50 plus adventure activities. Experience India’s only Swoop swing(100 ft.), India’s Longest Flying Fox(1250ft.), 5 kinds of zorbing and 700cc yamaha raptor ATV only at Della Adventure, Lonavala. Make sure you do not miss out on adrenaline-pumping adventure activities like Archery, Rocket Ejector, Motocross dirt bike riding, Buggy Ride, Paintball and Rappelling. Della Adventure Park in Lonavala is one of the best weekend getaways near Mumbai and Pune, it has everything to keep you excited with its various adventure activities for individuals as well as for groups. See more..
4.5 Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (4.513 reviews)
- Beautiful Building
Thursday: 2:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent < 1 hour Historic Sites • Architectural Buildings

India's most beautiful railway station is a masterpiece of Gothic architecture with stained-glass windows, towering spires, domed arches and buttresses and pillars with animal images carved into them. See more..
4.5 Dagadusheth Halwai Ganapati Temple (3.183 reviews)
- Visited famous temple of ganesha
Thursday: 6:00 AM - 10:30 PM Religious Sites

Beautiful temple and one of the oldest and famous ganesha temple in pune. I have visited here few times since i am living in pune. Most of time i have visited temple after 9.30 PM..and i think that is best time as all shops are closed nearby and there is no traffic and no parking problem,even you can sit inside temple as there is no crowd at that time. Must visit place if you are in pune. See more..
4.5 Ellora Caves (2.753 reviews)
- An unforgettable experience
Thursday: 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM Ancient Ruins • Caverns & Caves

Spectacular rock cut caves and elaborate sculptures of Hindu, Buddhist and Jain faiths are over 10 centuries old. See more..
4.5 Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Temple (2.547 reviews)
- Beautiful Iskcon temple near Juhu Beach
Thursday: 5:00 AM - 5:30 AM, 7:45 AM - 1:00 PM, 4:30 PM - 9:00 PM Spent < 1 hour Religious Sites

Modeled after the temples of Vrindavan, that were influenced by the architecture of Rajasthan, this epicenter of spiritual activity accommodates over 140 monks and a growing community of 5000. See Indian culture, art, and design at its finest in the form of hand-carved indoor teak-wood balconies, precious stone & marble inlays, large original paintings, and classical dioramas. Stroll around and visit one of Gandhi's places of worship, idyllic temple garden, vegetarian restaurant, gift shop, and Govardhan Eco-village shop. Experience a clean, welcoming, joyful ambiance imbued with constant meditation and prayer. We hope you will feel at home in our simple Krishna temple. See more..
4.5 Colaba (2.497 reviews)
- Colaba, the British Architecture and the Causeway
Neighborhoods

This popular tourist district includes museums, the Gateway of India, a slew of shops and vendors on the Colaba Causeway and the Sassoon Dock, where fishing boats unload their pungent catches at dawn. See more..
4.5 Ajanta Caves (2.488 reviews)
- Ajanta and Ellora
Thursday: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM Spent 2-3 hours Caverns & Caves

Ajanta and Ellora Caves are a not to be missed trip. The artwork and history found in each place is incredible. We quite happily spent a full day at each site exploring the many caves. M D Husain was a great driver, very happy to help us organise our trio with his expert suggestions. His pricing was fair and he is very friendly and extremely knowledgeable about the caves and area in and around Aurangabad. Over 2 days he took us to the two cave sites as well as several other places of interest in the Aurangabad area. He picked us up from our hotel and dropped us back each evening after some very satisfying exploration. I highly recommend him and he can be contacted via email ([email protected]) or via phone (+91 9923616671) See more..
4.5 Nariman Point (2.410 reviews)
- Nariman Point...a place to laze by the sea.
Neighborhoods

Though a commercial place in the heart of Mumbai ,its the Sea which is the attraction for visitors and a cool winter morning will present one with an amazing view of the Sunrise-a blob of gold popping up from the blue horizon and splashing its colors of orange and red in the sky. The crowd comprises morning walkers and pet dogs whereas the evening sun also sets the sky on fire during sun-down. However, the crowds are more in the evening, so also the traffic and the noise. See more..
4.5 Sri Sai Baba Samadhi Mandir (1.879 reviews)
- Busy but worth it
Thursday: Religious Sites

Welcome to the official website of Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust, Shirdi. It is the Governing and Administrative body of Shri Saibaba's Samadhi Temple and ... See more..
4.5 Mani Bhavan Gandhi Museum (1.781 reviews)
- A New Perspective on Gandhi
Thursday: 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM Spent 1-2 hours History Museums

Mahatma Gandhi once lived in this simple, two-story building, which is now a museum, library and research center depicting Gandhi's life and struggles for Indian freedom through peaceful means. See more..
4.5 Sinhagad Fort (1.728 reviews)
- Nice excursion, even for a half day
Thursday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Castles

Wonderful visit. This is the perfect season to visit any Gad/ Fort. Weather is good, rains have stopped, so there's no moss/ mud etc. Less chances of slipping. Cool weather helps you walk more, faster, better. Sinhgad is visited by many - kids from school, couples, families, friends in groups. If possible, better to go on a weekday, so that there's less crowd. One gets very good Maharashtrian lunch on the Gad - Bhakri, Pithale, Vangyache Bharit, Matki Usal, Thecha etc. Kanda Bhaji, Dahi, Taak (Butter milk) are awesome. They just recharge your tired body. The view from above is great. One can spend either a full day or a half day as per time available. One can take his private vehicle up the fort and safely park (parking fees applicable). After that there are stone steps which one has to climb to visit various points on the Fort. See more..
4.5 Mahabaleshwar Hill Station (1.718 reviews)
- Hills of Mahabaleshwar
Historic Sites

We stayed at Lake View Resort adjoining Tapola Lake. This is a wonderful resort adjoining the lake and the hills. Overall, enjoyed all the view points at Mahableshwar which gives a wonderful view from the top....the picturesque hills which would be any artists dream sketch. We enjoyed a speed boat ride on Tapola Lake to reach the temples and the conjunction of three rivers. Experience was somewhat like a Mini Kashmir. See more..
4.5 Mount Mary Basilica (1.451 reviews)
- Tranquil and faith, with joined hands
Spent 1-2 hours Architectural Buildings • Religious Sites • Churches & Cathedrals

This is a beautiful Roman Catholic Church which is very famous for the week-long Bandra fair which takes place here every year in September. See more..
4.5 Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple (1.450 reviews)
- Om namah shivay !!
Spent 1-2 hours Architectural Buildings • Religious Sites

Amazing place, must visit. VIP passes (200 each paid to trust at office near East gate) helps for elders and kids. Sr. Citizen (with passes) were allowed to go directly to temple in our case. For special pooja mostly people go early before 9:00 am. Simple pooja can be carried out even post 11 am (we went for this). Autos can take elders to the East gate, without any walking, we were charged 50 Rs. Darshan was pretty smooth for us. Om namah shivay !! See more..
4.5 Mahalakshmi Temple (1.325 reviews)
- Mahalaxmi temple
Spent 1-2 hours Religious Sites

This temple located on Bhulabhai Desai Road is a very famous temple of Goddess Mahalakshmi. The idols of Goddesses Mahakali and Mahasaraswati are also enshrined at this temple. See more..
4.5 Kanheri Caves (1.246 reviews)
- Certainly worth a visit
Thursday: 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM Points of Interest & Landmarks • Caverns & Caves

This is an amazing attraction but difficult in hot weather. One of our group walked (nearly) to the top, but the rest of us settled for seeing about 30 of the caves. You certainly need to take the shuttle bus (very cheap) as it is about 5km from the entrance to the caves. See more..
4.5 Darshan Museum (1.148 reviews)
- A must visit if you are in Pune
Thursday: Spent 1-2 hours Speciality Museums

FREE ENTRY TO ALL VISITORS --- Darshan is not really a 'museum' in the conventional sense of the term. Although it does what every museum does, keeps alive a memory, but at Darshan, it's done through 3D Holographics, Life-Like Statues, Realistic Sets, Hi-Def Audio, HD Video, Theatrical Lighting and much more!Darshan is the next step in story-telling. The visitor literally 'walks' into a scene and the scene 'plays out' before your eyes! Each scene is brought to life through realistic sets, and within the set are various props that help to recreate the scene before you. For the first time in the country has 3D Holographics been used in a show! Characters appear in thin air and act out scenes before your very eyes! A truly magical experience!Darshan tells the beautiful story of a Saint of Modern India, Sadhu T L Vaswani. He was a visionary, an educationist, a spiritual giant, a poet and much, much more! His life bore witness to the universal ideals of Unity, Brotherhood of all life, Compassion, Love for all, Peace. He inspired many to work for the cause of the independence of India alongside with Gandhi, he worked for women upliftment years before modern society did it, by starting a Women's Education Movement called the Mira Movement in Education. The Mira Movement in Education has now spread to many cities and thousands of young girls benefit from it. He was an animal rights activist, his birthday, 25th November, is celebrated as Animal Rights Day and crores of people pledge to abstain from food of violence on this day every year! He was a spiritual giant. He spread the Eternal Message of the Saints and Rishis amongst the common man and made the Divine accessible to everyone. Ever a believer in the Unity of All Life, He promoted no one religion but taught that all religions lead to but One Goal. The Paths are Many but the Goal is One! His spiritual poetry has been compiled into the largest compilation of Spiritual Poetry by a single author in the world! It is cal... See more..
4.5 Mahalaxmi Temple (1.058 reviews)
- A shakti Peetha worth visiting.
Architectural Buildings

This is considered a Shakti Peetha in India for Goddess Laxmi and is worth visiting. The temple is made out very artistically and there is a long long queue of devotees to have a glimpse of the Goddess. Devotees in shorts are not permitted and may have to borrow a dhoti from the nearby shops. See more..
4.5 KidZania Mumbai (993 reviews)
- Best place for kids!
Thursday: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM Spent More than 3 hours Amusement & Theme Parks

KIDZANIA IS A GLOBAL FAMILY INDOOR AMUSEMENT PARK. KidZania is a global indoor theme park for families that empowers, inspires and educates kids through real-life role-playing activities. By blending reality with entertainment, KidZania provides an authentic and powerful developmental platform, preparing kids to understand and manage their world better. KidZania believes it can promote change, inspire global citizenship and build strong community awareness amongst children through an experience that is hands-on, engaging, and most importantly, fun. See more..
4.5 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (976 reviews)
- If History Museums rock your boat
Thursday: 10:15 AM - 6:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours History Museums

My wife and I walked to the Museum from our hotel, using the hotel map. It was a flat walk and easy to do, especially after we learnt how to cross roads in India. We happily paid the foreigners visitors entry fee at the ticket office, just to the left inside the main gate (near the shop and cafe) and received our passes. We did not take an Audio Guide, as we like to view what we are interested in. We also like to take all the time we need to view the exhibits and we didn't hurry. We enjoyed viewing the gardens outside the exhibition building, especially the statues. We didn't pay extra to take photos inside and put our cameras away. We started by climbing to the top floor and found that on each floor, there is a corridor to an annex where there are more things to see. It is way easier to start at the top and walk down. The Art, Archaeology and Natural History exhibitions include some of the oldest artifacts that I have ever seen. Some pottery pieces over 4,000 years old. We loved the Japanese and Chinese artifacts in the glass cases and my wife really liked the sari and textile collections, in another section of the museum. The museum isn't modern and doesn't have any of the full room audio visual displays of prehistoric animals wandering through the undergrowth, like you see in other international venues. It does have however, have real exhibits, not make-believe ones. We spent around two and a half hours in the museum and a further 30 minutes in the shop buying souvenirs of our visit, including a Hindu statue and some nicely packed Indian tea varieties. A visit to this Museum is highly recommended. See more..
4.5 Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga Temple (957 reviews)
- Jai Mahadev.
Religious Sites

Luckily we went to the jyotirlinga at such a time where there was no crowd during weekdays and we had a very peaceful visit. You have to be bare-chasted ( Take all your clothes from upper part) which you can do before entering the temple as well no need to plan ahead for this. Do not carry mobile phones etc. but there are people where you can safely deposit your cell phone at INR 10/- per handset. And this is one of the temples where you can offer holy water, flowers etc. whatever local vendor is selling outside the temple as it's allowed to offer in shiv ling. For preforming pooja there is a counter once you enter the temple pay for the type of pooja and get the receipt to perform inside the temple. See more..
4.5 Sri Balaji Mandir (911 reviews)
- A nice temple to visit.
Thursday: 5:00 AM - 8:00 PM Religious Sites

This temple is replica of main Tirupati Balaji Temple. This is nearby Pune city and easily accessible to reach. Temple premises is vast and clean. Mobiles are not allowed inside temple premises but locker facility is available. Really worth visit. See more..
4.5 Shri Saibaba Sansthan Temple (885 reviews)
- Very beautiful experience
Religious Sites

We're just back from Shirdi, the place we love to visit every year. Because of the bandh declared on 19th January, we had a very peaceful darshan. Not much crowd, no hawkers, no distractions. The security inside the temple were also very patient and well behaved with the devotees. We were very happy with the most satisfying darshan seeking Baba's blessings. Om Sai Ram See more..
4.5 Bhimashankar Temple (852 reviews)
- Bhimshankar baba ki jai
Religious Sites

Bhimshankar baba is located in sahayadri mountain range , a Serene location near Pune. Car parking is a little more than a km away . However there are young lads offering to take you close to the Mandir on their bikes , get Darshan and drop you back to car park for 2000 INR. Straight forward service and avoids the ghat road walking for those applicable . Swami Darshan was straight forward . We see Nandi, baba and sani bhagwan. The kalakand sold for a mere 100 INR for 250 gms is one of the best I have had . A must try . The MtDC hotel about 9 Kms away from temple is basic basic but handy for a nearby stay . Overall no complaints.Har jar maha dev. See more..
4.5 ISKCON NVCC Temple (810 reviews)
- Visit in the night !
Thursday: 4:30 AM - 1:00 PM, 4:30 PM - 9:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Religious Sites

Iskcon NVCC Temple was the first place that we decided to visit in Pune and it was a good decision that we went in the night as the lights dotting the temple were eye pleasing and serene. There is a food court and a lodge as well I believe for visitors to the temple just before we entered the main temple complex . Iskcon Temples are known to be grandeur and this one was no exception. Fountains and Gardens give the place a serenity. Once we were in, it was divine. The idols of all the deities are so beautiful that it will leave one mesmerized. We were on time for Aarti and it was an experience etched in memory. The walls and the roof of the temple has art work of the finest quality. After spending a wonderful time, we decided to grab some snacks at the food court which is when the air was filled with chants of ‘Hare Rama Hare Krishna’ and we saw a beautiful sight of people dancing to the tunes just being lost and enjoying the moment. There is parking available for 4 wheeler’s. See more..
4.5 Global Vipassana Pagoda (795 reviews)
- Beautiful getaway from the hustle and bustle of Mumbai
Thursday: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM Spent 2-3 hours Monuments & Statues

The Global Vipassana Pagoda is a Meditation Hall near Gorai, North-west of Mumbai, India. The Pagoda was inaugurated by Pratibha Patil, then President of India on 8 February 2009.[1] It is built on donated land on a peninsula between Gorai creek and the Arabian Sea. The pagoda is to serve as a monument of peace and harmony. The Global Vipassana Pagoda has been built out of gratitude to the Buddha, his teaching and the community of monks practicing his teaching. Its traditional Burmese design is an expression of gratitude towards the country of Myanmar for preserving the practice of Vipassana. The shape of the pagoda is a copy of the Shwedagon Pagoda (Golden Pagoda) in Yangon, Myanmar. It was built combining ancient Indian and modern technology to enable it to last for a thousand years. The center of the Global Vipassana Pagoda contains the world's largest stone dome built without any supporting pillars. The height of the dome is approximately 29 metres, while the height of the building is 96.12 meters, which is twice the size of the previously largest hollow stone monument in the world, the Gol Gumbaz Dome in Bijapur, India. External diameter of the largest section of the dome is 97.46m and the shorter sections is 94.82m. Internal diameter of the dome is 85.15m.[4] The inside of the pagoda is hollow and serves as a very large meditation hall with an area covering more than 6000 m2 (65,000 ft2). The massive inner dome seats over 8000 people enabling them to practice the non-sectarian Vipassana meditation as taught by Mr S.N. Goenka and now being practiced in over 100 countries. An inaugural one-day meditation course was held at the pagoda on 21 December 2008, with Mr S.N. Goenka in attendance as the teacher. The aim of the pagoda complex is, among others, to express gratitude to Gautama Buddha for dispensing what followers believe is a universal teaching for the eradication of suffering, to educate the public about the life and teaching of the Buddha, and to prov... See more..
4.5 Arthur's Seat (764 reviews)
- Awesome views
Lookouts

Of all the "points" in Mahabaleshwar this is really worth the hype. Amazing panoramic views of the hills and the valley from the lookout point. A word of caution is that it gets insanlely crowded during the weekends.. best is to come here early morning in a weekday See more..