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Shanichara Temple

Shanichara Temple is located near Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh. It is said about it that here is the body of the supernatural Shani Dev, thrown from Lanka by Hanumanji. A fair is held here on the day of Shanichari Amavasya. Devotees offer oil here and leave all the clothes, slippers, shoes etc. worn here and go home. There is a belief behind this that by doing this one gets rid of sin and poverty. It is believed that Shani powers reside in Shanihchara temple....
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Shanichara Temple is located near Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
Fair is held on Shani Jayanti
The festival of Shani Jayanti is celebrated every year on the new moon of Jyeshtha month. On this day lakhs of devotees throng the main Shanichara temple.Devotees who come here offer oil to please Shani Dev and worship him.

Shani Chara Temple is at a distance of 4.4km from Shanichara Railway Station.

Huge queues for GEN will be there at Pune and it starts to form during the afternoon itself. Getting a seat in GEN coach is next to impossible if you do not stand in queue at least 5 hours before departure.
Even sleeper coaches are fully packed and it will be very difficult to sleep on your seat if that is a LB or SLB. Washrooms are dirty and stinks badly except for AC classes.
Only good thing about this train is it's speed and punctuality. Less stops during the day time and...
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good amount of railfanning is possible.
RPF is available in the train but I suggest to take care of your belongings since the train runs heavily crowded.
Pantry food is just OK it's better to order food from the outside.
On ticket availability, good luck getting a ticket in any class since it always runs packed throughout the year.

Central railways cr can start multiple services of namo bharat rapid rail (vande metro) between Mumbai - Pune - Nashik which is Maharashtra's industral triangle. The route from Mumbai to Pune will go via Kalyan & some trains via Panvel & stops will be at Dadar, Thane, Kalyan/Panvel, Lonavala, Talegaon/Chinchwad & Shivajinagar. Some of trains on this route will origin from CSMT while some might origin from LTT & terminate at Shivajinagar in Pune or at Pune JN. One or two trains can be provided halt at Neral for Matheran commuters & 3 to 4 eg. 2 in morning 1 in evening can halt at Karjat. On Mumbai - Nashik route some train can origin from CSMT & some from LTT with main halts at Dadar, Thane & Kalyan. Devlali can be given a halt for Nashik commuters convenience if required with some train halting at Kasara or Igatpuri with all...
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trains termination at Nashik Road or some may be extend to Manmad. The services operate from Panvel to Nashik Road with main halt at Kalyan and if required at Kasara/Igatpuri/Devlali. The third route is Pune to Nashik. This will have major halts at Shivajinagar, Chinchwad/Talegaon, Lonavala and Kalyan (the trains will be reversed here). Some services can halt at minor halts like Karjat, Neral, Kasara or Igatpuri. Some of these services might terminate at Manmad if demanded for Pune - Manmad connection. These trains can operate untill Pune - Nashik Road high speed project is fully completed. These trains will share their rakes with each other & primary maintainance can be done at Pune or Wadi Bunder. 8 coach trains with multiple services between the three cities will grow business in this triangle. Useing these trains we can complete Mumbai - Pune/Nashik in 2 hrs 30 min while Pune - Nashik road can be completed in 4 hrs while it take around 20 to 30 min from Nashik Road to Nashik main depending on traffic making it around 4 hrs 30 min which is less than 5 hrs to 5 hrs 30 min taken by road today depending on traffic. More over trains provide comfortable journey compared to road.