Mahabaleshwar-Hill station

Mahabaleshwar  is a city and a municipal council in Satara district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is a hill station located in the Western Ghats range. With one of the few evergreen forests of the world, it served as the summer capital of Bombay province during the British Raj.

Mahabaleshwar is the source of the Krishna River that flows across Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The legendary source of the river is a spout from the mouth of a statue of a cow in the ancient temple of Mahadev in Old Mahabaleshwar.
An interesting thing to notice is that 4 other rivers come out from the cow's mouth apart from Krishna and they all travel some distance before merging into Krishna. These rivers are the Koyana, Venna (Veni), Savitri, and Gayatri.

How to Reach

    * Mumbai - 252 km via Pune and 225 km via Panvel-Pen-Mahad-Poladpur (approx 6 hours)
    * Pune - 120 km (3 hours)
    * Sangli - 165 km (3.5 hours)
    * Satara - 55 km (1.5 hours)
    * Bangalore - 782 km (12 hours)

You can reach Mahabaleshwar by taking MSRTC or Private Luxury Buses from Mumbai, Pune, Sangli and Satara. National Highway NH4 is the nearest National Highway to reach Mahabaleshwar.
Nearest Railway Stations

  * Satara - 58 km    * Veer (Konkan Railway) - 70 km   * Pune - 120 km   * Miraj railway    junction - 169 km     * Sangli - 165 km

You can reach Mahabaleshwar by taking cabs or private cars from the above railway stations.