About 1150 km in a straight line from Lucknow to Bhimashankar in Pune district. That figure is a straight-line estimate, not a driving distance. This page pairs it with the way people actually make the trip: the train through Pune Jn, a flight into Pune, or the road.
The number is about 1150 km, measured on the globe between Lucknow and the temple town, then rounded to the nearest ten kilometres. It is a straight-line estimate.Treat it as a way to compare trips, not as a route: the road, the rail line and the air path all bend, and each one runs longer than this figure.
This is the same kind of number as the span on the map page. It tells you whether Lucknowto Bhimashankar is a long day or a multi-day journey, and it is honest about being a calculation rather than a measured route.
The railhead this site treats as the nearest is Pune Jn, about 124 km from the temple town. Over a long distance the train is usually the calmest option: an overnight run from most big cities, then the last leg by bus, jeep, auto or cab.
The nearest airport is Pune, about 119 km away. Fly if the trip is short or the distance is long, then take a cab or a train for the rest. At a small airport the last departure of the day can be early, so plan the arrival side carefully.
Hill road, wildlife sanctuary. On a road trip the last stretch into the temple town is usually the slowest, and the hill and forest approaches can close in heavy monsoon rain or winter snow. Check the local road status the week you travel.
Rail. Pune is the practical railhead, about 124 km by road on the suggested route, typically three to five hours on Google Maps. Maharashtra Tourism names Karjat as the closest station, but the road from Karjat goes round the ghats and is longer on the map, so Pune is the better choice.
Air. Pune airport is about 119 km by road on Google Maps. Private taxis and state-run buses run from Pune to the temple.
Road. By road Bhimashankar is about 124 km from Pune station, about 200 km from Mumbai via the expressway and about 201 km from Nashik Road, on Google Maps. Walkers can also trek in from Khandas village.
Train numbers, days of running and flight schedules are not printed here: they change with each timetable. This block records the approach the source describes, and the straight-line figure above is the only distance on this page.
The straight-line estimate uses these approximate coordinates, which are the city centre to one decimal place. They are not survey points, and they are only for this calculation.
| City | Latitude | Longitude | This page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delhi | 28.6 | 77.2 | Delhi page |
| Mumbai | 19.1 | 72.9 | Mumbai page |
| Ahmedabad | 23.0 | 72.6 | Ahmedabad page |
| Kolkata | 22.6 | 88.4 | Kolkata page |
| Chennai | 13.1 | 80.3 | Chennai page |
| Bengaluru | 13.0 | 77.6 | Bengaluru page |
| Hyderabad | 17.4 | 78.5 | Hyderabad page |
| Lucknow | 26.8 | 81.0 | The estimate above |
| Patna | 25.6 | 85.1 | Patna page |
| Pune | 18.5 | 73.9 | Pune page |
| Nagpur | 21.1 | 79.1 | Nagpur page |
| Jaipur | 26.9 | 75.8 | Jaipur page |
The temple end uses the temple's map point in this site's data.
Oct to Feb is the comfortable window, and Open all year. The last 30 km is a winding ghat road. Decide the mode first, then the day: a train needs booking weeks ahead in festival season, a flight is flexible but the last leg is not, and the road is the one that the weather can change.