Tourism in and around Toranmal

Toranmal village is a hill station at an elevation of 1,150 metres above mean sea level and is said to be the 2nd coolest hill station in Maharashtra. It is located in the Satpura, a hill range spread across 4 states in central and western India.

Toranmal lies in a corner in north-western Maharashtra and connectivity to the hill station is less when compared to other ones in the state. This makes it an offbeat tourist location.

This blog contains 20 photos shot in Toranmal and nearby places like Panbara, Khadki Point, Sitakhai Point and Lotus Lake.

Location : Nandurbar District, Maharashtra.

Photos shot in December 2017 & January 2018.

All photos © S Srikant.

Yashwant Lake, Toranmal at sunrise.

Yashwant Lake, Toranmal.

Farmers ploughing their field near Yashwant Lake.

A woman drawing water from a well in Panbara.

Panoramic view of Yashwant Lake in Toranmal village.

A view from Khadki Point.

A dirt road from Khadki Point goes winding down the slope to the villages and fields in the valley.

Khadki Point during evening.

View of the valley from Sitakhai Point. The hills in the foreground and middleground lie in Maharashtra while those in the background, faintly seen in the morning mist, are part of Madhya Pradesh.

The gorge at Sitakhai Point.

Sitakhai Point.

Torana Devi Temple in Toranmal.

The cool winter morning breeze blows past a tree with flags and cloths in Torana Devi Temple, Toranmal.

Lotus Lake (Kamal Talao) with lotus plants.

A tribal woman walks with a child beside Lotus Lake and a Hindu temple.

Houses of farmers in fields near Lotus Lake.

A bull grazes up a slope on the bank of Lotus Lake.

A view of the valley at Sunset Point in Toranmal. At extreme right is the viewing shelter.

The safety bars (and lack of them) as they go uphill at Sunset Point in Toranmal.

The sun goes down at Sunset Point, Toranmal.