Sunday 2 October 2011

Lonavala on my Royal Enfield

In 1956 Enfield of India started assembling Bullet motorcycles under license from UK components and by 1962 they were manufacturing complete bikes. Enfield of India bought the rights to use the Royal Enfield name in 1955 . . .

Royal Enfield production, based in Chennai,continues and Royal Enfield is now the oldest motorcycle brand in the world still in production with the Bullet model enjoying the longest motorcycle production run of all time . . . 



Royal Enfield was the name under which the Enfield Cycle Company made motorcycles. The legacy of weapon manufacture is reflected in the logo, a cannon, and their motto “Made like a gun, goes like a bullet . . .



Lonavala and Khandala hill stations were discovered by Lord Elphinstone, who was the Governor of Bombay Presidency during those times . . . 

Present day Lonavla was a part of the Yadav dynasty. Later, the Mughals realized the strategic importance of the region and kept the region for an extended time . . .





The forts in the region and the Mavla warriors played an important role in the history of the Maratha and Peshwa empires. In 1871 . . .

Grazing of cattle is a rare commodity that we get to see in our daily life. I spent an hour just observing their behavior . . .





At some point the stared at us in a way that if we got any closer they would charge at us and a statement on their face saying that "Dont take us for granted" . . .


All Mothers in the world are same in their own ways . . .






Ripples caused due to high wind in this pond where the cattle quenched their thirst . . .

Sweet water crab in the same pond was a rare site, it saw me and took cover . . .




The famous Bushy Dam in Lonavala . . .