Birla Mandir is a

Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

temple for Vithoba located in the vicinity of the Century Rayon Company in

Shahad Shahad is a town in the Thane district in Maharashtra state in India. It is located 60 km from Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the ca ...

, Ulhasnagar taluka, Thane district,

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, India. It has also served as a shooting location for various Bollywood films like '' Tere Naam'', '' Prem Granth'', '' Suhaag '' (Old), '' Golmaal: Fun Unlimited'', etc. It is on the National Highway 61 (India) (Kalyan-Murbad-Nagar-Nanded-Adilabad) and is just 4 km from Kalyan city.Vithoba Birla Mandir at Shahad, Kalyan
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How to get there

Catch a train to

Asangaon railway station Asangaon is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It is also now a green station. It is the only railway station which serves Shahapur city. It is a busy station; around 75 thousand commuters use thi ...

(AN),

Titwala railway station Titwala railway station is a railway station in the Titwala town on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It is located on the route between Kalyan and Kasara. Ambivli railway station is the previous stop and Khadavli rail ...

(TL) or Kasara railway station(N) from any station between

Kalyan Junction railway station Kalyan Junction is a major railway junction station on the central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network, lying at the junction of the north-east and south-east lines of the suburban Mumbai division of the Central Railway, north-east ...

and

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (officially Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Bombay station code: CSMT ( mainline)/ST ( suburban)), is a historic railway terminus and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The terminus was ...

, and alight at

Shahad railway station Shahad is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network, in western India. It is located on the route between Kalyan and Ambivli. Shahad is located on the Kasara Line, next to Kalyan. The railway route that c ...

(Next to

). There are auto rickshaws available from Shahad (East) and Kalyan to Birla Mandir. Birla Mandir is very scenic & peaceful place. There is mini train for kids, in the adjacent Garden (Shivaji Udyan) which operates in evenings.

References

External links

Documentary Film on Birla Mandir by Makshi Infotech
Hindu temples in Maharashtra {{India-hindu-temple-stub