Mahabaleshwar: Of Singing Strawberries and Enchanting Hills
There are several ways to spend a holiday; traveling to a famous tourist destination being a common and worthy one. This method of utilizing the holiday is a common practice because it invokes an altogether different thought process or in some cases, eliminates all thoughts and clears the clutter, allowing new thoughts and ideas to occupy the mind; thereby allowing the person to get rid of the monotony and come out of the spiral within which he/she has been living. There are several holiday destinations that allow people to exfoliate their spirit, one of them being Mahabaleshwar, a hill station in the state of Maharashtra which entertains thousands of visitors every year. Location The famous hill station is a city and a municipal council itself. It falls under the District of Satara and is also known as the “Land of Strawberries” due to the presence of large strawberry farms. History According to a reference, the first person to visit the hill station is said to be a ruler fro...