A short ride from these quiet fields, small surprises are waiting. In Parli, the Vaidyanath temple keeps one of Shiva's twelve Jyotirlingas, set down there by Ravana in the old story. In Ambajogai, stone elephants stand in the rock-cut halls of the Shivleni Caves, as if still waiting for a wedding.
Back in Nagapur, days follow the farm calendar, and the big occasions happen at Ambajogai's Yogeshwari temple and the hilltop samadhi of the poet Mukundraj. Summers are long and hot, the monsoon arrives in mid-June, and winters are mild and dry. A Local Friend can pull up a chair for you at a family table you would never find on your own.
