DV-INNS Hrishikesh Villa - Besides Valley View & Strawberry Farms

Good to know: Mahabaleshwar comprises three villages: Malcolm Peth, Old "Kshetra" Mahabaleshwar and part of the Shindola village. Mahabaleshwar is the source of the Krishna River that flows across Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh. The legendary source of the river is a spout from the mouth of a statue of a cow in the ancient temple of Mahadev in Old Mahabaleshwar. Legend has it that Krishna is Lord Vishnu himself as a result of a curse on the trimurtis by Savitri. Also, its tributaries the Venna and the Koyna are said to be Lord Shiva and Lord Brahma themselves. An interesting thing to notice is that 3 other rivers come out from the cow's mouth apart from Krishna, and they all travel some distance before merging into Krishna, which flows east towards the Bay of Bengal. These rivers are the the Koyna, the Venna (Veni), and the Gayatri. The Savitri river flows Westward via Mahad to the Arabian Sea. The climate of the area is suitable for cultivation of strawberries. Mahabaleshwar strawberries contribute to about 85 percent of the total strawberry production in the country.