2026 season underway
Every year, lakhs of Warkari devotees walk roughly 250 km from Alandi and Dehu to Pandharpur, reaching the Vitthal Rukmini temple by Ashadhi Ekadashi. This site gives you today's halt, the full route, MSRTC bus info, darshan timings, and original news updates — all in one place.
No scheduled halt today — check the full route.
The second session of the Shri Rukmini Navratri Sangeet Mahotsav in Pandharpur featured classical and devotional vocal recitals by Devashree Dandawate and Dnyaneshwari Gadge, captivating Vitthal devotees and music lovers with traditional compositions and Sant literature.
South Western Railway has introduced weekly express special trains between Yesvantpur and Pandharpur via Hubballi to assist pilgrims and Varkaris ahead of the festival season and Kartiki Wari.
During the sacred Navratri festival at Pandharpur, Shri Rukmini Mata was adorned in the divine form of Goddess Tulja Bhavani with traditional gold jewellery. Devotees gathered in large numbers for Darshan.
Devotees from Mumbai have offered two gold Tulsi garlands weighing 166 grams, valued at approximately 22 lakh rupees, to Shri Vitthal and Rukmini Mata at Pandharpur.
Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj's abhang 'Roopa Pahata Lochani' captures the ecstasy of Vitthal Darshan in Pandharpur. An in-depth spiritual explanation of how seeing the divine form brings supreme peace, the fruit of accumulated merit, and why this prayer remains central to Varkari tradition.