About the site (verified facts)
Journalists and editors are welcome to use the following points, which we keep deliberately short and checkable. Where a detail is time-sensitive or needs on-site confirmation, we say so plainly rather than asserting a figure.
- Location: the Ekvira Devi (Ekvira Aai) Temple stands at Karla, in Taluka Maval, Pune District, near Lonavala, Maharashtra — off the Mumbai–Pune corridor.
- A living shrine beside ancient caves: the temple is an active Hindu place of worship that sits beside the Karla Caves, an ancient rock-cut Buddhist complex protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The temple and the ASI-protected caves share the hill but are distinct entities in history and management.
- The deity: Ekvira Aai is widely revered as a form of Goddess Renuka and is the Kuladevi (family deity) of the Koli, Agri and Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu (CKP) communities. Origin stories tied to the Pandavas or to Renuka are devotional tradition rather than recorded history — see History & Legends.
Some visitor details — timings, the number of steps, cave ticket charges and festival dates — can change through the year. Please check the current values before publishing; our Visit and FAQ pages keep the latest.
Logo & downloads
You may download our temple logo for editorial use that accurately identifies the temple. Please do not alter, recolour or distort it, and do not use it in a way that implies endorsement.
Image-use policy
Photographs and illustrations on this site may be subject to specific credit or licensing terms, and some are reused under their own conditions. Please ask before reusing any photo from these pages, and check attribution requirements first.
- Review the Image Credits page for sources and credit lines before any reuse.
- The logo above is the one asset offered here for direct editorial download; treat all other images as needing prior permission.
Media contact
We are setting up a dedicated media contact for the temple and will publish it here once it is ready. In the meantime, please reach us through our official social channels:
You can also use our contact page. We will add our media contact here once it is ready.