Dear Fellow Pediatrician/Academician,
Warm greetings from the Organizing Committee of MAHAPEDICON2018.
It is a matter of great honour and immense pleasure to extend this invitation to you for the 1st WEST ZONE PEDICON 2018 with 29th Annual Conference of Maharashtra State Branch of Indian Academy of Pediatrics, to be hosted by IAP SATARA.
The theme of conference is 'Symptoms to diagnosis... Revisiting the basics'...... We assure you the most comfortable stay and the best academic days, together with the most eminent, reputed and knowledgeable faculties for this CME & Conference.
We hope you will enjoy the scientific feast along with the gracious hospitality at Mahabaleshwar. This convention will be a memorable event for you.
With warm regards,
Organizing. Team
MAHAPEDICON 2018
MAHAPEDICON 2018, PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS
ENCHANTING MAHABALESHWAR
Nesting it the rugged range mountains of the western ghats of Maharashtra is a cool, misty resort – Mahabaleshwar. At an altitude of 4500 Ft. above sea level with 30 exotic view points. Mahabaleshwar provides a spectacular access to the ultimate fascinating landscape. It offers a calm, clean and refreshing alternative, retaining the quintessential charm despite the increasing crowd.
Mahabaleshwar is about 250 kms from Mumbai, 120 kms from Pune and 55 kms from Satara. Nearest airport being Pune.
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 Venna and Koyna are said to be Lord Shiva and Lord Brahma themselves. An interesting thing to notice is that 4 other rivers come out from the cow's mouth apart from Krishna and they all travel some distance before merging into Krishna. These rivers are the Koyna, Venna(Veni), Savitri and Gayatri.
Climate of the area is suitable for cultivation of strawberries, Mahabaleshwar strawberry contributes to about 85 percent of the total strawberry production in the country.
MOST OF VIEW POINTS:
Bombay Point: Known as Sun-Set Point. Gather here for various shapes and shades of sunset.
Sunset Point is one of the most popular points of Mahabaleshwar. Sunset Point is also popularly known as Mumbai Point or Bombay Point.
The Mumbai Point is the oldest point of Mahabaleshwar. The point got it’s name as the point is on the old road to Mumbai.
Venna Lake: Enjoy boat ride and water sport and lot of fun of children.
Today, Mahabaleshwar is a popular holiday resort and honeymoon spot, and an important pilgrimage site for Hindus.
The Venna lake is one of the major tourist attractions of Mahabaleshwar. The lake is surrounded by trees on all sides.
Wilson point: also called sunrise point.
Wilson Point is the highest point in Mahabaleshwar at 1439 m. Known as Sindola Hill during the colonial rule, Wilson point is the only location in Mahabaleshwar where both sunrise and sunset can be seen. It offers a spectacular glance of Mahabaleshwar in all directions. It located at behind Mahabaleshwar-Medha road at 1.5 km from Mahabaleshwar city.
Arthur Seat: Named after Arthur mallet overlooks a densely forested valley.
Lodwick point, Bebington Point,Elphinstone point,Echo point, Connaught peak, Kates point are some of the spectacular spots.Old Mahabaleshwar has its fair share of temples, Panchganga Temple,Krishnabai Temple, Shriram & Hanuman Temple.Also see the beautiful flowers place of KAS PATHAR.
