Shree Vatavriksha Swami Samarth Maharaj Devasthan, Akkalkot

This place is simply healing place. You will forget all the worries just devote yourself to Shree Swami Samarth 🙏

This place do have 2 big parking facilities which have charges 50/- for 24 hrs. Also Temple offers free food for all ( Annadaan). You can find many small shops offering different ornaments, food items and so on..

Swamy Samarth a great philosophical mentor, divine master, guru and Saint, lived here few centuries back and done years of meditation under a Banyan tree adjacent to which he was cremated after his passed away. This place is worshiped as most holy place and devotees believe strongly that their prayers in front of Swamy Samartha's temple abode will be fulfilled by Swamy's spiritual soul power.
The Mandir is fuly renovated now and is still under renovation. You get peace & satisfaction when you visit this place.
Temple also offers food to all the devotees free of cost at the annadan center. Devotees can also offer seva at annadan center by doing the rotis or serving food or water.
Temple also has ample parking area and a shoe rack outside the temple.
A must visit to all Swami samarth devotees.
Shree Swami Samarth.

Best holy place to visit on weekdays as weekends are too crowded here. Mahaprasad in Gurumandir is much more tasty and hygienic than Akkalkot Temple that's what I feel, However it depends on everyone's taste buds. Also visited Shaikh Nooruddin Durga which was awesome too.

Shri Swami Samarth!!
This review is not about the place, temple or about Swami Samarth Maharaj, but it's about the responsible trust and management. Please note below points and make yourself ready before visiting Akkalkot.
- There is no queue system nor any barricades for Darshan rang
- People stand in the queue for hours and notice that they have to go through by pushing each other at the entrance
- Other holy temples like Shirdi has proper management for darshan and no one can breaks it, but this place is exception
- If you're with elders or children then be very very careful because there are high chances of physical enjury
- People lose control by staying in queue for long time and keep pushing each others, feels like they're catching Mumbai local train
- They release people in bunch so no one stays in queue and everyone makes huge crowd in front of Maharaj
- Ultimately no one gets proper view and Darshan
- If you're strony enough then you may get Darshan by pushing others, but think about women, girls, children and elders?
- This is failure of management or whoever is responsible for this
- Please be careful and take care of your family!
Shri Swami Samarth! 🙏

You compel this place and destiny will definitely take you here. Brings a perfect peace of mind when you visit. About that Vatavriksha, it creates a strange aura within you that you never felt before. It’s really big and massive, never ever saw such a giant tree before.

We went on Sunday, so it was obvio that place was flocked with many people. But we enjoyed a lot and prayed to our beloved swami samarth maharaj 🙏🏻

One of the best place to visit if you are at close proximity to solapur.

Blessed 🙌 Beautiful 😍
Shree Vatavriksha Swami Samarth Maharaj a 19th century saint an incarnation of the god Dattatreya. The temple is an important place of pilgrimage for Hindus, and is visited by thousands of devotees every year. The temple is known for its beautiful architecture and the large number of rituals and ceremonies that are performed there.

A great worship place to get inner peace of mind and surrounding ourselves infront of Swami Samarth Maharaj.
Anmachhatra opens at 11:30 and closes 3 in day time again opens at 7 till 10:30 pm everyday. Wishing you all a great time and a prosperous year ahead. God bless!

Really Devine experience.. temple is so clean and renovated now .. blissful feelings .. Shri Swami Samarth, also known as Swami of Akkalkot was an Indian spiritual master of the Dattatreya Tradition. He is a widely known spiritual figure in various Indian states including Maharashtra and Karnataka. He lived during the nineteenth century.