Ganpati Bappa in Konkan 2013

..Ganpati Bappa Morya...

This year we enjoyed Ganesh Festival in our konkan home...

We celebrate it with full on masti and damal..

We do arati and bhajan whole night.

We say goodbye to bappa ... sayin Ganpati Bapa morya .. Pudhachya warshi lavkar ya... :)

Aquarium at Ratnagiri

Ratnagiri with long costal drive lane and without sea life ..?? impossible..!! 

Aquarium Entrance

When we think of aquarium, it’s big glass ponds with illuminated lights and different variety of fishes. Yes! You can see same at Ratnagiri aquarium and Museum which also have it's own Marine Biological Research Station.

Konkan has wide range of beaches and sea life which adds five starts in Konkan aquarium business. People do visit this aquarium and keeping this hobby in mind it established Marine Aquarium and Museum in around 1958.

At entrance of aquarium they put  giant show piece of real ship 'Varsha', which attracts each visitor also in each wall of aquarium they painted different fish photos. You can find some of them below.

This aquarium have beautiful specimens like Lion Fish, Sea horse fish, Trigger fish, big Sea-turtles, Sea cucumbers, sea snakes, Star fish, Lobsters, and many more.

Sea Fish Farming

 They also do farming of prawns, crabs and different fish.

This Aquarium also has sea museum which stored/stuffed different fish in glass tubes I have seen my favorite dolphin fish stuffed and stored… J

Stuffed Fish

One of best attraction of these museums has a giant wheal skeleton which is approx 55 feet long

The Government of Maharashtra and Department of Fisheries established Marine Biological Research Station (MBRS) in this aquarium of Ratnagiri for scientific and planned development of fisheries on the south Konkan coast. This is good institute for students who considering their career in sea life or those who have hobby of sea life.

Wheal Skeleton

Tortoise

Lion Fish

To visit this you have to pay Rs 5/- per head.

Location :

This is must visit museum at Mandavi Beach Ratanagiri also called as Gate way of Ratnagiri at Bhagawati mandir road.

Light House at Ratnadurg

One of fascinating experience we have at Ratnadurg, a wide spread fort in ratnagiri also called Horse Shoe.

There is one Light house which is 102 m long in height with black and white bands.

This light house has range of around 28 nautical miles.

Detail information by Indian gov you can find at below link.

http://dgllnoida.gov.in/mumbai/RATNAGIRI.html

This is great experience to walk across fort and then visit light house. 

It cost Ru 10 per head to go up in light house, which has round stair cases.

This light house worked on solar power it has wide solar plates and light bulb surrounded with spherical prisms which spread light approx more than 50 KMs

Officials in light house gave us brief introduction on light energy and how it is useful for ships and costal guards.

There is one way from light house from village to go at gateway of Ratnagiri passing aquarium.

Plan ans visit this 

Transport facilities during Ganpati festival in Konkan.

During Ganpati festival host destination for all people around india rush towards Konkan. Gov specially announced trains and MH state transports during this festival.

This year also Konkan Railway announced special Ganpati festival trains and state transport tried to accommodate all crowd with announcing last time special buses in each majour village in konkan from Fort, Bombay central, Parel, Bhandup, Sion and Dombivali.

Traffic police announced to use alternate routes to reach sindhudurg and Goa side villages to have safe journey and avoid traffic.

Mumbai Goa National highway is full packed during this season so some are alternatives for that are:

1                     Traditional Konkan Route : Mumbai Goa Highway   - ~ 587 km, 11 hours 21 mins

            Head towards Kurla - Kalina Flyover

            Take road onto Eastern Express Hwy

            At Shivaji Chowk, take the 2nd exit pass by Tata Institute of Social Sciences

           Continue onto Vashi Bridge and Sion-Panvel Expy

           Slight right onto National Highway 66/NH 4B

           Continue onto Alibag-Khopoli Rd/MH SH 88/National Highway 66

           Continue Mumbai-Goa Road to your destination

2                     AH 47/NH 4 – Via Kolhapur              ~ 610 km, 9 hours 35 mins

            Head towards Kurla - Kalina Flyover

            road onto Eastern Express Hwy

           Slight left onto Sahityaratna Anna Bhau Sathe Flyover/Sumannagar Bridge

           Continue onto Vashi Bridge

           Continue onto Mumbai - Pune Expy/

           Take the exit on the right towardsMumbai Pune Bypass Rd/AH 47/NH 4

           Pass by Dwarkadhish Petrol Pump Surur

          Continue on NH 4 and from Kolhapur you can entered in Konkan via Waibhawadi

3                     Pune - Solapur Hwy                                -  ~726 km, 12 hours 51 mins

            Head towards Kurla - Kalina Flyover

            road onto Eastern Express Hwy

           Continue onto VN Purav Marg

           Pass by Corporate Park

           Continue onto Vashi Bridge

           Continue onto Mumbai - Pune Expy

           Take the exit on the right towardsMumbai Pune Bypass Rd/AH 47/NH 4

           Slight left onto Baner Rd

           Pass by Gupte Hospital Extension Clinic

           Continue onto Aundh Rd

           Continue onto MH SH 114

          Continue onto Pune - Solapur Hwy/Solapur Rd

         Turn right onto SH141

         Turn left onto Tasgaon Phatta- Subhash Nagar Road

         From Miraj Connect to Kolhapur via Miraj Road

         From Kolhapur you can entered in Konkan via Waibhawadi

Choose you way to reach our favorite place. Some of most holy destinations during this festival are Pali in Raigad District and Ganpatipule in ratnagiri district and Reddi in Sindhudurg district and Medhe Ganpati temple which was private temple belongs to Prop. Kalnirnay Calendar Salgawgkar Sir.

There are lots of direct boarding state transport busses organized by ST mahamandal. Grab this opportunity. Some of private mandals of konkan also organized private busses in their respective home towns in reasonable rates.

I wish you all happy and safe journey.