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Sajjangad - Satara

Sajjangad is a popular place for pilgrims and followers of Ramdas Swami, the spiritual guru of Shivaji Maharaj. 

Ramdas Swami lived his entire life on this plateau fort. The maintenance of the fort and shrine of Sant Ramdas is taken care of by Shri Ramdas Swami Sansthan, a trust which has existed since the time of Shri Ramdas Swami.

The daily routine on the fort is fixed and strictly followed. It includes morning prayers, Abhishek and Puja, Maha Naivedya, Bhajans and reading of the manuscript Dasbodh written by Sant Ramdas. This is certainly a holy place and no bad behavior is allowed here. The main doors of the fort are closed on sunset to sunrise and hence you cannot enter the fort or even exit from the fort during this time.

Though, Sajjangad is not a picnic spot, but has a lot of spiritual importance. And hence is a nice place to visit.

Sajjangad :   http://wikimapia.org/#lat=17.6491749&lon=73.9100933&z=16&l=0&m=b

Photography : Landscapes

Photography : Landscapes
Location : Parnkuti-Alibag
Camera : Canon S5IS

Photography : Portraits

Photography : Portraits
camera : canon S5Is

Parnkuti - Alibag

Parnakuti located in Varsoli village and 1 kilometres from alibag city

There were gardens of Ali who is rich man so the area is known as Alibag. Ali was beilved to have lot of gardens,Mango Tree, Coconut Tree so local people are called to the place name is alichi bag(Gardens) Alibag is also known as "Shreebag".

Transport

• Road: One can reach Alibag via Pen (30 km away), which is on the Mumbai (78 km away) - Goa road. From Mumbai, one can reach Alibag by traveling on the Mumbai-Goa highway (NH-17)till Wadkhal (or Vadkhal) and taking the right fork from Wadkal - the left fork being the road to Goa. The distance is approximately 108 km from Mumbai

• Railways: The nearest rail railway station are Pen, India. Through Pen, India, it is connected to Khopoli.

• Catamaran/Ferry: The nearest jetty is Mandwa From where catamaran/ferry services are available to Gateway of India, Mumbai. Another port in the vicinity is Rewas, from where a ferry service is available to Bhau cha Dhakka. There is also a jetty at Custom Bandar from where fishermen in Alibag set sail.

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- ref : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alibag
- ref : http://parnakuti.com/index.htm
Photograph by Rakesh Bhosale
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