Alibag (अलिबाग)

Alibag is a coastal town and a municipal council in Raigad District in the Konkan region of Maharashtra. It is headquarters of the Raigad district.Alibag was developed in 17th Century by Sarkhel Kanhoji Aangre the naval chief of King Shivaji's Kingdom. Alibag is also called as mini Goa of maharashtra. Lets have a look over this area and people which is my home town......

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Sagargad

Sagargad, near Alibag, really simplifies choices, especially if what you want is an easy, scenic monsoon trek. Trekkers can look forward to walks through beautiful dense Sahyadri vegetation and fabulous views of the Konkan thickets here.

Nagaon Beach

This village has beautiful gardens closed to sea beach, big and small wells and temples. The beach is 2 km away from village and is famous as "Satad Beach".

Kulaba Fort

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Kashid Beach

This beach is calm and quite having lots of cypress trees on shore. Soft and Golden sand, pleasant climate of this beach attracts tourist from various places

Alibag Beach

Fresh air, Sandy beach,sight of the Colaba fort are the major attractions. In addition to that you may enjoy Bhel-puri, Coconut water, Ice-cream, Sea Food, Alu Bonda etc.

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Kanakeshwar

Kanakeshwar - near Alibag is a nice place and famous for cool climate and especially because of old temple of Lord Shiva. The temple is situated on a small hill and the nearby village is ' Mapgaon ' which is almost 12 kms. from Alibag. The hill is almost 1200 feet high and one has to climb 700 - 750 steps to reach the temple.
In the mid of the hill one can see 'Nagobacha Tappa' ( a Place of Snakes ) and famous step ' Devachi Payari ' . There is one popular story about this step that it was named because it is said that God itself stepped here after the construction of the temple and the steps. The temple of Kanakeshwar is very beautiful, it is a ' Hoysal ' style structure built in 1764 . A water tank - popular known as 'Pushkarni' - has water almost through out the year.
The hill and the surroundings are pretty good to visit. One can feel the hilly region and the forest on the hill. The other places to see near Kanakeshwar are ' Maruti Temple ', ' Gaymandi ' ( Sculpture of Cow ) ,' Temple of Devi Putrabai ' , ' Gaymukh ' and ' the platue of Vyaghreshwar ' ( A small temple of Lord Shiva ) etc.
Truly , Kanakeshwar is a place to feel the jungle and silence of the jungle and hills. If you want to see the beauty of Arabian sea and fort of Khandevi as well as the entire hilly region, then Kanakeshwar is the place to visit and rest for 2-3 days. 

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Kulaba Fort

Built on a rock island near Alibag town, 112kms south of Mumbai, the Kulaba for is an imposing structure, measuring roughly 275 metres from north to south and 100 metres from east to west.  At low tide one can walk across to the fort.  The height of the fort-wall varies from 6 to 8 metres at different places.  It has a wide parapet with 17 bastions.  The main gateway of the fort, called Maha Darwaja, is in the north-east corner and faces the city.  The teak-door had strong iron-spikes driven in them.  There is also a small gate on its southern side.  The masonry of the fort is without lime mortar.  Inside the fort there is a fresh water tank, a well and several temples, the Ganapati temple being still in good condition. In the northern corner of the parapet, there still stand two English canons facing the open sea.  To the sough of the fort was ship-dock, visible even now at low-tide.
The Kulaba fort was Shivaji’s last construction and was completed almost on the eve of his death in April, 1680.  it attained importance under the Angres and was the main base of the Maratha navy.  It had palaces for the members of the Angre family, houses for their officers and storing arrangements for grain and other necessities. None of the buildings have survived.  The rule of the Angres, who were also known as Kulabkar, came to an end in 1840 AD.
To the north of the main for there is a small fort-like structure called sarjyakot, sometimes referred to as the 18th bastion of Kulaba.  Sarjyakot was constructed to answer the artillery of hirakot situated on the Alibag shore.

CAUTION: Many people have lost their lives while trying to walk either towards the fort or the beach during the start of high tide. Due to the Fort as an obstruction in between, the high tide waves come in from the right and left sides and tend to sweep away anything back in the ocean. Nowadays these incidents have been decreased drastically due to governments’ attempts. A timetable and a Warning Siren have been implemented on the beach with the presence of local police for help. In case of any drowning accidents the Costal Guards are informed by the local beach police, so it’s much safer now. A simple thing to follow is simply ASK!

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