Me and My Konkan...

Now there are Monsoon days...so Its very nice time to talk about Konkan...Its a heaven on the earth...The most beautiful and very much fresh original place in the world...There is a historical importance to Konkan, during Shivaji maharaj days,  lots of Forts were built in the Konkan, I have talked about the same in last Fort post.Most of the time in these days we usually go to our relatives which are at Velas, a village in Mandangad Taluka and Ratnagiri district. It is very nice place...I cannot describe a beauty of  this place in words!...It is very charming!...full of natural view....very beautiful...There is a old home of Nana Fadnis...It gives hostorical Importance to that Vllllage...

One more important think to be notice about the houses of is that, each house is having a small well to the backside of the house and one canal, which provides water to the different farm...It's feels very beautiful when you spend some day's here in such a place!...people from this place are very kind by nature...all the times when foreigner came to study our culture and living style they always support to them. A sarpanch and  some senior citizens from village, feels great when any foreign visitor came to study our culture...Motton-Vade is the most popular non-veg dish in Konkan...beaches over there are very beautiful..and very important thing to that place is it is very close to the Harihareshwar,  It is considered as a "Dakshin Kashi"...

In upcoming days our farmers will ready with their farm, at the time of our school days there was special holiday season of 14 days to bunk school for the reason of farming!...lol....there were also punishment for that but, all were accepted for such a think, my early school days and my school gives me a lot...great friends...nice teachers...and the most important , which gives me awesome thoughts about our own place....

How we forget about our "Alphanso"...a very tasty famous alphanso,a mango famous for taste, look and its use in different dishes, It is the identity of Konkan, all the coastal region starting from Sawantwadi to Mumbai is consider as Konkan,If we see in  traditional view, Ganpati festival and Diwali are the most famous  and very enjoyable festival in this region, Ganapati festival is celebrated during the end of the August, people brings a lord Ganapati at their home and during this season they pray for the happiness for their livings..."LALABAGCHA RAJA"...It is one of the most famous ganapati kept at lalbaug, Mumbai...

I think Mumbai is the very best place to enjoy Sarvajanik Ganapati Festival....at this season security of our Mumbai is always at the highest peak...I will share pics of this festival soon...

This post is written on the request by a reader Emma, USA, thanks Emma for droping  a mail