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Vijaydurg Sindhudurg Beach
VIJAYDURG SINDHUDURG BEACH
Once naval bases, Vijaydurg and
Sindhudurg bear testimony to Maharashtra's marital supremacy during
Shivaji's regin.
Vijaydurg or Fort Victor was strengthened around
the seventeenth century by Shivaji, to whom it owes its finest features -
the triple line of walls, the numerous towers and the massive interior
buildings.
Once seized by the British and renamed Fort Augustus,
Sindhidurg or the Ocean Fort at Malvan port has history etched all over.
Within its precincts are temples holding shrines of Maruti,
Bhavani, Mahadeo, Jarimai and Mahapurush, and of Shivaji - the only such
shrine in the country.
As for Vijaydurg and Sindhudurg beaches,
they offer the visitor one of the most serene and beautiful coastal views in
India.
Getting there : Rajapur and Kudal respectively are
the nearest railheads on Konkan Railway. Sindhudurg by road is 510 kms. and
Vijaydurg 425 kms. from Mumbai vis the Goa highway.
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