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A trip to Malvan
During every Diwali vacation, I with my parents go told us the information of the fort. There are 29 strong
to travel in different states of India. But this Diwali bastions on the fort. We visited important sites of the fort
vacation was special. We planned to visit Malvan. On 17 like Naubatkhana, Pazar Talav, Shivaji Maharaj Temple,
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November, our train ‘Janshatabdi’ left Thane at 5.45 am. Hand prints and Foot prints of Shivaji Maharaj, Rajwada,
As soon as I got on the train, I felt exhausted as I had stepwell, Rani ki Bav, etc. We were thrilled while listening
woke up at 3.00 am! I decided to sleep for awhile. When I to the guide narrating the history of the fort.
woke up our train was at Panvel. Somehow the journey On the third day, our first step was at Angnewadi’s
completed and we reached Kankavli. Bharadi Devi. It was very beautiful. The temple was
My mother had planned everything like booking of massive. Next we went to Rameshwar. The banyan tree
car, hotel, etc. As we were out of railway platform, the car which was planted by Shivaji Raje was still there. Then we
driver was waiting for us. It was already booked in went to Mithbhaw’s Gajba Devi. The sound the sea was
advance. He was very nice and polite. He dropped us at pleasant as the temple was on the top of the hill near the
hotel ‘IISA MIDC’. It was two-hour journey. Our room was coast of the sea. Then we visited few temples on the way
very cozy and spacious. The view from our room was of our journey to Kinkeshwar.
great! There was a beach right outside of our hotel. Our fourth stop was Kunkeshwar. The Kunkeshwar
In the evening I was excited as we were going to the temple was huge. It was surrounded by other three
beach but that excitement turned into fea as there were temples. We enjoyed the beach! Then we visited the rock
lots of tiny crabs. Still I managed to enjoy it. It was once in garden, the local market. We purchased the cashew nuts.
a life experience! Then we went to our hotel, had dinner. On the last day, our train “Vandebharat’ was
The next day a hotel staff suggested us to go for scheduled at 4.18 pm. The thing which inspires me about
boating. As our goal was explore much of Malvan, we Malvan, there is diversity in food, water, clothing, shelter,
decided to go for boating. It was exciting and pleasant culture, etc. We came back to Mumbai. The trip was full of
experience. Then we visited Sindhudurg fort. The guide fun!
Dhokras Shreyas Rohit (5A)
