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Good Morning!
Trek to Khanderi Fort
16th Nov 2008
Boat
Launch
Train
Autowalk
Taxi
Car
Small Creek
Khanderi Fort Underi
Fort
Khanderi Fort
UnderiFort
Khanderi Fort
Launch from Gateway of India (715AM)
Gateway of India and Taj Hotel
Yuvi, Hitesh, Soumya, Amar and Sandesh
Hitesh, Soumya and Amar
Early birds
Sea Gulls shot by Aba
Welcome to Birdwatchers Club
Aba, Rajeev, Rujula and Yuvi
Rujula feeling cold
Mandava Jetty (Alibag) - After 45 min
Mr. Babu Rane’s house for breakfast and lunch
Alibag – Boss, yeh apun ka area hai …Sandesh
Garam Garam Pohe
One has to time the boating with this time table
Trees on beach save land erosion and also from Tsunami
Long walk to boat pick up point at Awas beach
Boat can be seen on other side, bring brought to this shore
Till the boat arrives…
Soham with MoKa (Motha Kaka)
Now I know, I can
Fishing for breakfast?
Inviting younger ones to water
Hmmm, we are thinking.
OK….we give it a try
Its Sandesh and not ABA for a change (its Alibag, Boss) doing
the stunts this time
O Maazi Re….
Trek Starts
Category: Leisure
Altitude diff: 0-5 ft
Whats that?
Chacha - Bhatija
I AM LOVING IT.
Khanderi Fort
The Khanderi Fort is 3-4 km into the sea from Thai beach. The fort was built in the year 1678. The Fort stands on a small island. A lighthouse was constructed later on. The fort
was under the British control for a long time.
The various attempts made by the British to capture the island fort of Khanderi were not fruitful till the year 1750. The Fort was finally handed over to the British as part of the
Peshwa territory.
Today the Khanderi Fort is under Bombay Port trust administration. The fort can be visited in local boats with the permission of the Bombay port trust.
After 1.5 hr of boating
Shivaji’s Naval Commander
Small jetty
Sandesh is enjoying (?)
Horizontal trek this time
Vetaal Mandir –Firshermen’s Local God
Around the Fort
Cannons everywhere
Fun time
Soham enjoying a Cannon
Yuvi’s replacement (without the Bak-Bak)
Underi fort as seen from Khanderi Fort
Hello
Other side of the fort
Waves hitting the walls of the fort
There is a room here
2 BHK Flat with 24 hrs load shedding
Small well for drinking water
Size of the stones is too big
The fallen walls of fort on the right side
Sandesh facing the Cannon
Looking back
Opening in the fort wall to sea –Note the width
Light House
Mumbai Port Trust office
(Entry restricted)
A confused tree (where to grow?)
The tree has grown horizontally (it’s not a fallen tree)
Everything is Horizontal here
Banyans have been called "trees that walk”.Roots become new trunks.
A small Kabar
Back to square one.
The jetty and our boat can be seen here
An apple for each one
Nature
Underi fort
Soham is enjoying thoroughly.
Kite on the beach shot
by ABA
Tired, us?
Its 330 PM
Lunch – Pomphret, Surmai and Prawns
From Mandava to Gateway of India
Everybody is tired
DOSTANA
Sea Gulls superbly shot by ABA
Sea Gulls superbly shot by ABA
Around 18 km into the sea from Mumbai’s east coast and 5 km from Alibaug, one of the twin scenic island forts Khanderi and Underi is now back into the state government fold
after it was illegally sold by its caretakers nearly two years ago.
The state has now officially declared the Underi Fort—that was sold at a paltry Rs 2 crore to a businessman—as a reserved monument.
A little towards the north of Alibaug and just 300 meters from Khanderi fort, the Underifort was built by Siddi Qasam Johar of Janjira in 1680 to defeat the Maratha who ruled Khanderi. In 1732, Sekhoji Angre first attacked this fort but Siddi temporarily handed it
over to the British to save it from the Marathas. However, in 1759, the Marathas defeated the British and Siddi and won the fort. After an end to the Peshwa rule in 1818,
it went to the British who later handed it over to India after Independence.
The Khanderi was fortified by Shivaji in 1678-79 by building a wall along the entire perimeter of the island. In total ruin, there is a functional lighthouse.
Khanderi is under the control of the Mumbai Port Trust. The beautiful twin forts of Alibaug are now being eyed as the next major tourist destination due the lush green
beauty of the coast and its scenic surroundings.
Jai Hind
Jai Maharashtra
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