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May Malvan is where you can turn the pages of Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, umbrella. Malvan history for a glimpse of those historic Max: Min: Rain: 123.0mm clashes. Today, Malvan’s waters are home to 21.29999923 18.70000076 Beautiful beaches, sea waves 7060547°C 2939453°C fishermen once again. The coast is quiet, crashing against an old fort, some pristine and amazingly beautiful. When the Jun creeks around - that's Malvan for white sands squeeze through your toes on Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, umbrella. you. A perfect getaway for souls Beach, you can forgive yourself for Max: Min: Rain: 609.0mm that crave for solitude, it's a place letting go of the memory of warrior-kings, 16.89999961 18.70000076 8530273°C 2939453°C far away from the crowded town and slipping into a reverie. alleys. Famous For : City Jul Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, When To umbrella. Malvan was a small fishing hamlet, just one Max: Min: Rain: 393.0mm of the many on the Konkan coast, before the 20.39999961 19.10000038 8530273°C 1469727°C mercurial Marathas breathed life into it. VISIT Particularly under their greatest leader Aug Chhatrapati Shivaji, who in 1664 undertook Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, http://www.ixigo.com/weather-in-malvan-lp-1050348 umbrella. the task of erecting the massive fort of Max: Min: Rain: 291.0mm Sindhudurg, on an island just off Malvan. 17.10000038 19.70000076 Jan 1469727°C 2939453°C Uniquely, the great warrior king contributed Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen. his own physical labour to its construction. Max: Min: Rain: 0.0mm Sep That’s why, in Sindhudurg, you’ll discover the 27.20000076 22.29999923 Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, 2939453°C 7060547°C umbrella. imprints of Shivaji’s own hands and feet Feb Max: Min: Rain: 213.0mm preserved in a slab of lime. 20.20000076 19.20000076 Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen. 2939453°C 2939453°C

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Max: Min: Rain: 0.0mm zigzagging ramparts, 12-ft thick and 30-ft Located 7 km south of Malvan, at the 29.20000076 22.70000076 Behind Malvan Police Station And 2939453°C 2939453°C high walls, 53 bastions and 32 broad semi- confluence of the Karli River and the Arabian Tehsil Office, Malvan, Sindhudurg circular formations crowning its head. These Sea, District towers have embrasures for cannons. Tarkarli Beach has powdery white sand. This What To Above the fort’s towering entrance are is also one of the few stretches where one imprints of Shivaji’s hands and feet. Inside can see through crystal clear waters, almost Where To SEE are temples dedicated to Mahadeo, Jarimai, 20 ft deep. With some luck, you may even 5 Sights Mahapursh and Bhavani and hutments of a sight some dolphins or perhaps a turtle few families claiming to be the descendants basking in the sun. Eat http://www.ixigo.com/places-to-visit-see-in-malvan-lp-1050348 of Shivaji’s servants. 5 Places 3 Chivia beach http://www.ixigo.com/foods-in-of-malvan-lp-1050348 1 But the most unique temple here is the one dedicated to Shivaji, the Shree 1 Vijaya Bakery Shivchhatrapati Temple, the only temple where the Maratha hero is worshipped. His Malvan, MH, idol is an unusual one, a non-bearded, silver-capped image. On its lap is a sword, 2 Vasanti Niwas Nyahari symbolically the Bhavani. The original fell Yojana into British hands after the Raigarh Fort fell in 1818. Go at sunset, when the view from Chiwla Beach, Samul Baug, Malwan the fort is breathtaking.

2 Tarkarli Beach 3 Hotel Chaitanya 4 Malvan beach Sindhudurg Fort, Malvan, 4 Silver Sand Garden 5 Rock Garden Restaurant Just half a kilometre off the mainland is this enduring testimony of Maratha power. The Chiwala Beach, Malvan, Sindhudurg story goes that having chosen the site after District his inability to wrest Janjira Fort from the Sidis, Shivaji named it Shivdurg after 5 aswad fastfood himself. It was built on a rock-island known as Kurte Bet. opp.saraswat bank, malvan

Beginning 1664, over 6,000 masons, Tarkarli Beach 9404498313 blacksmiths and labourers toiled for over three years to build it. It has: 3 km of Malvan Travel Guide - http://www.ixigo.com/travel-guide/malvan page 3

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See A: Sindhudurg Fort B: Tarkarli Beach C: Chivia beach D: Malvan beach E: Rock Garden Accommodation F: Abhilasha Home Stay G: The Royal Devbaug Holiday Home H: Tanmay Nyahari Niwas I: Abhilasha Home Stay J: The Royal Devbaug Holiday Home K: Tanmay Nyahari Niwas L: Abhilasha Home Stay M: The Royal Devbaug Holiday Home N: Tanmay Nyahari Niwas Food O: Vijaya Bakery P: Vasanti Niwas Nyahari Yojana Q: Hotel Chaitanya R: Silver Sand Garden Restaurant S: aswad fastfood