Beaches along Shriwardhan coast

The Shriwardhan taluka of Raigad district is entirely located along the Arabian Sea coastline beginning from Dighi village in the north to Harihareshwar village in the south. Until quite recently barring Diveagar and Harihareshwar, the beaches were unknown to tourist (even those too were famous only because of historic temples). Although the beaches are still good, but they could soon become non-visit material due to port activities and tourist commercialization.

Despite a major part of the coastline being rocky or cliff filled, there are several sandy seashores. Am listing down the places I visited although there are quite a few more (Dighi, Sarve, Velas & Harihareshwar were skipped).

Adgaon Beach

Unexplored Murud: Khoda Beach & Jetty

Khoda is a small village between Murud-Janjira and Rajpur. To reach proceed on the way to Janjira fort, and just as you cross the bridge you will come to a village. Take a left or ask someone for directions to the jetty and you'll reach there. The beach/jetty overlooks the Janjira fort too.

Anjanvel - Fish, Fort, Sea and Lighthouse

Anjanvel village is under 20 kms from Guhagar. It's also near from Dabhol village; infact midway between the two.

Anjanvel is a sleepy village but it does have some great beauty. There are no options to live or dine here; so you can explore this place while using Guhagar as a base. Reasons to visit this place:
1. Gopalgad Fort
2. Spectacular views of the sea (with lots of fishes jumping around).
3. Tolkeshwar Lighthouse.
4. Dabhol Power Plant (formerly Enron).


Dabhol Power Plant

From Guhagar, head towards Dabhol and mid-way there will be a diversion towards Anjanvel village in the west (near power plant).

Strange thing is that the power plant is very near to Anjanvel rather than Dabhol and it should have been named after this village.

Dabhol - Shahi Masjid and Ferry to Guhagar

From Dapoli, we started towards Guhagar. The road distance is about 100 km. However, there is a ferry service connecting Dabhol and Dhopve villages over the Dabhol creek which cuts the distance by half.

The ferry service is not just for carrying people but it carries vehicles too. The charges are Rs. 10 per head and Rs. 50 per car/ SUV.

Although it did not save much time as we had a 45 minutes waiting time for the ferry, I think it gives a good break from the road driving and breaks the monotonousness.



During the waiting time, I wandered around the village and stumbled upon this historical masjid.