Visit to Haharihareshwar,Shreevardhan, Dive agar and Murud Janjira

Visit to Shreevardhan and Harihareshwar and Dive agar

I want to share one of my memorable trips.

On 7th of December 2008 I decided to go to Shreevardhan. I stay at Vikhroli Parksite. I started my journey in the morning at around 6’O clock as I have to catch the bus of 8’O clock from the Kalyan.

Sagar and me caught the bus at 8’O clock from Kalyan (Bus name was Bhivandi – Kalyan – Shreevardhan) and the distance is 200 kms from Bombay.

As it reaches Shreevardhan our bus halts at many places like Dombovili, Panvel, Pen (Raigad district) and we move further till Mangaon by Mumbai – Goa highway. Once we cross Mangaon we took first right from Goregaon phata for Shreevardhan and Harihareshwar. Shreevardhan, which is 45 km from Mangaon(Goregaon phata) and Harihareshwar is around 32 KM from Mangaon(Goregaon phata).
As our bus moves further for Shreevardhan and Harihareshwar we get a zigzag road, which ends in Bhoste Tala. One get many road side restaurants on the way such as the Open Umbrella.

Once we reached Bhoste Tala we will get bifurcated ways; right way will go towards Shreevardhan, which is 03 kilometer from Bhoste Tala, and Harihareshwar is 16 kilometer from Bhoste Tala is to the left. After 10 to 15 minutes we reached the Shreevardhan bus station where we had our lunch in Hotel Sandhya. The hotel is at a distance of just 5 minutes from bus stand. After our lunch we caught a rickshaw for Harihareshwar from the bus station, which is near the Market place, the distance of Shreevardhan to Harihareshwar, is around 19 Km and takes around 40 to 50 minutes to reach Harihareshwar. In Harihareshwar we stayed at Siddhakala lodge, which is around 2 to 3 minutes on foot from beach as well as Harihareshwar Temple.

Harihareshwar is the place with an ancient Shiva Temple and Kalbhairav temple situated on the beach. One will get real peace of soul from temple, which is sandy as well as, rocky with beach so calm.

On day one we just explored the beach and temple along with it we also surveyed the Harihareshwar and MTDC resorts. Though the MTDC resorts are nice property for high end guest there are different types of accommodation are provided such as Deluxe, tent etc. and for lower budget people nothing to worry there are so many low budget accommodation like the Siddhakala lodge where we paid 450 rupees for one night stay with breakfast. Besides this there are many other lodges are over there. After the first day small tour we went to sleep early but made the programmes for the next day.

On the Second day we got up at 5’O clock and after completing our morning formalities we went to the beach directly. We were there for one hour and after 6:30 my friends and me directly went on the sandy beach where we enjoyed a lot. Specialty of the place is the pristine sand beach with calm green water surrounded with the mountains. Due of lack of time we decided to move out of the beach and make one round of Harihareshwar temple which takes around 15 to 20 minutes. The temple is situated in between the hill and the rocky beach and so while making the Parikarma one has to cross the hills and then the rocky beach. It is advisable to listen to the local people because of the high tides. Unfortunately we could not complete the Parikarma because of the high tide. We bought several things from inside the temple like the papad, sweet kokam and Amba Poli. Then we reached the lodge took our breakfast and got ready for our next destination that is the Shreevardhan. We left the place with heavy heart but at the same time sweet memories too.

We left Harihareshwar and moved toward Shreevardhan, which is 19Km. We got down at Shreevardhan rickshaw stand it is for six seater rickshaw known as tamtam also. After getting down at the Shreenagar rickshaw stand we caught the next rickshaw for Shreevardhan beach which is around 2 Kilometer from the rickshaw stand. The cost from the stand to the beach is around 20 rupees. Before reaching the beach we had a glimpse of 2 to 3 temples like Somjai temple, the Bhairavnath temple, and the Lakshminarayan temple.

Shreevardhan beach is also pristine like that of Harihareshwar with clean beach and crystal clear water. It also has the mountain along with the Casuarina and Coconut trees. After relishing the view for sometime we moved forward towards Dighe agar, which is about 16 km from the place and hence have to take an auto or tamtam.

[Important: Whoever is going to the Dive agar from Shreevardhan it is must to tell the driver to take Via Shekhadi village to enjoy the real beauty of the Kokan.]

It takes around 60 to 70 minutes to reach the place. One can have a pleasant experience while going from the Shekhadi Road leading to Diveagar. It is explicitly breathtaking with coastline along the roads, which is stretch entirely. Once you reach Diveagar you one can see a ganpati temple, which is famous for its golden Murti found in 1997 in between Supari and a coconut tree. After that we went to the beach of Diveagar small coastal village in Raigad District of Maharastra State. Those who want to travel with fewer budget this is a better option.

Contact person: Sachin. S. Thosar
(Where you enjoy your meal as well as accommodation)
Address: Diveagar,
Taluka: Shreevardhan,
Zilla: Raigad (near ganpati temple)
Pin: 402404
Phone: (02147) 224100/202002
Contact no: 9421169934


After enjoying the wonderful moments on the Diveagar beach we proceed to Borli, which is one and half km from Dive agar, to catch the tamtam for Dighi jetty, which is 15 to 16 KM from Borli. Before reaching the Dighi jetty we decided to catch the next ferry for Murud. But unfortunately we missed that ferry. Instead of waiting for the next ferry we too another ferry for Agardanda (ferry had taken 10 to 12 minutes from Dighi).

From there we caught tamtam for Murud. We got down at Murud and again caught another tamtam for Rajapuri village which is 6 Kilometer from Murud and from there we bought the ticket for Murud Janjira fort, which is 15 rupees per person.
[Important: If anybody wants to know history of Murud Janjira then one can pay 20 rupees as guide charge].

We did not take any guide, as we wanted to explore the place ourselves. The entire place of Murud Janjira is around 22 acre. But got only 45 minutes to explore and if anyone wants to stay for longer time has to take special permission from the ticket counter.

With this our trip got over and we came back to Bombay with the nice memories and experiences.

[Fare: From Murud to Bombay distance is 165 Kilometer and bus ticket is Rs125 from Murud to Thane. Bus Timing is 05:30 from Murud Bus stand.]

[Distance: Dive agar – (01 and half km) Borli – (15 to 16 KM) Dighi 45 to 060 minutes –(by ferry) Agardanda – Murud –(06 Kilometer) Rajapuri – Murud – Mumbai]