Wednesday, 30 July 2014

Harnai-Maharashtra-India

One of the most popular beaches in Dapoli, Harnai is a long flat beach with the Suvarnadurg fort looming in the horizons on the northern side and the vast expanse of sandy beach extending upto Karde and further towards its south. Harnai port is the main fishing village. Every evening hundreds of fishing boats come back after fishing and gather to auction...

Tuesday, 1 July 2014

Torna Fort - Maharashtra - India

Torna was the first fort captured by Shivaji Maharaj. He captured this fort and started his journey to build the Maratha empire when he was just sixteen years old (in 1643). This shows his valor and determination to construct a new empire. Torna Fort is also known as Prachandgad. The Marathi word prachand means ‘huge’ in English. The...