Konkan Surfing: Murud Janjira

Early next day, we left for Murud Janjira. This is a fort situated in the Raighad district of Maharashtra and about 2.5hrs drive from Diveagar. It is famous for being the only fort along India's western coast that remained undefeated despite Maratha, Dutch and English East India Company attacks.

The entire journey right from the boat ride and through the fort is all that a photographer can ask for. The fort allows you to capture the fine architecture details along with the scenic view of the sea. The only constraint being the time factor which is short for appreciating such a beautiful designed fort.

Suggest you to visit: http://www.murudjanjira.com/ for further details

With this as our last stop, we returned back to Pune so that Mr. Adil could catch his train, Mr. Lala could have a last drink and Mr. Udi could catch up with his old pal.

Hoping for more trip Surfing with the same group ...Adios....

Konkan Surfing: Diveagar

Diveagar is a beautiful beach situated on the west coast and about 150km from Pune. As planned, we left Harihareshwar shores at about 3 pm and headed towards Diveagar. The journey took us about two hours with a break at Ganesh temple. One can conclude that the place is predominantly Muslim dominated with the no. of Mosque visible through the journey. At Diveagar we had expected a serene beach, few tourist and plenty of fish. However all the cherished thoughts turned out to be a sheer disaster. We had lotsa trouble finding a suitable place to stay and the price demanded for the same were at sky rocket range. It seems that the entire Maharashtra had planned to celebrate the Republic day at Diveagar. Being a FishOholic, the food turned out to be a major disappointment with limited fish options.

However we did make out for the disappointment by having a fabulous drink party (in company of Lala) at the beach, sumptuous breakfast and a nice morning walk at the beach.

Mr. Adil Hussain Ali

On few of the occasions, I have the priviledges of not using any of my so called photographic skills. This turned out to be one of those where the subject drove the activity.

Mr. Adil Ali Hussain, in case u decide to leave your current Banking profession, U know where you would likely be wanted......

"The goal is not to change your subjects, but for the subject to change the photographer"

Harihareshwar - Temple Shore

The temple shore is situated at a kilometer from the beach and is famous for Shiva temple constructed in the 16th century. The temple has idols of Brahma, Vishnu, Mahadev and Parvati.

After a short visit to temple and we proceeded towards the shore and what we witnessed here was just amazing. Mother Nature had created some great state of Art work through, what in scientific way is called sedimentation. Sitting on the rocks with Adil, reminded me of all the nostalgic moments at IMDR and at hostel that we shared together. These indeed turned out to be one of the few peaceful moments in my recent chaotic and frantic life.

Konkan Surfing : Harihareshwar-1

Nothing is as beautiful as watching a sunrise right on a beautiful beach and with your dream girl just besides you. I was not so lucky, but nevertheless I was at the beach at 5.30 am in the morning waiting for the sunrise and accompanying me were a bunch of crazy /wacky IMDRites, ever ready for yet another journey.

Harihareshwar is about 5 hours drive from Pune via the Mulshi ghat. The drive turned out to be great with most of the time, Udi being safely behind the wheels and the taxi driver sound asleep. The beach proved out to be amazing just as detailed out earlier by the gang. The best part being that there were few travelers ready to pleasure the beautiful sunrise. The sun did rise a bit too late, giving Adil and I, anxious moments and great amount of pain to adjust the light settings of our camera. The journey at the beach ended with a sumptuous breakfast and a great boat ride @ Rs 300.