Devgarh, Maharashtra
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Devgarh, also known as Devgad or Deogarh, is a coastal city in Sindhudurg district
of Maharashtra
state in western India
.Ramdev Yadav
was the king of Devgad. Devgarh is located on the Arabian Sea
in the coastal Konkan
region of Maharashtra, south of Mumbai
. It is noted for its harbor, its beach, and a lighthouse
built in 1915 at the Deogad fort. Fort Vijaydurga alias GHERIA ruled by Shilaharaj King Raja Bhoj who constructed the fort later on ruled by Adilsha & finally by King Shivaji & lastly Angres. Peshwas is the Indian national monument is situated at the distance of 45minutes by road from main city of Deogad. Fort Vijaydurga was seen by British, Dutch, Portuguese armies & travellers 400 years back & till today by the foreign tourists. The nearest Konkan railway station is Kankavli on Mumbai
-Goa
road. From Kankavli, one can get autorickshaw, state buses transport to reach Deogad-Vijaydurga. There is wall under sea at shores of the Vijadurga
built such that enemies ships trying to attack would crash and sink.
It is also famous in India for supply of Pure Alphonso Mango Cultivation/Farming and the Whole Developments have been evolved due to undertaking of the cultivation of Alphonso Mango Farming.
Majority of farmers have started converting from the regular rice cultivation to Mango Cultivation activities in Western Konkan Region of Maharashtra alongside the Arabian Sea Western Coast. Due to callous approach of Indian government most of the famous ports have been kept undeveloped hence major source of transportation through Sea is left untapped yet and the same needs to be developed to a larger extent.
Fishing is carried out on large scale in the sea as well as in the creeks throughout the Deogad taluka region. The staple food of this region is rice & fish.
The historical temple of Lord Shiva namely Kunkeshwar lies on sea boundaries which was built by Arab Muslim travellers, the first Windmill projects in Maharashtra are installed at Vijaydurga, Deogad. There is a temple dedicated to the goddess, Devi Bhagwati at the village of Munge. A small village known as Jamsande is situated near to devgad. It is approximately 4 km from the devgad bus stand.
Sindhudurg district
Sindhudurg is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India, which was carved out of the erstwhile Ratnagiri District. The district headquarters are located at Oros . The district occupies an area of 5207 km² and has a population of 868,825 of which 9.47% were urban...
of Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
state in western India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.Ramdev Yadav
Yadav
Yādav refers to an umbrella group of traditionally non-elite pastoral communities, or castes, in India and Nepal which since the nineteenth and twentieth centuries has claimed descent from the mythological King Yadu as a part of a movement of social and political resurgence.The term 'Yadav' now...
was the king of Devgad. Devgarh is located on the Arabian Sea
Arabian Sea
The Arabian Sea is a region of the Indian Ocean bounded on the east by India, on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by the Arabian Peninsula, on the south, approximately, by a line between Cape Guardafui in northeastern Somalia and Kanyakumari in India...
in the coastal Konkan
Konkan
The Konkan also called the Konkan Coast or Karavali is a rugged section of the western coastline of India from Raigad to Mangalore...
region of Maharashtra, south of Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
. It is noted for its harbor, its beach, and a lighthouse
Lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....
built in 1915 at the Deogad fort. Fort Vijaydurga alias GHERIA ruled by Shilaharaj King Raja Bhoj who constructed the fort later on ruled by Adilsha & finally by King Shivaji & lastly Angres. Peshwas is the Indian national monument is situated at the distance of 45minutes by road from main city of Deogad. Fort Vijaydurga was seen by British, Dutch, Portuguese armies & travellers 400 years back & till today by the foreign tourists. The nearest Konkan railway station is Kankavli on Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
-Goa
Goa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
road. From Kankavli, one can get autorickshaw, state buses transport to reach Deogad-Vijaydurga. There is wall under sea at shores of the Vijadurga
built such that enemies ships trying to attack would crash and sink.
It is also famous in India for supply of Pure Alphonso Mango Cultivation/Farming and the Whole Developments have been evolved due to undertaking of the cultivation of Alphonso Mango Farming.
Majority of farmers have started converting from the regular rice cultivation to Mango Cultivation activities in Western Konkan Region of Maharashtra alongside the Arabian Sea Western Coast. Due to callous approach of Indian government most of the famous ports have been kept undeveloped hence major source of transportation through Sea is left untapped yet and the same needs to be developed to a larger extent.
Fishing is carried out on large scale in the sea as well as in the creeks throughout the Deogad taluka region. The staple food of this region is rice & fish.
The historical temple of Lord Shiva namely Kunkeshwar lies on sea boundaries which was built by Arab Muslim travellers, the first Windmill projects in Maharashtra are installed at Vijaydurga, Deogad. There is a temple dedicated to the goddess, Devi Bhagwati at the village of Munge. A small village known as Jamsande is situated near to devgad. It is approximately 4 km from the devgad bus stand.