The Great Maharashtra: Beaches

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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maharashtra has a number of delightful sea-side resorts.
Very pleasant feature of these beaches is the fact that they live essentially
safe waters, the deep drop coastline does not occur dangerously close to the
shore. The sea is serene in most of the beaches that dot the 720 km. Long
coastline of the state. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This long coast along Arabian Sea extends from Dahanu -
Bordi in the north up to Goa, proceeding southwards, Maharashtra State is the
only State in India that offers a vast choice of majestic forts like
Sindhudurg, Vijaydurg, Murud-Janjira, Vasai etc. along its long coast line. All
the sea-beaches are conveniently linked to Mumbai - a good and ideal starting
point and well connected by State Transport buses. The coastal climate of
Maharashtra makes travelling pleasant all-round the year. Seas are rough only
during the Monsoon, between June and September.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Vasai beach</b> is in the <b>Thane</b> district adjoining <b>Mumbai</b>
metropolis It is about 77 kms away from Mumbai connected by rail and road Very
Portuguese like a bit of Goa In the beginning of the 17th century Vasai was
used for ship building Portuguese had their colony here for the protection of
which they had built a sea fort In 1739 Marathas conquered the fort under the
stewardship of <b>Chimaji Appa</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The ruins of the
Portuguese fort still stand Proper Vasai village is 5 to 6 kms away from Vasai
Road Rly" Station About 10 kms to the north of Vasal lies Nalasopara
village the earlier capital of Konkan Nalasopara is believed to have been
Gautam Buddha s birth place in a previous life Many Buddhist relics are
discovered here. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Vasai : The Beach In Thane

Maharashtra has a number of delightful sea-side resorts. Very pleasant feature of these beaches is the fact that they live essentially saf...