“Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world…”
The term “travel” may originate from the Old French word travail, which means ‘work.’ Traveling gives us a peace of mind and happiness of exploring new places.
Jawahar-Palghar is one of the finest places for excursion. I along with M3 Yatrik group visited this place on 8th November, 2020. We were group of 12 members visiting this place.
Jawhar is a city and a municipal council in Palghar district of Maharashtra state in Konkan division of India. It is a hill-station at an elevation of 447 metres (1466 feet). Jawhar taluka is tropical area and it mostly surrounded by deciduous green plants.
Palghar is a town in the Konkan division of Maharashtra state. The town is located about 87 kilometers north of Mumbai, about 35 kilometers north of Virar and about 24 kilometers west of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad National Highway at Manor. Palghar is an important railway station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway. On 1 August 2014, Palghar became the 36th district of Maharashtra.
What is M3 Yatrik?
Yatrik means travelling or a journey. M3 Yatrik is founded by 3 youngsters (Pushkar Bapat, Subodh Hattarki and Archis Pednekar) from Mumbai who have excitable passion for traveling.
Their passion towards trekking and travelling had started before 2016 and they took their 1st group Trek to Ratangad Fort in 2017. Now they are near to completing 4 years of group trekking. Till now they have planned and hosted more than 90 treks within Maharashtra…This indeed shows the passion towards traveling and exploring new things.
Place we halted for Breakfast and Lunch:
We had our Breakfast and Lunch at Vishal Dhaba near Jaysagar Dam, Silvassa Rd, Jawahar and continued to our Tourist Spots. Food was excellent. So, if you visit this place you must have your food at this place. We had Upma and Poha for breakfast and both Veg and Non-veg Thali for lunch.
Places Visited in Jawahar-Palghar:
1] Dabhosa Waterfall
We reached here by 10:45 am after having Breakfast. It is a waterfall situated in the village of Dabhosa in Jawahar Tehsil, Palghar district, Maharashtra, India. This is one of the highest waterfalls situated near Mumbai. This waterfall is located over the Lendi River. You can get down near the waterfall. It takes nearly 10 minutes to get down but it is very tiring to get back up i.e. 20 minutes approx. to climb back up. Even after this you will surely get pleasure after reaching near waterfall…the sound of waterfall is so peaceful and soothing. The water is so cold that you feel like staying at that place for hours. Even adventure activities are been held at that place but due to COVID crisis these activities were temporarily closed. Overall, my experience over there is best and it is a must visit place.
2] Shirpamaal
After enjoying at Dabosa Waterfall we reached Shirpamaal at 1:15 pm. The Shirpamaal is a popular structure of great emperor Chhatrapati Shivaji, situated on the top of a hill. Its purpose was to keep an eye on the enemies during the war. This structure is 3 centuries old, at top of the podium the Saffron Flag flutters in its glory and its proud history. To a very long distance from that place we can see area full of greenery and few scattered settlements. The view from that point is prepossessing.
Reason behind Hindu Flags being Saffron…
The ceremonial Maratha flag was saffron with a gold brocade border which was known as Jari Patka. The saffron flag was also used by Hindu kings of Rajputana. It is said that the high visibility of the colour could be one of the reasons for its popularity and colour of flag being saffron.
3] Jai Vilas Palace
We had our Lunch and then headed to Jai Vilas Palace. It is one of the tourist attractions of Jawahar. It is a neoclassical style palace which was built by Raja Yashwant Rao Mukane. This palace is also known as Raj Bari and was used to be the residential palace of the Mukne royal family. It was founded by Nayak Jayaba Mukne. The place is built in the syenite stone, brought from an quarry at Sakhara, which is 12 km from its location. This palace doesn’t look much maintained but has its historic value. Due to COVID crisis visit inside the palace was restricted but overall, it was mediocre. The view from Palace was beautiful. Surrounding was full of greenery and mountains.
4] Hanuman Point
It is assumed that, Hanuman, who was the disciple of Lord Ram, rested at this place while travelling across to meet Lord Ram’s brother, Bharath at Lanka due to which the place got its name. It is surrounded by stunning greenery and view of Jai Vilas Palace. At this point there is a Hanuman Temple which is temporarily being closed because of COVID crisis.
5] Sunset Point
People love to visit this place in evening because of the beautiful sunset which one can have look at and end their day with happiness. The hiding sun behind the green trees and mountains looks stunning. It gives the surrounding a paradise view. Even thou we were not able to wait till sunset we all got satisfied by the view from sun set point.
With this our 1-day trip to Jawahar-Palghar along with M3 Yatrik ended successfully. We took all cautions individually as well as in group while traveling. It was indeed an awesome trip after 7 and half months lockdown.
If you people are looking forward for trek or trips then do contact M3 Yatrik for further details.
Contact Number:
Archis Pednekar- 8369651569
Pushkar Bapat- +91 9892417607
Subodh Hattarki- +91 9930887501
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