Sunday, 8 July 2012

About Chiplun Tourism


Chiplun is a hamlet in the district of Ratnagiri in Maharashtra. It is established on the Mumbai–Goa main road (NH-17) in western India. The town, situated in the Konkan district, mostly hosts a number of pharmaceutical and chemical industries.

The industrial locality is called Chiplun which means "the abode of Lord Parshurama". Parshuram is the sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu. The temple of Parshuram incorporates both the Hindu and Muslim method of architecture.

The village is established on the banks of the stream Vashishthi. It is a valley located between the Western Ghats on one edge and the Arabian Sea on the other. Chiplun has an get access to issue called Guhagar connecting Velneshwar and Hedvi temples which have large localized implication.


Primarily a monsoon place visited, Chiplun is renowned for its natural beauty. The foremost sightseeing options here encompass Swatsada waterfall, Gowalkot Fort, Walvalkar Shivaji Museum, etc. While the outpost was constructed by Shivaji Maharaj in 1670 on an locality of two acres, the Walvalkar Musuem was constructed as a tribute to Shivaji and exhibits diverse images and figurines associated to the great warrior.

It is an ideal weekend vacation place visited for persons staying in Mumbai and Goa. The town connections the western coast and the interiors of Maharashtra and is a location for adventure undertakings like boating on the Vashishthi stream and trekking in the high grounds round.

The best time to visit Chiplun is from October to February and June to September. Chiplun can be come to by street from some destinations in Maharashtra. The Chiplun trains station, which pertains to the Konkan Railway, is well attached to Mumbai and Goa. It is furthermore reachable by air, with two to three close by aerodromes like Pune aerodrome, Kolhapur aerodrome and the Chhatrapati Shivaji worldwide aerodrome.

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