Welcome to . . Dapoli
Dapoli
is hill station in Ratnagiri District.There are so many
places around Dapoli - Beaches - temples, Caves,
Forts - like... It is a small
yet nice place. It is at a height of 700 to 800 feet from the sea level & is
a cool & pleasant place. As it is located at a height, it is surrounded by
beautiful natural surroundings. People are attracted to Dapoli village because
of its natural beauty. In summer holdings & Christmas holidays, people
especially from Mumbai & Pune come to spend their time.
The Britishers selected Dapoli
as the place for their military camp being cool place & so it came to be
known as camp Dapoli. The camp are consists of Dapoli, Gimhavane, Jogale &
Jalgaon. In the year 1880 Alfred Gaddne started a high school (A.G.High School). Many well known
people were the students of this school. Bharat Ratna, P.V. Kane & Bharat
Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar had studied from this school. Shri. Subhash Vadke
who made the site 'Konkan Darshan.com' had studied from this school.
Also you can
see here Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, This is world famous
Agreeculture College.
How to Reach
: From Madangad 46
km.
Amboli
: Ganapati
temple in Dapoli taluka is famous due to marble idol of Lord 'Siddhivinayak'. It
is situated on Dapoli-Aanjarle road. It is at a distance of 7 km from Harnai.
There is a great festival on 'Maghi Chaturthi' day.
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Getting there |
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By Road : 22
km from Khed - Mumbai-Goa Highway-17
By Rail : Train upto
Khed from khed Dapoli 27 km.
By Air : Mumbai
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Places
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