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Ratnagiri is the vast beautiful western coast district of Konkan. It
was here the great freedom fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born.
This man with a mission led the “Swadeshi Movement” against the
British. His house –Tilak Smarak is a landmark. Other attractions
are the fire temple built for non-Brahmins by revolutionary leader
Swatantryaveer Savarkar the ‘Patil Pawn Mandir’, the Bhatye beach ,
the Coconut Beach Centre, Ratnadurg Fort, Bhagwati Bunder (seaport)
and the seafood-processing centre at Mirya.Also visit Thebaw Palace
which was built for the exiled King and Queen of Burma (Now Myanmar)
in 1910-11. They lived for five years till their death in 1916. |
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