After the weekend interviews at Pune and Mumbai, my colleagues left back to bangalore. I took 2 days off to roam around somewhere as usual. After breaking my head for half a day, I decided to spend a day and half at Dahanu. Dahanu lies in the border of Maharashtra and Gujarat. Its hardly 125 kms from Mumbai. Its a small town in the coast line facing the arabian sea.
I reached Dahanu by around 10.30 AM on monday. Immediately checked into this Pearline resort facing the beach. I got a decent AC room for 700 Rs. Had a quick breakfast and rushed into the beach.
Initially I was bit disappointed. The sand was bit dark, and the sea looked murkier. Not at all blue. I was wondering if there was an oil slick or something, and asked a localite. He said that the nature of beach in this area was like that. And it is clean 
There were hardly any one on the beach. Best thing is, just close to the shore there are lot many trees. And they have put up cement slabs for people to sit and relax in the shade, facing the beach. Pretty good!
After a while, went into the swimming pool within the resort, and chilled out for an hour or so. Apart from me and some 3 people from Romania, there were hardly anyone in the resort. Looked like the entire place was deserted(not haunted).
As I had said in my earlier post, I spent the entire evening watching the sunset with hot samosa and tea. After that, roamed around the area for a while. Nothing much to see and it was pitch dark. So returned to the resort for dinner. They have this nice garden restaurant, where they play old hindi songs. Spent close to 2 hrs for dinner listening to these songs. Bliss!
Next day, I got hold of a local rickshaw guy and asked him to take me around Dahanu. He took me to an old fort which is a jail now, and then to a place called Charoati. There is a Mahalaxmi temple on top of the cone shaped hill, within a cave. But they open the cave temple only once in a year during some festival it seems. So went to the temple at the footsteps of the hill and returned back.
On the way back, went to a village called as Ganjad. A famous painter called as Mr Magashe resides here. He is very famous for these adivasi painting made using vegetable colors. Eco-friendly paintings. He has got various awards for his contribution to art. When I went to his house, he wasnt there. He had gone to delhi for some art symposium. Managed to buy few paintings. In case you visit Dahanu, do visit this place and have a look at the paintings. They are mindblowing!
By the time I reached the resort it was around 2 PM. Rushed to the station, got a train and reached Mumbai by evening.
In case you want to spend a peaceful day or two, in and around Mumbai Dahanu is a good choice. Its not far, its not costly. But the silence you get there is priceless
Where is it?
125 kms from mumbai, on the way to ahmedabad
How to go?
You can take a bus/taxi. But best is take a train. Dahanu beach is just 2 kms from the railway station. The station name is Dahanu Road. It comes on the western line. Regular locals run between virar and dahanu road(1 hr from Virar). You can also catch a long distance train to gujarat as well. But please dont commit the mistake I did. I went by this Ferozpur Janta Express. I guess the engine driver is new to this route. Every 15 minutes the train stops. Maybe he was trying to ask the local people for route 
. This train takes 3 hrs for a distance of 120 kms :O
Where to stay?
I stayed at this Pearline resort(Link embedded in the 2nd or 3rd paragraph). It was good. Heard that there is a MTDC resort nearby as well. There are many resorts near the coastline. But do book in advance
What to see?
Apart from the beach, there is not much to see. But if you are a beach animal like me, you will surely enjoy the place!
P.S. Sorry for the photo alignments. No idea why its behaving strangely 
photos lookd good place looks great
sounds lovely!
LOL, initially i thought this is some new beach in goa. Anyways, based on your description this place seems remarkable. So how was the food in particular? The photos are very colourful
Man, i’m sure all these traveling must be enriching experiences!
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Ferro.. am not much of a beach lover. Prefer the hills, forests and mountains anytime over the sea shore. The sunset looks gorgeous. Esp pic IMG_26211.JPG. You are saying you had samosa and tea. Any other guy would have preferred a nice chilled bottle of KF Premium! OR if you are a Florida guy – Corona Extra is the one! (I can already feel Mav smiling back at me!) Though I lived most of my life till now in Mumbai, never really heard this much about Dahanu Beach. Only frequented by bunches of guys to celebrate bachelor parties or new year bashes… those kinds.
Now I understood about ur previous post, which is a trailer for this.
I believe the eco friendly painter is getting award from President.
Ferro… the earlier anonymous post was me. Somehow the credential info went missing. BTW, u used to work with flickr earlier, how come shifting to photobucket?
Ferrari,
Looks to be a nice place to spend a weekend. Haven’t heard of it before. Cool pics.
no gujilis???
nice place, but how do u manage to roam around all alone???
dahanu… first dhanu nu padichen. looks lovely.
not much crowd.
just my kinda place.
wow, you have sooooo much enthu for travel. Veryy nice.
The pics are very good. I am from Dahanu now in Dubai.
Thanks
K
Dahanu,
Extremely natural and purely beautiful , I am from gujarat and frequently come down there to be in natures hands
DAHANU,
IS THE MOST B’FULL PLACE
HAVING THE NICE SEA FACE, TRIBAL CULTURE, MAHALXMI TEMPLE, SURYA REVER (BHIM BANDH, DEVDHA,ETC) GAMBHIR GAD, KHANVEL, JAVHAR, ETC
NEAR BY
& POLLUTION FREE ENVIRNMENT
SO I LOVE DAHANU
JAI DAHANU!
JAI UTAR KONKAN!
Dahanu is realy peacefull place for health, therefore goddess Mahalaxmi came from Kolhapur for rest & to bless us forever time until now.
One thing is noted that all surrounded area full fo greener & fresh water sources like Kawadas, Dhamani, river Surya.Mansoon seasons water falls spread all over the Sahyadri ranges so please come & see my placem, people, & my culture.
come any season ur never been nervous, u get lot of variety of birds, flowers, &fruits like mango, karavanda, kaju, jambul, chikku, dhamana, chincha, aavala……….
One special request for Mahalaxmi Jatra which started at Hanuman Jayanti.
Jai Mahalxmi
jai Dahanu!
I want to have email / pen friendship with anybody in Dahanu. Anyone interested ?
I will be very happy to have such a friend from Dahanu
DAHANU,
IS THE MOST B’FULL PLACE
HAVING THE NICE SEA FACE, TRIBAL CULTURE, MAHALXMI TEMPLE, SURYA REVER (BHIM BANDH, DEVDHA,ETC) GAMBHIR GAD, KHANVEL, JAVHAR, ETC
NEAR BY
& POLLUTION FREE ENVIRNMENT
SO I LOVE DAHANU
JAI DAHANU!
JAI UTAR KONKAN!
hii…nice pics. i was raised in dahanu for 14 years, i went to the school there..and i love the beach…right now i m in US…but going back to dahanu to visit for three months,,i m excited
Dahanu is my birthplace.
Did my schooling in K L Ponda High School, Dahanu.
The tall, pine-shaped trees that you see on the beach are called “Suroo” trees in the local language and botanically they are called “Casurina”.
As a school boy, I have planted some of those trees as a part of the social afforestation drive. When I was planting those saplings, I cold’t imagine that the trees will grow so well and add such a charm to the beach.
The Forest Deptt. had involved the entire school in this tree plantation drive.
I am now based at Abu Dhabi but do make a point to visit Dahanu at least once in a year when I am on my vacation.
hi!
i just being lukin at ur picz dey r great. i was raised in Dahanu for couple of yrs of my life when i was 12-14 n went 2 dat school called St Marys High School, but had 2 cum back home in England.
but it was great living there, cnt really remember much but it was very peace n quite which u dnt really get here in Manchester, England, u r rite not really much 2 c or do, but itz was ok.
infact i did go 2 Dahanu back again last yr in July 06, it was rainy season so it wasnt all dat 2 b honest wid u.
hi dahanu is a gr8 place to be.was there for a few years .the beach is what i looked forward to everyday
studied there at st marys 1978 batch .wish to keep in touch with any one from that batch .bye
hi
am a pass out from st marys dahanu 1978 batch .wish to keep in touch with any student from that batch.
Hi All,
Nice to see replies from all set of ppl from India. Yah I am also on of you, visiting Dahanu every year (sometimes more) from last 20 years. And was staying in near by places like Surya-nagar, Vangaon, Palghar for around 10 years. My main intension of coming to Dahanu was to visit Gajanan Maharaj Temple which is near PAR-NAKA, near beach. This holy place has always attracted me more and I visit the place very frequently. But I never miss to go to beach and enjoy the see shore and the music of wind and tides. Its God’s place and let us keep it the same way. Bordi beach is also very good and you can enjoy good fish food over there. Try to be there in the MTDC resort since I am really not much aware of hotels at this place. Wishing you happy and safe trip to Dahanu which gives you more pleasure from the huge crowd of Pune & mumbai.
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Hi,
I am born `n’ brought up in Dahanu. Proud 2 b a `Dahanuwala’ and love all who love my town. Just let me know if anyone wants to visit Dahanu, would be happy to show my town and it’s beautiful beach, some chickoo farms, some good temples, etc. etc. etc.
Studied in St. Mary’s and was in 1983 batch.
Just mail me and let me know if you need help here.
Regards,
Abhay Joshi (abhayjos@gmail.com)
Pardeshi Kamlesh
Hi !
This is Kamlesh Dahanu is my birth place studied in St mary’s high school my batch was 1997 .
It is good to see so many people from dahanu replying to this site.
I am in Nigeria working for a mnc miss my peacefull town.
Regard’s.
Hi,
This is for Arti sharma,
i passed out from St.Marys 1978 batch and would love to keep in touch with anyone from the batch.
hi dear meena menon,
hw r u?
i hope for sure u remember me.
the noughtiest boy as your school as wll as college.
just met reeta on net.found akhtar also.
trying to re-group all our class mates on net,but find it a bit diffclt.
shall v begin to re-group.
my email id: vinodvelani@gmail.com
since many decade has lapsed ,nw a ray of hope on the horizon.
bye for the tm bng.
god bless u,then to the universe.
tk cr.bye dear.
hi prabhu..
enjoyed pictures of dahanu…
would like to visit it soon.
too good report
Thanks Mr.Ferrari
Hi dear all
Planning to visit Dahanu on 16th Dec, 2007. After that i will express my thought. I know its a good place, let me enjoy the beach, blessing of Mahalaxmi Goddess, chickoooooooo farm, etc.
if you wanna me to visit some other place in dahanu, kindly revert back. so that all places will be visited by me.
Thanks for making my mind to visit Dahanu.
Kala Pillai
Mumbai
kala2912@gmail.com
hey ppl,
M from bombay…but love any place dats close to bombay (cuts down the travelling time) and which is green and peaceful. I came to know about pearline in Jan 2007 and have already frequented 5 times…..actually had been there just dis weekend and came yesterday…nice place…good food…rooms are pretty clean and the roomservice is decent for 900 bucks per AC room….the Iranis who run the place are extremely nice….but above all the peace dat u find in this place is mindblowing….planning to buy a bit of place for myself soon there….beach bummers must go to this place as it real cool….!!
Thanks . I already called the hotel for a booking. I also take off on such short trips to quiet locales. One another place you must check out is Udvada. It is near Daman. exactly 3 hrs drive form Bombay. A place where time has stopped .Nice quaint Parsi houses [most of them having old Parsi couples having tea in the verandahs.]The religious air about the place and the calming influence is fantastic. there are 3 good Parsi owned hotels [around Rs 900 per day] with fanastic meals . Take a quiet walk around the place [max 40 mins] and sit at the end of the town at the bus stop undera quie banyan tree. Watch the world go by. You can fall off to sleep . Gods Own retreat. Enjoy
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Hey hey..me and my friends got posted at REL dahanu..how is that place…hows the plant….hows the township….feel free to contact me…me and my friends vashneya,adiya,nigamwa,and kakranwa ie me hehe are gonna rock thr…and lot of hot chicks are commin thr with us too….so keep counting till 4 aug…countdown begins…hehe
Hey Prabhu,
Good to read your report.
I am born and brought up in Dahanu and you reminded me of my place. Currently, I live and work in Dubai.
Dahanu is lovely place. I have my own big house in Dahanu and huge farm, with lots of Chickoos and rice.
I studied in St Mary’s school and was there until 1980, after which I did engineering from Bombay.
B
Hello Prabhu n ferrari,
Your photos and the description of Dahanu is good. Though there is lots more than just the beach.
You can visit chickoo farms which are absolutely like jungles of chickoo trees, there is Kosbad Hill about 10 kms from Dahanu where the first pre primary school was set up by Taratai Modak. It is an institution which still runs the most amazing pre schools for tribal children. Then at Talasari a small place on the highway about 24 kms from Dahanu there is Vanvasi kalyan Kendra, whose founder was Shri Madhavrao Kane, which runs a school, hostel for boys and girls entirely from the adivasi community. They also have technical subjects for class 10th students which help them in getting careers in and around their hometown. There are some wonderful ancient and historical places and temples, Laxmi Narayan temple is of Peshwa period, Saibaba temple at Narpad, Hanuman temple which is ancient right on the main road of Dahanu Gaon.there is aslo “Tarpa”,an agri eco resort. But most of all there is peace and tranquility that is hard to be found anywhere else.
I can vouch for all of this, as I live in Dahanu.
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this is for meena menon
hi
i remember your cat.and am your class mate aarti kookani.do you remember me?
my e mail id is ila_aarti63@rediff.com
this is for meena menon.please keep in touch.am very keen to known where you are placed now?
aarti
hi
it was great watching my birthplace,the place I lived for 20 years.Anyone from 1992 batch.St Marys. please contact me.Shirin,Banoo,Farizia,Zarina,Preeti,Payal,Bhavika,Mona. where are you all ?
Dear Friends ,
Hello 2 every body and heartly rememberance to all our classmate of batch 1992
I wish i could meet all my class friends
shahpoor
yohaan
dishang
ashish gupta
naresh panchal
farizia
banoo
shirin
payal
mona
bhavika
anamika
mehboob mirza
suleman
and many more
i would like 2 be in touch of friends and love to talk our olden golden memories of our schools days
presently i am african country ,lagos ,nigeria
002347093193021
I have been in M’bai for the last 25 yrs and am planning to Dhanu. Probably the best info I could have got is in these series of mails some from the same place some from those who have visited and experienced the serenity of the location. Soon loving to make.
Thx to all those guys and gals for the info.
Rgds,
Venu
hi , this hemlata patil fram saphale. i m very intersted to see i dahanu tribal area now i doing research project on that so i want to help for searching data attraction of dahanu .
pls send me your mail id
my mail id is hems.13patil@gmail.com
bye ………..
Hello Hemlata,
Just find on google search, for Dahanu, you will get several sites and useful information,
If you still need any info, let me know, maybe, if possible, I can help you. I live in Dahanu from birth.
Thanks & Best Regards,
Abhay
Great to see so many people from Dahanu here.I was there for 16 years from 1993.I make it a point to visit every year,preferably during Mahalaxmi Jatra which is held every April. The environs are natural & make for a relaxing holiday.You can sit on tree lined beaches with a fav book for a full day & yet wish to do it the next day.You can have a fishermans boat ride at Dhakti Dahanu creek. They might even take you into the sea for a catch
Hi Aarti and Meena
I want to connect with you both.
My email address is rita_panchal@hotmail.com.
Graduated from St. Marys in 1978.
Love
Rita
My email id is : akagarwaal@Gmail.com
I wish to see dahanu and nearby places & temples, with the help of a local, and if possible settle & retire there only
Also, I had posted my this request on a Dahanu Blog prabhukrish.net on 16-July-2006 but nobody has replied till this date
I want to have email / pen friendship with anybody in Dahanu. Anyone interested ?
I will be very happy to have such a friend from Dahanu
AJ Agarwal
Bombay
akagarwaal@gmail.com
Hi Mr.Agarwal
You can get in touch with me for any help you need in Dahanu.
Dear All, i have seen dahanu by my wife’s eyes……….. yes she is from dahanu, beautyfull place and perline is also very good one more rest. kohli da dhaba is very good for punjabi food.
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Hi this is Smita ,Passed out in 2005.A big hand full of gratitude to my teachers and my friends
Hi guys
I am from dahanu , a beautiful place to live in . I am an architect myself & had designed lot of structures here , the one amongst all is a Farm house around 10km away from Dahanu station which got the best design award . The structure which i loved the most. This place has all in one location . There are beaches , dense forest & jungle around , all in one go . I love dahanu !
Hello Ashok borsa
I am born Dhundalwadi Tal Dahanu and I love my town. Just let me know if anyone wants to visit Dahanu, would be happy to show my town and it’s beautiful beach, some chickoo farms, some good temples, Please came and Look Dahanu
Hello
I am born Dhundalwadi Tal Dahanu and I love my town. Just let me know if anyone wants to visit Dahanu, would be happy to show my town and it’s beautiful beach, some chickoo farms, some good temples, Please came and Look Dahanu
hy, i lived my most life in dahanu, and its brilliant place to live i was born in tanzania and went back to dahanu with my parents and brothers, i and because of my british nationalility i came back to uk. but the time i spend in dahanu is really nice, the place with long beach up to 40 mile and coconut tree on the bank and the farming and natural thing,food was delicious and hotel on beach, its like heaven, i still miss my school and college days, and all my friends i left it there, but when ever i get chance to go to dahanu i never leave it, love all my friends and enemy thanks bye.
hi all my friends from st.marys high school,
if at anyone reminds of me then pls cntt.me on my mail id; vinodvelani@gmail.com
1978 batch.
From Kamalesh Somaia, F C A: Financial Advisor at Abu Dhabi, UAE Mobile: +971506914199 e-mail: maitri@eim.ae
Every person will believe that his/her birth place is the most beautiful place on earth. And I am no exception!
Lord Rama had said to Lakshman, “अपि स्वर्णमयी लङ्का न मे लक्ष्मण रोचते जननी जन्मभूमिश्च स्वर्गादपि गरीयसी
“Lakshmana, even this golden Lanka does not appeal to me, mother and motherland are greater than heaven.”
I am based at Abu Dhabi which is no less than Lanka made of Gold of olden days, but I miss my motherland Dahanu!