Shiroda Beach

Shiroda Beach, Velagar, Vengurla, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra 416518

Have you always wanted to get away from chaotic city life, even if just for a few days or maybe a weekend? How would it be to relax in the lap of nature, listen to the soothing rhythm of the ocean’s waves lapping at the beach, watch the birds lazily soar in the clear blue skies, tuck into a truly Konkani cuisine and gaze at the hills majestically guard Maharashtra’s long coastline? All this comes to life at Shiroda.

With the Arabian Sea to the west and the rough and tough mountain ranges of the Sahaydri to the east, Shiroda is located at the southernmost end of the Sindhudurg district and is a quiet haven with none of the usual tourists’ clamour. It is about 20 kilometers from both Vengurla and Sawantwadi and has an abundance of coconut trees that give the region its characteristic flavour. The well-known Marathi laureate and Dnyanpeeth Award winner V S Khandekar had once served at Shiroda as a high school teacher. Shiroda has therefore been the birthplace of a lot of his creative writing.

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