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- Tilak Birth Place: The great freedom fighter Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak's Birth place.
- Ganapatipule - is a clean seashore and Ganpati temple situated at about 30 km North from Ratnagiri. This temple is reconstructed in Rajasthani stones and look.
- Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak Smarak - is the monument and the home of a man who set off the 'Swadeshi Movement' and spearheaded the fight against the British Raj
- Patit Pawan Mandir- The temple built by Swatantryaveer Savarkar for patit class of people.
- Thebaw Palace- Burma King Thebaw was imprisoned here. The palace is built in Pagoda style. Govt. had given some of the part of this palace for Polytechnic college.
- Bhatyachi Khadi- Khadi is area where river meets to sea. The village near this place is Bhatye, so known as Bhatyachi Khadi. The place is beautiful with a view of river & sea both. There is good casuarin cultivation on the sea shore. Also there is regional research centre for coconut & spices just near the casuarina plantation.
- Ratnadurga Fort- A fort covered by sea on 3 sides. A temple of Godess Bhagwati is located on the fort.
- Bhagvati Bunder- An old harbour which is not in use as harbour. But good place to visit as beach of white sand.Another beach having black sand is called as Mandvi bunder.
- Mirya Bunder-
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You can get in by train (Kokan Railway) or by bus (on Mumbai Goa Highway. Konkan Railways is one of the best railway tracks laid in India. It's a engineering masterpiece with very long tunnels and huge bridges. You will experience beautiful landscapes along the way. Its 6-7 hrs journey in train from Mumbai to Ratnagiri.Ratnagiri comes in midway if one is traveliing from Mumbai to Goa. Travelling by Bus ( A/c & Non A/c ) is also equally comfortable. Most of the Busses leave around late evening around 7PM and reach ratnagiri early morning at 6AM. But if one is going in a group with friends and that to during Monsoon Season, Taking a morning train and travelling trough Konkan Raiways is highly recommended.
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Most of the trains running through the Konkan railway (KR) stop at Ratnagiri. You will get public transoprt bus or autos from railway station, which is little away from the town.
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- Mangoes- Alphanso Mangoes of Ratnagiri city are famous & available in month of March to June in local or streetside markets. Mango juice(pulp)is a seasonal sweet dish found during these days in Hotels.
- Cashews- Ratnagiri is equally famous for cashews. Cashew curry prepared from tender cashew kernels is available in February - March or afterwards in many hotels.
- Amboli- A pancake like food available in old hotels like Bhide upahargruha. Its available & eaten only for breakfast.
- Sandan: Cake prepared from Jackfruit juice is available during months of March to June. Its available in selected restaurents.
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- Kokam Sarbat - cool kokam juice
- Amba Panha - raw mango drink
- Shahalyache Paani - tender coconut water
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