01 ye 08
Icho chiri Mumbai here kana kuti Goa?
Migwagwa ine runyararo yemichindwe, gungwa risina kunyorwa, uye nzvimbo yakawanda yePortugal inoita guta reVasai, kumucheto kwekumusoro kweMumbai, zvinoshamisa zvinoratidzira Goa.
Iwe haungambofungi asi Vasai aimbova anokosha kupfuura Mumbai. Muzana remakore rechi16 nezana remakore rechi17, raiva guru-guru rekutonga chiPutukezi neguta rakasimba rakabudirira. Mazuva ano, ioasis inotonhorera iyo inonzwa inofadza yakanamatira munguva inonzi warp. Kusiyana nedzimwe nzvimbo dzakapoteredza, zvakawanda zveVasai zvakasunungurwa kubva pakugadziriswa, sezvo zvichiri zvichinyatsofadza cutoff kubva kuguta rinoputika mumaguta. Parizvino, bhiriji chete pamusoro peVasai Creek, iro rinoparadzanisa Vasai kubva kune Mumbai yose, ibhiriji rezvitima.
Vasai akaparadzanisa nhoroondo uye nharaunda yakadzikama (ine mweya mutsva!) Zvinoreva kuti kune zvizhinji zvokupa vafambi vanoda kubuda---beaten-track. Mazana maviri emakore ekutonga kwePutukezi achiri kuratidza nezvechitendero uye mararamiro evagari vaVasai, avo vanowanzova vaKaturike. Chimiro chavo chinokanganisa Konkani, chiPutukezi, Marati uye neBritain.
Ndakashanyira Vasai paIndaneti yeVasai Vasai yakasiyana-siyana inopiwa neRoyoy D'Mello, uyo ane Amaze Tours. Mushure mokushanda mukugamuchirwa uye kutungamira hotele, kusanganisira mazamu semupiki muhotera yepamusoro uye mumakungwa emafambisi enyika, Leroy akaziva kuti aida kutanga bhizimisi rekushanyira kusimbisa maIndia tsika netsika. Anonyatsoziva Vasai semhuri yake yagara uye ane nyika ikoko kwezvizvarwa zvakawanda, uye izvi zvinokonzera ruzivo rwechokwadi uye rwomunhu oga. Iwe unogona kushanyira machechi akasiyana-siyana, ona vashandi vebasa, shanduro yekuzvigadzirira zvekudya zvemuganhu, uye kubatanidzwa mukubika.
Verenga pamusoro kuti udzidze nezvezvinhu zvinofadza zvakaputirwa pazendo.
02 of 08
Vasai Fort
Matongo eimba yaVasai yakakosha pasina mubvunzo kuguta kunonyanya kukwezva. Kuritsvaga kuchakutora nguva yekudzoka munguva yekufananidza munhau apo nhare yakanga iri guta rinobudirira riri kurarama panguva yekutonga chiPutukezi. Rusvingo rwayo rwakasimba rwakachengetedza imba yakanakisisa yevakashanduri vechiPutukezi, pamwe nemachechi, convents, temberi, zvipatara, makoroji, uye hurumende.
Nhare yacho inotaurawo nezveHondo yakakura yeVasai, pakati pePutukezi neMaratha, iyo yakazoguma neMarathas kutora dzimba muna 1739 mushure mekude ropa rakawanda.
Verenga Zvimwe: A Look Inside Historic Vasai Fort
03 of 08
Ornate Churches
Kune machechi anenge makumi mana emunharaunda yeVasai. Vamwe vane mazana emakore ekare. Vane nhoroondo inoshamisa yezvakaitika kare uye vachiri kushandiswa pakunamata nhasi.
Saint Thomas Church, kereke yaVasai inonyanya kukosha, yakavakwa muna 1566 uye yaiva chechi yekutanga yekuvakwa kunze kweimba yaVasai. Zvakanga zvakajeka chaizvo zvokuti vaMuslim vanopinda muGujarat vakapamba uye vakaiisa moto, muna 1571. Yakavakwazve muna 1573.
Hazvizivikanwi apo chechi yechipiri inonyanya kukosha, Our Lady of Grace Cathedral, yakavakwa. Zvisinei, zvinotendwa kuti zviri muma1570.
04 of 08
Heritage Homes
Rautwada ane makore 135 ane rimwe remisha shoma yemhuri yakasara muVasai, uye kunyange muMumbai. Mazuva ano, mazhinji acho akatsiviwa nezvivako zvemazuva ano. Imba yacho yakaitwa nematanda omutiki uye matombo ari kunze kwayo ndiyo imwechete yakashandiswa paChrisrapati Shivaj Terminus (Victoria Terminus) chezvitima chezvitima, yakavakwa neBritish mu Mumbai muna 1887. Mukati, pane zvipfeko zvekare uye zvekare.
05 of 08
Religious Statue Carving Workshop
Yakapoteredzwa nematanda emapuranga emhando dzose uye mashizha, zvifananidzo zvaJesu neMhandara Maria vakashongedzwa zvakaoma pamusangano weRoque naRenold Sequeira Hama muVasai.
Iyi bhizinesi inonakidza yakavakwa muna 1920 uye yakashanda kwezvizvarwa zvitatu. Kubva pakuvamba kwekuveza kwekuninipiswa, vashandi vezvifananidzo vave vakanyora kare zvikamu zvishanu zveUUNESCO nokuda kwekuchengetedzwa kwenhaka. Mubayiro wavo wekutanga wakagamuchira muna 2005, kubva pakudzorerwa kunotyisa kweDhi Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum yemakore 140.
Pandakashanyira pamusangano, chifananidzo kubva kuDaman, chakatangira kusvika kumazana zana nemakumi maviri nemana kana rechi17, chaivapo chekudzorerwa. Sequerias inogamuchirawo mitemo yemaitirwo kubva kumativi ose enyika, kusanganisira mirairo yegoridhe rakaiswa zvifananidzo.
Zvinotora anenge mwedzi nehafu kupedzisa chifananidzo. Iyo nzira inotanga nehuvhu kuenzanisira kwechifananidzo chave chapiwa. Muenzaniso wacho unodzokororwazve mumatanda, iyo kazhinji inowanikwa kubva kuGoa uye kuKonkan. Musoro waro unofanira kusunurwa kuti uise maziso akafanana nehupenyu asi kubatana hakuoneki shure.
Murume wematarenda akawanda, Renold Sequeira anoyemurawo nyanzvi yekuongorora nyanzvi. Vaviri vevatungamiri vake vanoratidzwa muSydney Observatory uye Powerhouse Museum muAustralia.
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06 of 08
Mahila Mandal Restaurant
Nokusina mari, kugadzirisa zvakagadzikana zvezvokudya zvakangofanana nezvamungawana kumba, zvakananga kuMahila Mandal pedyo neNew English School paMahatma Gandhi Road muVasai. Inotarisa nondescript. Zvisinei, chikafu chikafu uye pane nhau inokosha shure kwayo.
Ichi chikafu chikafu cheSGO inokurudzira yakaiswa makore makumi maviri akapfuura nemudzidzisi weko Madzimai Indumathy Vishnu Barve kushandisa vakadzi vanotambura. (Zvinosuruvarisa, mhuri dzakawanda dzakarasikirwa nemari mushure mokunge zvipfeko mu Mumbai zvivharwa). Iye zvino, ine zvizvarwa zvinomwe mukati uye zvakapoteredza Vasai, nevakadzi vanopfuura 250 vakapinda! Uye, Mai Barve vane makore anopfuura 90 uye vachiri kushingaira!
Hazvishamisi kuti zvokudya zvakakurumbira. Ndakanga ndine ndiro yebatata bhaji (yakaoma Maharashtrian style mbatata dish) uye chituti kune anenge makumi mapfumbamwe makumi maviri. Pakanga pasina nguva yekutora mufananidzo sezvo zvaive zvakanaka, ndakave nemakaro ndakazvidya mumaminitsi maviri apamba! Pane kudaro, uyu mufananidzo wevakadzi vaizviita.
Verenga zvakawanda pamusoro paMahila Mandal uye nheyo yayo munyaya ino.
07 of 08
Local Cuisine and Cooking
Mhuri yeKaturike muIndia inozivikanwa nokuda kwekudya kwayo yakasiyana-siyana iyo inosanganiswa yekubika miti. Zvechokwadi, kutarisa kwetsika uye yehupenyu hweVasai kwaisazova kwakakwana pasina kuwana zvokudya!
Kushanyira musha wemukadzi akanaka ane chido chokubika, ndinofanira kutora chikamu pakuita sandni. Iyi nzvimbo yepamusoro yemapuranga yakagadzirirwa kubva kubheta yekupatsanurwa kwema bengal gram uye mupfu wejisi, iyo inotungidzirwa.
Chikafu chinowedzera chikafu chinonaka chakanga chakagadzirwa naamai vaRoyoy. Izvo zvakanyanya nyama-based dishes muKaturike chikafu ndechekuti kwete-zvinodhaka zvinonakidza.
Pasikati kwemasikati, takaita zvinonakidza zvemaitiro foogyas (anozivikanwawo sekunyengedza ). Aya mazinga akaomeswa eupfu, mukaka wekakhunta, kumini, shuga, munyu uye mbiriso zvinoputika kunze uye zvinoputika mukati. Hazvibviri kudya imwe chete!
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The Bottom Line
Vasai urwendo rwakasarudzwa rworwendo rwunobva kuMumbai, kwete kungotiza muguta revanhu uye mhirizhonga asi kuti tidzidze nezvevaIndia vechechi yeKaturike uye yeguta rinokosha.
Guta rine nhamba yakawanda inonakidza yezvitsva. Sezvo ini bedzi ndaipedza hafu yezuva ipapo, zvinosuruvarisa ndisina nguva yekuona vazhinji vavo (chikonzero changu chokugadzirira rumwe rwendo)!
Mukuwedzera pane zvandakavhara, zuva rekutengesa rakazara reku Explore Vasai Tour rakapiwa nemutungamiri wenharaunda Leroy D'Mello weAmaze Tours inosanganisirawo kufamba nechikepe uye kushanyira kugwa reVasai, korove vehove, uye vagari vomunharaunda.
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Muzvokwadi, kuti uwane zvakanyanya kubva parwendo kuVasai, iwe unofanira kugara usiku hwose. Pane zvakawanda zvokutakura kune rimwe zuva, zvinotyisa. Leroy anoronga kuwedzera imba yekugara yevashanyi munguva pfupi, iyo inonyatsosimbisa chiitiko.
Kuenda Ikoko
Vasai iripo neawa imwe kuchamhembe kweMumbai. Imwe yomuTumbai yekutengesa ndiyo nzira yakanakisisa yekuenda kuVasai, sezvo bhiri rega roga kuAsai Creek (iro rinoparadzanisa Vasai kubva kune imwe nzvimbo ye Mumbai) ibhiri bhiri. Tora chitima cheVirar, chinobva kuCheggate kumadokero , kusvika kuVasai Road. (Dzivisa nguva dzepamusoro, sezvo ichi ndicho chitima chinyararire!). Kubva pachiteshi, tora bhazi kana auto rickshaw. Vasai Fort iri kumativi makumi maviri nemaminiti.
Kana iwe uchienda kunotarisa naLoyoy, iye achakutorera kubva kuhotera yako oenda newe nechitima kuenda kuVasai. Kana zvisina kudaro, kana uchifambisa kubva kuMumbai, choga chisarudzo ndeye Western Express Highway (National Highway 8), iyo inotora nguva yakareba.
Sezvinowanzojairika mumabhizimisi ekufambisa, munyori akapihwa nemazano ekubhadhara kuti aongorore zvinangwa. Kunyange zvazvo isina kuchinja chiitiko ichi, About.com inotenda kujekesa zvakazara kwezvose zvinogona kukakavara zvekufarira. Kuti uwane mamwe mashoko, ona Ethics Policy.