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Ratnadurg Fort
Historic 17th-century coastal fort built by the Marathas, overlooking the Arabian Sea.
Ganeshotsav falls on Monday, 14 September 2026 across Ratnagiri district and the rest of Maharashtra.
Called Ganeshotsav and kept for ten days. Modak is the offering, sarvajanik mandals organise the public pandals, and the main immersion is on Anant Chaturdashi.
The regional form observed across Maharashtra. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
The idol is kept for one and a half, three, five, seven days or until Anant Chaturdashi — it is a family custom rather than a rule, and community mandapams usually keep it longest.
| Kept for | Immersion | |
|---|---|---|
| One and a half days | Tue, 15 Septembertoday | |
| Three days | Thu, 17 September | |
| Five days | Sat, 19 September | |
| Seven days | Mon, 21 September | |
| Anant Chaturdashi | Wed, 23 September | The day most community mandapams immerse |
Many gram panchayats and municipalities set aside a pond or a marked stretch of tank for immersion. Ask at the panchayat office — it changes year to year, and a drinking-water tank or a farm pond is not an alternative.
A clay idol breaks down in water within hours. Plaster of Paris does not, and the paints carry heavy metals, so idols accumulate in tanks and rivers after immersion. Pollution control boards in most states now ask for clay for exactly this reason.
Immersion points get crowded and the bank is slippery after the monsoon. Children go into the water at these gatherings every year. Keep one person watching the water rather than the procession.
Thermocol, plastic sheeting, cloth and metal ornaments do not belong in the tank even when the idol itself is clay. Most organised immersion points now have a collection bin at the bank for them.
9 mandal centroids, sized by Census 2011 population. Tap a mandal to open its page.
Centroids from LGD/OSM. Not a survey map.
73 PIN codes across the district's villages. Open one for its village list, post office and nearby PINs.
Ratnagiri is a district of Maharashtra with 9 talukas, 849 gram panchayats and 1,540 revenue villages, administered from —. The population is 16,15,069 (Census 2011) across — km². The largest villages are Harne (7,274 people, Dapoli), Pandhari (5,780 people, Dapoli), Savarde (5,055 people, Chiplun). Pincodes in the district start with —.
Ratnagiri is a district in Maharashtra. Editorial copy not yet contributed — claim a village to start adding context.
Coastal district known for alphonso mangoes, beaches, and historical forts along the Arabian Sea.
Historic 17th-century coastal fort built by the Marathas, overlooking the Arabian Sea.
Popular sandy beach with a significant Ganesh temple on the hilltop nearby.
Ancient fort perched on a cliff offering panoramic views of the Konkan coast.
Aggregated from village fixtures + OpenStreetMap. Numbers will rise as the LGD + OSM ingest covers more villages in Ratnagiri district.
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Villages with the most posts, contributors, and verified residents this month.
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