Prachin Konkan Museum
Prachin Konkan Museum
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  • ASWATH-Singaraju
    Mumbai, India124 contributions
    A place that takes you through the lifestyle of Konkan people of yester years
    Set up on a hillock this place takes you to the olden days and tells you how the people used to live in those days. A guided tour for a mere Rs.40/- per person (adults) should not be missed if you are in Ganpatipule. The Guides are young girls with excellent narration of the Konkan lifestyles are to be commended. A must visit site for young children as well as for we adults. There is a canteen on top of the hillock that serves good vegetarian meal. AN INTERESTING PLACE
    Visited January 2021
    Written 25 January 2021
  • RKJ
    Navi Mumbai, India373 contributions
    A must visit place if one has time and interest in Konkan culture
    This is a great attempt to model the Konkani culture and lifestyle of years gone by. Lifes style displays of people in action doing their daily routines along with household artifacts and tools of trade. Visits is through guides tour only, which bring these displays to life with their interesting narrations. Guide tour enrich the knowledge about the whole konkan region of Maharashtra. Kids enjoy watching the life size sculptures and the heavy canopy of trees manifest a variety of bird species. It is must visit for those who are are looking for something interesting other than temples and beaches in Konkan, It remind us to how simple life was with basic needs addressed in the village. This place is an ideal and good place for families, couples, children as well as friends. All this at a reasonable rate of 40/- per adult with a guide. Food is also available inside restaurant on payment basis, which was good.
    Visited January 2020
    Written 9 February 2020
  • saurabh sarmadhikari
    Balurghat, India45 contributions
    Theme Park
    At a walking distance from the Ganapatipule beach, this museum draws lots of visitors. Once inside, you are taken on a guided tour of a simulated Konkani village with clay and wooden models depicting the traditional Konkani way of life. The guides are helpful as they are always ready to satisfy your various queries.
    Visited January 2020
    Written 10 March 2020
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Ankur Chandra
Greater Noida, India139 contributions
Jun 2023 • Family
Prachin Konkan Museum at Ganpatipule is a wonderful experience that provides a great learning and knowledge of the Konkan culture. There is a guided tour of around an hour where you get to see how Konkani people lived in ancient days. A must visit places if yare in Ganpatipule
Written 29 June 2023
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P M V
Nagpur, India3,873 contributions
Jan 2023 • Friends
Prachin Konkan Museum.
Thanks to Vishwanath Sawant, our guide and tour manager, at the end of our tour of Prachin Kokan, we were lucky to meet up with Mr. V V Sardesai.
He spoke to us about the idea and how Prachin Kokan Museum happened.
Looking around, in today’s world of the internet and smartphones he felt that the younger generation is moving away from the roots and forgetting about the old values and lifestyles of Kokan.
He decided to depict the way of Konkan life as it existed 400 to 500 years back. What better way to show the social, economic, cultural, and religious background and way of life than to show how various people like iron smiths, a farmer, and traders lived and carried out their business.
The methodology adopted was to project social, economic, cultural, and religious values by creating life-size tableau of people going about their trade and way of life. The idea and the museum gradually took shape.
A three-acre hilly piece of land with natural plants and the forest was selected.
A life-size tableau of people going about their trade and way of life was created. The statues of people were made as life-like as possible giving importance to the way they dressed, and wore their jewelry, implements, and tools were made as authentic as possible.
After buying the tickets when you start on the tour, each group of visitors is taken around by a girl guide who is knowledgeable and has learned the full commentary by rote.
Museum also gives you information about the beauty of various places in Konkan in all three summer, winter, and monsoon seasons of Konkan.
As the museum is built on a hilly area of the natural forest it has various types of trees indigenous to Konkan. Specific plants of various spices and of medicinal value were brought in and were planted and cultivated in the existing forest. There are 150 types of different trees. They include the golden Golden shower tree (bahava), chironji ( charoli), sandalwood and many more rare species of trees
To give a real jungle feel, the museum displays sculptures of black panthers, tiger, leopards, pangolins etc which are found in the dense and rich forests of Konkan.
There is a separate hut where a large number and variety of sea shells are on display.
It is believed that there are trees assigned to each astrological sign. If we worship them according to our birth nakshatra we get benefits of it. Towards the end of the tour, there is a large board giving information about this subject. Also, these 27 types of trees were used to cure different diseases known at that time.
For the first time saw some trees like the Golden shower tree, chironji, and cinnamon trees which we had not seen earlier. Going around Prachin Konkan was an interesting experience.
Written 13 March 2023
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Disha_Solanki
Ratnagiri District, India52 contributions
May 2022
Is well maintained, the guides are good but they only share bits of rutted information in their daily routine. Is a good walk amidst nature and you can gain a lot of info about the Konkani lifestyle. The tress, plants and shell museum are the main attraction.
Written 9 March 2023
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Akshay Sharma
New Delhi, India10,592 contributions
Aug 2022
This is a private open museum and depicts the life, flora and fauna of the Konkan Region. It is private property and there is an entry ticket and a guide. The place is well maintained. The place also offers Konkani food but better to have it outside the complex as their restaurant is not up to the mark.
Written 18 August 2022
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ashutoshgangrade2009
Mumbai, India92 contributions
May 2022
A place that takes you through the lifestyle of Konkan people of yester years. Excellent guided tour in Ganpatipule. Located on walking distance from Ganapatiphule Mandir/beach.
Written 30 June 2022
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Vivek Awchat
Nagpur, India11 contributions
May 2022
Best place to visit and explore history of Konkan. They have made everything in detail using all natural resources. The young Team had done great job in presenting lifestyle of Konkan. Please do not skip visit to this museum its really great experience. Every State of India shall prepare such museum so that people visiting different states in India can gather knowledge about the different lifestyle and culture of those states. I must say the guide they provide are so learned they will provide all the details meticulously.
Written 21 May 2022
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bearcat98
pune71 contributions
Dec 2021
the museum is worth a visit and you get glimpse of life in kokan area in previous era. You can visit this one in afternoon as the walk is all in nice shaded trees and you do not feel the sun.
Written 25 March 2022
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travelonrepeat_please
Pune, India72 contributions
Dec 2021
It's a nice place, the whole setup has been done very beautifully & quite green and they give you a guided tour. It will give an insight into Konkani life. The most I liked is their Shell collection, some really unique and rare stuff you can see over here. The only thing you should for sure carry is a bottle of water and Odomos as there are too many mosquitoes. If you are not much into history & culture, you can avoid this place.
Written 13 January 2022
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ankushsunkale
Mumbai, India408 contributions
Oct 2021
For kids it is good to learn and see the past history about Konkan and Twelve Balutedar system we had in past. It has lot of information about uses of plants , shrubs for medicinal uses . It is is guided tour and you cannot see without a guide. Entry fee is Rs 40 per person and for camera Rs 20 extra. It also has Shell museum where you cannot take photos. Here you can buy gift articles made from shell. This place also has a restaurant where you can relax and have food. Advisable to visit all seasons except monsoon. Vehicle parking is free.
Written 20 October 2021
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vish
14 contributions
Jan 2021 • Family
Gave a glimpse of the lifestyle of the people of the region. Showcased traditional household items that one rarely gets to see now.
Written 1 February 2021
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