01 a 08
Mzinda Wolimba Wosasinthika
Chipata cholowera ku mabwinja a kampu ku Vasai Fort. Sharell Cook. Pafupi makilomita 60 kumpoto kwa Mumbai mu Maharashtra, mabwinja osokonezeka a Vasai Fort akunena nkhani yomwe inali likulu la ulamuliro wachipwitikizi m'zaka za m'ma 1700 ndi 1700. Kuwonjezera pa linga, Vasai Fort anali mzinda wamoyo womwe unali wodabwitsa komanso wofunika kuposa Mumbai (Bombay).
Vasai, wotchedwa Baçaim ndi a Chipwitikizi (omwe adadzatchedwanso Bajipur ndi Marathas ndi Bassien ndi British), adalowa m'Chipwitikizi ataperekedwa ndi Sultan Bahadur Shah wa ku Gujarat mu 1534. Mumbai, yomwe inangokhala gulu la zilumba zokhalamo midzi ya asodzi a mtundu wa koli , adaperekanso kwa Chipwitikizi panthawiyo.
Achipwitikizi anagwiritsa ntchito Vasai ngati malo awo amalonda ndi asilikali. Iwo unakhala likulu lawo kumpoto kwa Konkan kumpoto ndipo malo awo awiri ofunika kwambiri pambuyo pa Goa. Iwo adalimba ndikukhazikitsa malo osungirako zinthu, akuwutcha Fortaleza de São Sebastião de Baçaim (Fort of Saint Sebastian wa Vasai). M'katimo munali nyumba zaulemerero za anthu achiPutukezi, mipingo isanu ndi iwiri, convents, akachisi, zipatala, makoleji, ndi zipatala. Bwanamkubwa wa Chipwitikizi anagwiritsanso ntchito nsanjayi pokhala paulendo.
Mpanda wolimba kwambiri, ndi khoma lake lopanda malire ndi miyala 11, ili ndi mahekitala pafupifupi 110. Ili ndi malo abwino kwambiri ozunguliridwa ndi nyanja mbali zitatu. Achipwitikizi anali otchuka chifukwa cha mphamvu zawo zankhondo ndipo anaziteteza kwambiri ndi sitima zankhondo, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti zisasokonezeke.
Zikuoneka kuti Marathas anayesera zaka ziwiri kuti agwire Vasai Fort mu ulamuliro wa Chipwitikizi koma sankakhoza kupeza. Kuwombera kwawo kunangopanga timing'onong'ono ting'ono, zomwe zina zimawoneka, pakhoma lachifumu. Potsirizira pake, anatha kufooketsa Chipwitikizi mwa kudula chakudya ndi malonda awo atatha kugonjetsa Arnala Fort kumpoto kwa Vasai.
Pambuyo pomaliza nkhondoyi, Marathas adatenga Vasai pa May 12, 1739. Ichi chinali chodabwitsa kwambiri chomwe chinachepetsa mphamvu ya Chipwitikizi ndikuletsa ulamuliro wawo kudera la Goa, Daman ndi Diu. Ngati Mfumu ya Portugal inali itapereke kale kuzilumba za Mumbai ku British monga gawo la ukwati wa mu 1661, zotsatira zake (kwa Mumbai ndi Chipwitikizi) zikanakhala zosiyana kwambiri!
02 a 08
Vasai Fort lero
M'katikati mwa nyumba ya Vasai Fort. Sharell Cook Kukonzanso kwa nsanjayi kwatha, mabwinja ake akugwiritsidwa ntchito monga nsalu za selfies ndi mafilimu a Bollywood, ndipo ana amasewera kanyumba pamlengalenga mkati mwa nyumba yake. Komabe, malingaliro pang'ono ndi otsogolera bwino adzabweretsa zamatsenga ndi masewera a Vasai Fort. Pamene mukufufuzira, mudzabwezeretsedwanso ku mbiri yakale ya India ndi malo a nkhondo yolimba pakati pa Chipwitikizi, Marathas, ndi British.
Masiku ano, malowa akugwera pansi pa zochitika za Archaeological Survey of India monga chiwonongeko cha dziko lonse. Komabe, zomvetsa chisoni, ndalama pang'ono kapena khama lakhala likuyikidwa kuti likhalebe ndi kusunga.
Munthu mmodzi yemwe wasonyeza chidwi ndi nsanja ndi Vasai mumzinda wa Leroy D'Mello, yemwe amachititsa Amaze Tours. Akufuna kusonyeza cholowa chawo, ndikulimbikitsa mbiri ndi chikhalidwe cha Vasai. Ndinakhala ndi maola angapo ndikuyang'anitsitsa Vasai Fort monga gawo lake lofufuza Explore Bassein (Vasai) Tour. Tinkatsagana ndi azimayi atatu omwe amadziwa bwino kwambiri nkhaniyi, kuphatikizapo zinthu zambiri zomwe sizidziwika. Anali msonkho wamba wa ndalama zakale komanso wofukula zamatabwa Bambo Pascal Roque Lopes, katswiri wa zomangamanga Bambo CB Gavankar, ndi Bambo Vijay Pereira omwe akhala akuphunzira nkhondo ya Vasai kwa zaka khumi.
03 a 08
Mipingo Ili M'kati mwa Fort
Kunja kwa Mpingo wa Yesuit, Vasai Fort. Sharell Cook. Pakati pa mapepala otchuka kwambiri mumzinda wa Vasai ndi mipingo itatu - dzina loyera la Yesu Church (lomwe limatchedwanso mpingo wa Yesuit), mpingo wa Saint Joseph, ndi mpingo wa Saint Anthony.
Ngati mwawona mipingo ya Old Goa , zikutheka kuti zotsalira za Dzina Lopatulika la Mpingo wa Yesu zidzakuwoneka bwino kwa inu. Cholinga chake chikuphatikizapo mapangidwe a mipingo iwiri yotchuka ya Yesuit kumeneko, mipingo ya Saint Paul ndi Bom Yesu. Ndi imodzi mwa zitsanzo zodziwika bwino za zomangidwa zachikatolika ku India.
Ntchito yomanga tchalitchi idachitika kwa zaka zambiri kuchokera mu 1549. Malinga ndi malipoti, mpingo wolemerawu unali ndi maguwa atatu omwe anali, pamodzi ndi chigonjetso chachikulu, chodzala ndi golidi!
Masiku ano, ndilo mpingo wokha womwe umagwiritsidwa ntchito popembedza. Phwando la pachaka la Saint Gonsalo Garcia (woyamba wa India mpaka woyera, yemwe anabadwira mumudzi wa Vasai) akadakalibebe kumeneko.
04 a 08
Mpingo wa Saint Joseph
Zotsalira za Mpingo wa Saint Joseph, Vasai Fort. Sharell Cook. Mpingo wa Saint Joseph unali mpingo wautali kwambiri ku Vasai Fort. Iyo inakhazikitsidwa mu 1546 koma inakonzedwanso ndi kukulitsidwa mu 1601. Kuthamanga kwapang'onopang'ono komwe kumakhala mkati mwazitali zake zitha kukwera kudera lokongola kudutsa m'mphepete mwa nyanja.
05 a 08
Kodi Mungawone Maonekedwe?
Zojambula za tchalitchi cha Saint Joseph, Vasai Fort. Sharell Cook. Chinthu china cha Mpingo wa Saint Joseph chikhoza kupezeka m'mabuku ake obatizidwa pambali pa tchalitchi. Yang'anirani mmwamba ndipo mudzawona zochitika za Chipwitikizi-zokongoletsera zamaluwa, ndi nkhope za angelo kumbuyo.
06 ya 08
Manda a Tchalitchi cha Saint Anthony
Manda a St. Anthony Church, Vasai. Sharell Cook. A Franciscans a Chipwitikizi anamanga tchalitchichi chodabwitsa ndikumbukira Saint Anthony, yemwe anafa mu 1231. Tchalitchichi chinayambira mu 1557. Chochititsa chidwi kwambiri ndi izi ndi miyala yamtengo wapatali yomwe imakhala pansi. Alipo pafupifupi 250, ndi zolembedwa zomwe zikusonyeza kuti ndizo apamwamba achiPutukezi.
07 a 08
Vasai Pandal Pole
Vasai Fort kupambana. Sharell Cook Lembani mzere wa bwalo kuchokera pabwalo mkati mwa bwalo lakumadzulo lotchedwa Land Gate (Porta Da Terra), ndipo mudzafika pamalo okongola omwe ali ndi mapepala apamwamba. Ndi pano pamene Marathas adasokoneza mbendera yawo pambuyo pake potenga nsanja mu 1739.
Kuwombera Kwambiri Land Gate kuli ndi mapangidwe apamwamba omwe ali ndi pakhomo lawiri, lomwe linali lodziwika bwino la chitetezo cha Chipwitikizi. Chitseko cha chipata chake chakukunja chinali chodzaza ndi zitsulo zachitsulo pofuna kuteteza njovu kuti zisalowemo. Ngati mdani adatha kulowa pakhomo, adayenera kudutsa m'bwalo losokoneza bwalo komanso njira yopita ku chipata chamkati. Ndimeyi, yomwe inali yotsegulidwa kuchokera kumtunda, anzeru omwe anathandiza asilikali kumapiri kuti akaukire mdaniyo pamene adakanikira.
08 a 08
Mmene Mungayendere Pasai Fort
Ndibwino kuti mukuwerenga Vasai fort remnants. Sharell Cook. Kufika Kumeneko
Vasai amachokera ku Mumbai ndi Vasai Creek (yomwe ndi imodzi mwa njira zazikulu za Ulhas River ku Maharashtra). Pakali pano, mlatho wokhawokhawo uli mlatho wa njanji. Choncho, Vasai amapezeka bwino kudzera mu sitima ya ku Mumbai . Tengani sitima ya Virar, yochokera ku Churchgate kumadzulo , kupita ku siteshoni ya sitima ya Vasai. (Pewani nthawi zapamwamba, chifukwa izi ndizitima kwambiri!). Kuchokera pa siteshoni, tenga basi kapena auto rickshaw ku fort. Ndi pafupi mphindi 20 kutali.
Mukayendetsa galimoto kuchokera ku Mumbai, chokhacho ndi Western Express Highway (National Highway 8), yomwe ili njira yayitali.
Zambiri za alendo
The fort is free to enter. Mwamwayi, Archaeological Survey of India sinaimire zizindikiro zirizonse, kotero palibe chidziwitso chokhudza zipilala zomwe zili mu nsanja. Izi zimapangitsa kukhala ofunika kwambiri kukhala ndi chitsogozo chabwino ngati mukufuna kudziwa za mphamvu ndi mbiri yake. Vuto la Vasai liri ngati mbali ya Ulendo wa Explore Bassein (Vasai) womwe umaperekedwa ndi aphunzitsi a komweko Leroy D'Mello wa Amaze Tours.
Komanso, dziwani kuti palibe malo okaona alendo monga chakudya kapena madzi mkati mwa nsanja.
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