01 ngo-08
Umuzi ongenakunqotshwa
Isango lokungena emanxiweni edolobheni lase-Vasai Fort. Sharell Cook. Cishe ngamakhilomitha angu-60 enyakatho yeMakila e Maharashtra, amanxiwa angama-nostalgic aseVasai Fort atshela indaba yezindlunkulu zombuso wasePutukezi ophumelelayo ngekhulu le-16 nele-17. Ngaphezu nje kweqhwa, i-Vasai Fort bekuyindawo edolobheni ephilayo, eyayimangalisa kakhulu futhi ibaluleke ngaphezu kwe-Mumbai (Bombay).
I-Vasai, ebizwa ngokuthi i-Baçaim yiPutukezi (futhi ebizwa ngokuthi iBajipur yiMarathas ne-Bassien yiBrithani), yafika esiPutukezi ngemva kokunikezwa nguSultan Bahadur Shah waseGujarat ngo-1534. UMumbai, owawungabantu beqhingi kuphela amadolobhana asebadobi bomdabu baseKoli , nawo wanikezwa amaPutukezi ngaleso sikhathi.
AmaPutukezi asebenzisa i-Vasai njengesizinda sabo sokuhweba nesasempi. Yaba inhloko-dolobha yabo esifundeni saseNyakatho yeKonkan futhi indawo yabo yesibili ibaluleke kakhulu emva kweGoa. Baqinisa futhi bahlakulela isakhiwo se-preexisting, baqamba ngokuthi i- Fortaleza de São Sebastião de Baçaim (i-Fort of Saint Sebastian waseVasai). Ngaphakathi kwakukhona izindlu ezikhazimulisayo zezikhulu zasePutukezi, amasonto ayisikhombisa, ama-convents, amathempeli, izibhedlela, amakholeji kanye nezikhungo zokuphatha. Umbusi wasePutukezi wasebenzisa le nqaba njengendawo yokuhlala yakhe esemthethweni lapho ehambela le ndawo.
Inqaba ehamba phambili, nodonga lwayo lwamatshe angenakulinganiswa kanye nezingxenye eziyi-11, ihlanganisa cishe amahektha angama-110. Inesimo esihle kakhulu esizungezwe ulwandle ngezinhlangothi ezintathu. AmaPutukezi ayeyaziwa ngamandla azo empi futhi awaqapha ngokugcwele ngemikhumbi yemikhumbi ehlomile, okwenza kungenakwenzeka.
Ngokusobala, iMarathas yazama iminyaka emibili ukuthatha i-Vasai Fort ngesikhathi sokubusa isiPutukezi kepha ayikwazanga ukufinyelela. Ukuhlaselwa kwabo kwenza kuphela amantombazane amancane, okunye okungabonakala kuwo, odongeni lwezinqaba. Ekugcineni, bakwazi ukuphoqa amaPutukezi ngokunquma ukudla nokuhweba ngemuva kokunqoba i-Arnala Fort enyakatho yeVasai.
Ekugcineni ekunqobeni impi, iMarathas yathatha iVasai ngoMeyi 12, 1739. Kwakuyisikhathi esivusa amadlingozi okwehluleka kakhulu ukwehlisa ithonya lePutukezi futhi lavimbela ukubusa kwesifunda sogu kuya eGoa, Daman naseDiu. Uma iNkosi yasePortugal ingakaze inikeze iziqhingi zaseMumbai kude naseBrithani njengengxenye yomdanso womshado ngo-1661, umphumela (we-Mumbai nePutukezi) ungase uhluke kakhulu!
02 ngo-08
I-Vasai Fort Namuhla
Ngaphakathi kwedolobha laseVasai Fort. Sharell Cook Ukulungiswa kwenqaba nokukhazimula sekuphelile, amanxiwa ayo asetshenziswe njengemuva kwezingqimba ze-selfies nama-Bollywood, futhi izingane zidlala ikhilikithi emkhathini ngaphakathi kwendawo yayo. Noma kunjalo, ukucabangela okuncane kanye nomhlahlandlela omuhle kuzoletha imilingo ezindabeni ezedlule kanye namasaka aseVasai Fort ekuphileni. Njengoba uhlola, uzobuyiselwa emuva esikhathini esichazayo emlandweni waseNdiya kanye nendawo yempi enamandla phakathi kwamaPutukezi, iMarathas naseBrithani.
Lezi zinsuku, i-fort ishona ngaphansi kwe-Archaeological Survey yaseNdiya njengesikhumbuzo sezwe esivikelwe. Kodwa-ke, ngokudabukisayo, imali encane noma umzamo ubekiwe ekulondolozeni nasekulondolozeni.
Umuntu oyedwa oye waba nesithakazelo enqabeni iVasai yendawo yaseLoyoy D'Mello, ogijima ama-Amaze Tours. Uhlose ukukhombisa ifa lensimbi, ngenkathi ekhuthaza umlando kanye namasiko kaVasai. Ngichitha amahora ambalwa ngihlola naye iVasai Fort njengengxenye ye-Explore Bassein (Vasai) eqondayo. Sasihamba nabafundisi abathathu abanolwazi abanikeza inkulumo evelele yensimbi, kuhlanganise namaqiniso amaningi awaziwayo. Babengumqoqo wendawo wezinhlamvu zemali zakudala kanye nomvubukuli uMnu. Pascal Roque Lopes, umakhi uMnu. CB Gavankar, noMnu. Vijay Pereira oye wafunda impi yeVasai iminyaka eyishumi.
03 ngo-08
Amasonto angaphakathi kwe Fort
Ngaphandle kweSonto LamaJesuit, i-Vasai Fort. Sharell Cook. Phakathi kwezindawo ezivelele kakhulu eVasai Fort kukhona amasonto amathathu - igama elingcwele likaJesu Church (eyaziwa nangokuthi iSonto LamaJesuit), iSonto LaseSanta Joseph, kanye neFranciscan Church of Saint Anthony.
Uma ubonile amasonto ase- Old Goa , kungenzeka ukuthi izinsalela zegama elingcwele likaJesu Church zizobonakala zijwayele kuwe. I-facade yayo ihlanganisa ngokuhlelwa kwamasonto amabili ahloniphekile amaJesuit, amasonto kaSaint Paul noBom Jesus. Ngenye yezibonelo eziphawulekayo zokwakha amaKatolika eNdiya.
Ukwakhiwa kweSonto kwenzeka eminyakeni eminingi kusukela ngo-1549. Ngokwemibiko, leli bandla elicebile lalinama-altare amathathu, kanye ne-arch of triumphal, elinegolide!
Namuhla, yiyona kuphela isonto enqabeni eliqhubeka lisetshenziselwa ukukhulekela. Umkhosi waminyaka yonke we-Saint Gonsalo Garcia (owokuqala waseNdiya kuya ku-saint, owazalelwa esigodini saseVasai) usekhona lapho.
04 ngo-08
Isonto likaSanta Joseph
Izinsalela zesonto likaSanta Joseph, iVasai Fort. Sharell Cook. Isonto likaSanta Joseph laliyingxenye ende kunazo zonke eVasai Fort. Yasungulwa ngo-1546 kodwa yakhiwa futhi yakhuliswa ngo-1601. Izinyathelo ezincane ezinamathele ngaphakathi kwezinsalela zayo eziphakemeyo zingakhuphuka ukuze zibuke ngendlela enhle kakhulu ogwini.
05 ka-08
Ungakwazi Yini Ukubona Izimo?
Imidwebo yeSonto likaSanta Joseph, i-Vasai Fort. Sharell Cook. Okunye okuqakathekileko kweSonto likaSanta Joseph kungatholakala endaweni yokubhapathiza engxenyeni engaphambili yesonto. Bheka up futhi uzobona imidwebo yamaPutukezi yesikhathi sokudweba kwezisusa ezibukekayo, nobuso bezingelosi ngemuva.
06 ka-08
Amathuna eSonto LaseSanta Anthony
Amathuna eS Saint Anthony Church, Vasai. Sharell Cook. AmaFranciscans asePutukezi akha leli dolobha elikhunjulwayo ngokukhumbula uSt. Anthony, owafa ngo-1231. Isonto libuyele emuva ngo-1557. Yini ephawulekayo kakhulu ngamatshe angcwaba ahamba phansi. Kukhona cishe okungu-250 kubo, okubhalwe phansi okubonisa ukuthi bangabakuhlonishwa isiPutukezi.
07 ngo-08
I-Vasai Fort Victory Pole
Isisindo sokunqoba se-Vasai Fort. Sharell Cook Hlanganisa izinsika ezivela egcekeni ngaphakathi kweSango LaseMhlaba elisentshonalanga (iPorta Da Terra), futhi uzofinyelela esiteji esiphezulu esine-flagpole eqondile. Kulapha ukuthi iMarathas ivule ifulegi labo ngemuva kokugcina ithatha inqaba ngo-1739.
Isango elikhulu lomhlaba elibhekene neGumbi lomhlaba linomklamo owenziwe ngendlela eyinkimbinkimbi enokungena okuphindwe kabili, okwakuyisindlela esivamile sokuvikela isiPutukezi. Umnyango wesango laso langaphandle wawugcwele izinsimbi zensimbi ukuvimbela izindlovu ukuba zingashayeli kuyo. Uma isitha sakwazi ukungena esangweni, kwakudingeka sidlule egcekeni elididekayo kanye neminyango encane eya esangweni elingaphakathi. Le ndima, evulekile kusuka phezulu, amasosha anikwe amandla ngobuhlakani emagqumeni ukuhlasela isitha ngenkathi eboshelwe kuso.
08 ngo-08
Indlela Yokuvakashela I-Vasai Fort
Izindleko ze-Vasai. Sharell Cook. Ukufika Lapho
I-Vasai i-cutoff esuka e-Mumbai ngeVasai Creek (okuyinto enye yeziteshi ezinkulu zokuhambisa eziseMuhlas River eM Maharashtra). Njengamanje, ibhuloho kuphela kulo lonke ibhuloho yesitimela. Ngakho-ke, i-Vasai ifinyeleleka kahle ngesitimela sasekhaya saseMumbai . Thatha isitimela esiboshwe nge-Virar, esivela eSontgate esentshonalanga, esiteshini sesitimela saseVasai Road. (Gwema izikhathi eziphakeme kakhulu, ngoba lokhu kuyitimela elibi kakhulu!). Kusuka esiteshini, thatha ibhasi noma i-auto rickshaw enqabeni. Kungamaminithi angu-20 away.
Uma ushayela kusuka eMumbai, okuwukuphela kwendlela ongakhetha ngayo yi-Western Express Highway (National Highway 8), okuyindlela emide kakhulu.
Ulwazi lokuvakasha
Inqaba ikhululekile ukungena. Ngeshwa, i-Archaeological Survey of India ayizange ibeke izibonakaliso, ngakho-ke akukho ulwazi mayelana nezikhumbuzo ezinqabeni. Lokhu kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba uthole umhlahlandlela omuhle uma ufisa ukufunda nge-fort kanye nomlando wayo. I-Vasai Fort ihlanganiswe njengengxenye yohambo lwe-Explore Bassein (Vasai) olunikezwa umhlahlandlela wendawo uLoyoy D'Mello wama-Amaze Tours.
Futhi, qaphela ukuthi azikho izindawo zokuvakasha ezifana nokudla noma amanzi ngaphakathi enqaba.
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