River,Ocean,Setting Sun & Supermoon

KARLI RIVER PART 3




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Having reached Korjai jetty we realized that the Sun was going down very fast. We moved along the left side of the bank of Karli river, searching for a better view. That is when we chanced up on Anand Sarang’s picturesque riverside holiday home. From the lawns of this place the view of setting Sun on that very part of the horizon, between the landmass of Korjai on left and Devbaug peninsula on the right, where the large hearted Karli spreads its arms wide and gives up her own identity to become Arabian Ocean, is something to experience and treasure.

This Korjai jetty was the only way to travel to Devbaug and Malvan crossing the river by boat, few years back, till the Chipi bridge was built. Even now, the villagers of Korjai and Devbaug use the canoe to commute between their villages.

On the right side of the jetty there is an undulating river walk. This river walk running alongside Karli river is of bright brick red color of the Konkan soil. On its right are salty marshes, with pools and poodles of saline water, trapped at the time of high tide. These salt water pools are in themselves another complete universe full of its own kind of flora and fauna.

Riverwalk

The sun was disappearing like a red hot ball in to the deep underbelly of the ocean, majestic cranes with their streamlined bodies were flying westward in a V formation to roost for the night, The Super moon ( Holi evening) having come up on the eastern horizon was throwing the gauntlet to any light show on this earth to try and compete with him, the waters of the rising tide were stealthily creeping up the steps of the jetty and we decided to beat our retreat back, having totally surrendered our souls to the mysterious Karli River Goddess.

Super Moon on 19th March 2001