01 ngo 08
Isixeko esinamandla esingenakwenzeka
Isango lokungena kwiindawo ezibhubhile zedolophu yaseVasai Fort. Sharell Cook. Malunga neekhilomitha ezili-60 (37 miles) ngasentla kwe-Mumbai e-Maharashtra, iindawo ezibhubhisayo zeVasai Fort zixelele ingqalelo yinto eyayiyintloko yombuso wasePortugal kwiminyaka ye-16 neye-17. Ngaphezulu nje kweyinqaba, iVasai Fort yayisisidolophu esiphila kuyo, ngokumangalisayo, ngobukhulu kunye nokubaluleka kuneMumbai (iBombay).
I-Vasai, ebizwa ngokuthi iBaimim yiPutukezi (kwaye yabizwa ngokuba yiBajipur yiMarathas neBassien yiBrithani), yafika kwisiPortugal emva kokuba yanikezelwa nguSultan Bahadur Shah waseGujarat ngo-1534. I-Mumbai, eyayiphela nje iqela leziqithi ezihlala iidolophana zabanqabileyo bee- koli , nazo zazinikezelwa kwisiPutukezi ngexesha.
IziPhuthukezi zasebenzisa iVasai njengezentengiselwano kunye nezomkhosi. Yaba yintloko yabo kwingingqi yasentla yeNkkan kunye nesibini yabo kwindawo ebaluleke kakhulu emva kweGoa. Bomeleza kwaye bahlakulela isakhiwo esinamandla esiphezulu, besithi i- Fortaleza de São Sebastião de Baçaim (i-Fort of Saint Sebastian yaseVasai). Ngaphakathi kwakukho izindlu ezizukileyo zasePortugal, iicawa ezisixhenxe, i-convents, iitempile, izibhedlele, iikholeji kunye namaziko olawulo. Urhulumente wasePortugal wasebenzisa i-fort njengendawo yokuhlala yakhe esemthethweni xa e tyelele kuloo ndawo.
Iqonga eliqhekezayo, kunye nodonga lwayo lwamatye elingenakudalwa kunye neengqungquthela ezili-11, luquka iihektare ezingama-110. Inesimo esicwangcisiweyo kakhulu esazungezwe ulwandle ngamacala amathathu. IziPhuthukezi zaziziwa ngamandla azo omkhosi kwaye zazilinda ngokugqithiseleyo ngeenqwelo zeenqanawa ezixhobileyo, okwenza zingenakwenzeka.
Kubonakala ukuba iMaratha yazama iminyaka emibini ukuthabatha iVasai Fort ngexesha lolawulo lwesiPutukezi kodwa ayikwazanga ukufikelela. Ukuhlaselwa kwabo kuphela kwenza amantombazana amancinci, okunye kubonakala kuwo, eludongeni lwe-fort. Ekugqibeleni, bakwazi ukukhuphaza isiPutukezi ngokunciphisa ukutya kwabo kunye nokuthengwa kwempahla emva kokuyinqaba i-Arnala Fort ukuya ngasentla kwe-Vasai.
Ekugqibeleni ekuphumeleleni imfazwe, iMaratha yasithatha iVasai ngo-Meyi 12, 1739. Kwakuyinto eqaqambileyo yancipha kakhulu impembelelo yasePortugal kwaye yayinciphisa ukulawula kwawo ummandla wonxweme ukuya eGoa, Daman noDuu. Ukuba uKumkani wasePortugal wayengazange anike iziqithi zaseMumbai kude neBrithani njengenxalenye yomda wokutshata ngomtshato ngo-1661, isiphumo (saseMumbai kunye nesiPutukezi) sinokuhluke kakhulu!
02 ngo 08
IVasai Fort namhlanje
Ngaphakathi kweVasai Fort citadel. Sharell Cook Ukuhlaziywa kwenqaba kunye nobuqaqawuli kuye kwahamba, amanxiwa ayo aninzi asetyenziswa njengendawo yangaphambili yeefestim kunye ne-Bollywood movie, kunye nabantwana badlala ikhilikithi esibhakabhakeni ngaphakathi kwidolophu yayo. Sekunjalo, ingcamango encinane kunye nesikhokelo esihle siya kuzisa ngokugqithiseleyo amabali kunye nama-sagas aseVasai Fort ebomini. Njengoko uyihlolisisa, uya kuthunyelwa kwixesha elichaziweyo kwimbali yaseNdiya kunye nendawo yemfazwe enamandla phakathi kwePutukezi, iMaratha, neBrithani.
Le mihla, i-fort iwela phantsi kwe-Archaeological Survey ye-Indiya njengesikhumbuzo sesizwe esikhuselekile. Nangona kunjalo, ngokudabukisayo, imali encinane okanye umgudu sele ubeke ukugcina nokugcina.
Omnye umntu othabatha umdla kwinqaba i-Vasai yendawo yaseLoyoy D'Mello, oqhuba ii-Amaze Tours. Ujolise ekuboniseni ifa lelifa, ngelixa ekhuthaza imbali nenkcubeko yeVasai. Ndichitha iiyure ezimbalwa zihlola iVasai Fort kunye naye njengengxenye yengqiqo yakhe Explore Bassein (Vasai) Tour. Sasihamba kunye nabathathu abanobuchule abanolwazi abanikezela ingxelo evelele ye-fort, kuquka neenkcukacha ezininzi ezincinci. Babengumqokeleli wengingqi yeemali zexesha elidala kunye nomvubukuli uMnu. Pascal Roque Lopes, umqambi uMnu. CB Gavankar kunye noMnu. Vijay Pereira oye wafunda imfazwe yeVasai iminyaka elishumi.
03 we-08
Iicawa zingaphakathi kweLome
Ngaphandle kweCawa yamaJesuit, iVasai Fort. Sharell Cook. Phakathi kweendawo ezivelele kwiVasai Fort zingamabandla amathathu - igama elingcwele likaYesu yeCawa (eyaziwa ngokuba yiCawa yeYaititi), iSonto likaSanta Joseph, kunye neCawa yaseFranciscan yaseSt. Anthony.
Ukuba ubone iicawa ze- Old Goa , mhlawumbi ukuba i-Aspile yegama eliNgcwele likaYesu yeCawa liya kubonakala liqhelekile kuwe. Ubunqamle bayo budibanisa ngokuklama izakhiwo ezimbini zama-Jesusit eziziwayo apho, iicawa zikaSaint Paul noBom Jesus. Enye yezona zihlandlo ezibalaseleyo zakhiwo zamaKatolika eNdiya.
Ukwakhiwa kweCawa kwenzeka kwiminyaka emininzi ukususela ngo-1549. Ngokweengxelo, eli bandla elicebile lalinamathathu ayenayo, kunye ne-arch of triumphal, enegolide!
Namhlanje, yiyo kuphela icawa enqabeni eqhubeka isetyenziselwa ukunqula. Umthendeleko wonyaka we-Saint Gonsalo Garcia (owokuqala waseNdiya ukuya ku-saint, owazalelwa kwidolophana yaseVasai) usekho apho.
04 we-08
IBandla likaSanta Joseph
Izikhumbuzo zeCawa likaSanta Joseph, iVasai Fort. Sharell Cook. Icawa yaSaint Joseph yayisonto elide kunawo wonke eVasai Fort. Yayisungulwa ngowe-1546 kodwa yalungiswa kwaye yanda ngo-1601. Amanyathelo amancinci angene ngaphakathi kwimihlaba yayo enokuthi angakhuphuka enombono omkhulu kakhulu kunxweme.
05 ka 08
Ngaba Uyabona amaBuso?
Umzobo weCaint Joseph Church, iVasai Fort. Sharell Cook. Olunye ukhankanywe kwiCawa likaSaint Joseph luyafumaneka kwiqonga lokubhaptiza kwiphondo langaphambili. Khangela phezulu kwaye uza kubona imizekelo yePortugal-paintings yeenjongo zeentyatyambo kunye nobuso bezithunywa zezulu kwimvelaphi.
06 we-08
Amangcwaba eSaint Anthony Church
Amangcwaba e-Saint Anthony Church, Vasai. Sharell Cook. AbaFrancisca basePutukezi bakhela eli bandla elikhunjulwayo ngokukhumbula uSt. Anthony, owafa ngo-1231. Ibandla liye labuyela ngo-1557. Yintoni ephawulekayo ngayo ngamangcwaba adibanisa umgangatho wayo. Kukho malunga nama-250 kubo, kunye nemibhalo ebonisa ukuba bangabakhonzi bePutukezi.
07 ka 08
I-Pole Fort Victory Pole
Ipapa ye-Vasai Fort. Sharell Cook Ukunyuka kwinqanaba elingaphandle kwintendelezo ngaphakathi kweSango leNtshonalanga yeMhlaba (iPorta Da Terra), kwaye uya kufinyelela kwisiqonga esicacileyo esiphethe i-flagpole. Kulapha apha ukuba iMaratha ivule iiflegi emva kwayo ekugqibeleni ithatha i-fort ngo-1739.
Isango elikhulu loMhlaba liyilo lwakhiwo olunzulu kunye nomnyango ophindwe kabini, owawusetyenziso lwesiPutukezi oluqhelekileyo. Umnyango wesango laso langaphandle wawuxutywe nge-spikes yensimbi ukukhusela izindlovu ukuba zingenayo. Ukuba intshaba yayingenako ukungena esangweni, kwafuneka idlule kwintendelezo edidekayo kunye nendawo encinci yokufikelela esangweni elingaphakathi. Le ndinyana, evulekileyo evela phezulu, ixhoba elinobuqili elixhobileyo ekuhlaseleni intshaba ekuhlaleni.
08 ka 08
Ukutyelela iVasai Fort
Izindleko ze-Vasai. Sharell Cook. Ukufika apho
I-Vasai ikhupha i-Mumbai ngeVasai Creek (enye yeyona ndlela ehamba phambili yokuhambisa i-Ulhas River e-Maharashtra). Okwangoku, ibhuloho yodwa kuyo ibhuloho yesitimela. Ngenxa yoko, iVasai ifikeleleke ngokugqithiseleyo nge- train yasekhaya yaseMumbai . Thatha isitim e-Virar, esivela kwiChurchgate kumgca weNtshona , kwisikhululo sesitimela sase-Vasai. (Gwema amaxesha amaninzi, njengolu xwebhu oluxhasayo!). Ukusuka kwisikhululo, thabatha ibhasi okanye uqhube umoto kwi-fort. Kusele malunga nemizuzu engama-20.
Ukuba uhamba ukusuka eMumbai, ukhetho olulodwa kuphela yi-Western Express Highway (iNational Highway 8), eyona ndlela ende.
Ulwazi loKhenketho
Inqaba ikhululekile ukungena. Ngelishwa, i-Archaeological Survey ye-Indiya ayizange ibeke iimpawu, ngoko akukho ncazelo malunga nezikhumbuzo kwi-fort. Oku kukubaluleke kakhulu ukuba ube nesikhokelo esihle ukuba unomdla wokufunda malunga nenqaba kunye nembali yayo. I-Vasai Fort ihlanganiswe njengengxenye ye-Explore Bassein (Vasai) Uhambo olunikezwa ngumkhokelo wendawo uLoyoy D'Mello we-Amaze Tours.
Kwakhona, qaphela ukuba akukho zindawo zokutyelela ezifana nokutya okanye amanzi ngaphakathi kwinqaba.
Bona iifoto zeVasai Fort kwi-Facebook.
Funda ngakumbi malunga noTyelelo lwamaVasai.