My maternal grandfather(Appa)'s ancestors came from a village, Korle, in Kokan, much inland from the coast. History is available, for 7 generations before my grandfather.
We travelled to this place to pay our respects .
The house is situated away from the road, sloping down into the rice fields below. Surrounded on three sides by wide green rice fields, and coconut and mango groves in the distance, the house stands facing it all. 5 generations lived there. And the last 2 generations moved to the big cities of Mumbai and Pune.
Facing the rice fields, is the samadhi (memorial) of the person who is considered the original ancestor, and everyday, a lamp is lit in an alcove at the memorial.
Something tough and resilient about the structure, that has seen ups and downs, good days, bad days, bad weather, torrential rains, , and possibly, hundreds of years before, a full running house; there is even a lock hanging above one of the doors.
Today, it stands, watching it all, completely overrun by the greens....
(The above has been written for me by my mother.She had visited it, first 52 years ago with my grandparents , and now with me, and was able to explain the history to me)
Taken on Canon A530 point & shoot camera....
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