Journey is extra than simply setting an itinerary or reserving tickets to a brand new location. It’s the method of rejuvenation and searching for oneself in newer experiences. For some it’s the one technique to join along with your soul. Throughout the Indian subcontinent, one finds a various vary of vacation spot, from snowy mountains to sunny seashores. Every expertise distinctive, every location, completely different. One such location that has been part of many adventure-seekers bucket checklist is the Konkan belt in India. Taking you to the lunch inexperienced and picturesque surroundings, the Konkan belt is a must-visit experiential journey everybody one ought to take.

The Konkan coast has picturesque seashores which are good to brighten up the globetrotter in you. Loads of marine life, wonderful historic structure, conventional crafts, and scrumptious cuisines, the world lives you with wealthy reminiscences and experiences. Konkan Diaries, a brand-new tv collection from Zee Zest, offers viewers with thrilling alternatives to be taught concerning the traditions, tradition, and tales of the Konkan area in Maharashtra. By way of Zee Zest’s Konkan Diaries, host Addinath Kothare, a widely known Marathi actor and director take you on a journey of the world and your self. He makes an awesome host due to his upbeat character and contagious power, which makes him ultimate for main us on an thrilling, thrilling, and adventurous journey throughout Konkan belt.

Addinath Kothare, who’s pushed by the will for journey, participates in novel experiences and challenges, reminiscent of mango selecting in Ratnagiri, performing in a standard people theatre with native artists, trying to catch and promote contemporary fish with the Kolis of Mumbai, and seaside tenting at Devgad. He might be seen dwelling in Konkan and experiencing its vibrant tradition in addition to its gorgeous structure. We meet up with him to seek out out extra about his experiences and what ought to the viewers count on from the brand new present. Excerpts…

‘Kan Kan Mein Konkan’ in Addinath Kothare’s ingredient!

Have you ever at all times liked to journey or did you develop it will definitely? Which was probably the most memorable journey for you? 

I’m a traveler. I like to journey. I like to journey. I’m an explorer. I like to discover new issues, check out new issues, and perhaps come to meals locations. I like to work together with individuals love to satisfy new individuals. So sure, I’m at all times curious. I’m a curious soul. So therefore touring is a really pure factor that involves me. And I like touring alone. And I’m so blessed. That I obtained to indicate Konkan with Konkan Diaries on Zee Zest as a result of right here it’s my video diaries is sort of a vlog of me touring by means of Konkan and the cameras are simply masking me and actually, the director made certain that Nishant Sabka the director who’s so lovely, and wonderful along with his work that he made certain the candidness of my experiences, he made certain that they had been simply observing with the cameras and didn’t interrupt my feelings and all once I was experiencing issues. And I like this present. And I feel the present that you simply get to see you’re very sincere, candid, actual, unscripted. Expertise of the Konkan by means of my eyes.

The Konkan area has large mountains in addition to an extended stretch of shoreline. Which of those appealed to you probably the most?

Each!  I feel your entire nature in Konkan is so lovely. It’s mesmerizing. The coastal street is so lovely to drive on. It’s so distressing. Then the forest, the character, the biodiversity within the forest and the ocean is so wonderful. The coral scuba diving. We went for a nature path. It was lovely. It was wonderful! 

 

As a traveler, one should seize a little bit of the native cuisines of the area. What did you want one of the best in Konkan?

I’m an enormous foodie by the way in which, I don’t eat to stay I stay to eat. And I had this wonderful dish in fact the fish and it was insane. It was lovely. the expertise was enjoyable. However I’ll inform you my expertise whereas I went deep sea fishing. We obtained huge fish I threw an enormous web within the sea with the fisherman was and all we caught Halwa and Surmai and every little thing. Whereas coming again we obtained caught within the low tide due to the low tide, we had been caught there for an hour as a result of we needed to watch for the tide to rise so we had been hungry so we had and we had Surmai and we had a Hawal within the boat. So the fishermen you recognize cooked freshly lower Halwa for us they made fish curry and rice for us on that boat it was scrumptious I had this merchandise Shirwale, in Konkan was one thing distinctive. You get in Konkan. So it’s like Idi Upam however the coconut model of it’s principally sizzling, handmade rice noodles with about jaggery-infused coconut milk so scrumptious. So scrumptious.

Being a Maharashtrian your self, you’ll positively know the historical past of the area related to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. How does it really feel to be a medium of conveying these tales to the plenty? 

The plenty know Shivaji Maharaj’s historical past. I feel each soul in Maharashtra, each soil, each pebble, and each tree in Maharashtra is grateful to what Shivaji had carried out. And we’re proud as we speak that we are able to stand on our soil and you recognize, increase our historical past due to that man, and everyone is conscious of it. We simply I simply took them for a tour of his lovely fortresses and his lands and sure issues that he had sure fortresses that he had, particularly the Sindhudurg Fort that we noticed, it was it’s a spectacle that Maharaj had saved that Fort invincible in his reign and you recognize, probably the most wonderful a part of that Fort is whenever you go there. You don’t see the doorway. It was hidden on the entrance. Even once I’m a meter away from the fort. I can’t see the doorway. It’s so fantastically constructed contained in the fort there are two freshwater lakes. In the midst of the ocean. There are two freshwater wells in that fort. I imply, they had been architectural geniuses and he was a visionary man.

Any lovely artifacts or souvenirs you collected?

The reminiscences I collected had been probably the most lovely. Yeah, I imply shells on the seaside and listening to the stones, the crimson stones that you simply get the laterite stones Chira picked up just a few of me however the reminiscences will stick with me for all times. Zee Zest gave me the chance to truly make a vlog on my Konkan Diaries

Any helpful ideas you’d like to provide for those touring to Konkan?

If you’re touring to Konkan simply let your hair down and simply unwind as a result of it’s each flip of Konkan its completely different colour, there’s a unique tradition there’s a unique historical past that’s so wealthy in artwork and every little thing. It’s style of meals there it’s so lovely. It modifications each 50 kilometers. Konkan is one of the best place to go for a street journey I might say.

What in response to you was one of the best factor you probably did in your journey?

Essentially the most memorable factor on the journey was as an actor and as an artist it was a dream to do Loknatya which is people artwork or people theatre. I did people theater there and it’s certainly one of India’s oldest types, one of many oldest 1000s of years previous.  We went to satisfy the Dashavatara occasion there and it was in a village close to Sawantwadi on the Upralkar God Devasthan  I obtained to carry out with them onstage. It was memorable. I used to be overwhelmed by the tip of the efficiency. I used to be in tears choked with your entire euphoria of the viewers, their viewers, and every little thing. I carried out the character of Brahma Rakshas and I feel that video additionally went viral on social media as a result of some  locals took the video they usually posted it.

Any sea sports activities actions you bought to perpetrate? How was your expertise?

Oh I feel we did a number of sport actions there we did Scuba diving The water is so clear there are corals in Konkan there are such lovely corals and wonderful fishes we noticed Barracuda as we noticed clownfishes so many so many issues.I did probably the most adventurous sport I’ve carried out in latest instances that’s flyboarding which is there? I didn’t realize it was the skateboarder’s water jets on it, and also you fly within the air with these water jets It was scary at  first however I managed to sail by means of.

What does journey imply to you?

I feel journey is every little thing. Yeah, I feel journey is extraordinarily therapeutic. Journey is extraordinarily enriching. Journey is every little thing I feel we’d like. Life is nothing however journey. We’re touring even within the metropolis once we’re going to work whereas touring and assembly the identical individuals had been assembly them in a alternative ways, and experiencing issues in a alternative ways. We’re at all times touring and we should always maintain touring and getting new experiences as a result of we simply have one life and what’s use of that life. In case you don’t journey and expertise this life that you simply’re gifted with. So journey is means every little thing to me. 

What made you go on board for this venture?

The truth that I’m attending to journey the Konkan coast and I count on to share my experiences with the viewers candidly, the honesty of this present, the unscripted of the present. And the way in which it’s been made. I feel I’m actually blessed to be a part of Konkan Diaries with Zee Zest. 

How has been your expertise or exploring the area whereas taking pictures?

As I stated, it’s been probably the most adventurous, enriching, emotionally breathtaking expertise of my life, completely different experiences. It was an emotional rollercoaster journey. It was hectic as a result of we had lots to cowl within the span of 20 to 25 days, like 10 episodes with three experiences every of those every episode so 30 experiences in whole and we needed to cowl lots so however very enriching, fulfilling. I’ve gone again with nothing however lovely reminiscences

Which was your favorite shoot location?

Properly in Sawantwadi, Dashavatara  is one thing memorable and the watersports in Tarkarli and scuba diving and flyboarding. 

Inform us a bit about your affiliation with the present…

Properly, It’s the primary actuality present that I’ve carried out in my life. And it’s the primary time internet hosting a nonfiction present. And I used to be eagerly ready to do a present like this as a result of, you recognize, I’m an avid traveler, and I’m stuffed with power and I at all times search for the discharge of that power and I’m appreciating to share that with the viewers to share with the viewers with one thing I stay up for and I used to be desirous to do a non-fiction present. And I obtained this present. I’m actually blessed!

What are the three finest classes you learnt from this present?

I assume I discovered that the way in which Konkan and the individuals of Konkan have preserved their tradition, the historical past and but have grown with time. The worth system that they’ve is one thing I discovered. Or quite I obtained reassured by it and I spotted its significance of it. The following finest lesson I feel I discovered about historical past so carefully, I imply, I noticed the  Sindhudurg fort for the primary time in my life, however Shivaji Maharaj had constructed it and this was 350 years in the past, the form of structure and the imaginative and prescient that man had and the what he did for our soil and for our individuals you recognize to guard us from the Mughals and everybody it’s so it was so  awe inspiring and it was so motivating.I was grateful for the historical past that we now have. So it’s essential to go to your historical past additionally as soon as carefully. and see it firsthand, nonetheless perceive the worth of what your our ancestor. And third of us a lesson is quite foolish,assurance that life is filled with nothing however gathering such lovely experiences and I did that in these 25 days, I feel we should always simply carry on touring can gathering as many excuses as you possibly can. I did a workshop with Neeraj Kabi ones and he advised me we now have to at all times go purchasing for life. And this, this coupon dies I shopped for all times.

Hero and Featured Picture: Courtesy Addinath Kothare