My Trip to Mandarmani Sea Beach

I enjoyed a fabulous trip to Mandarmani which is resort village in the seaside in West Bengal India. It comes under the district of East Midnapore. It is at the northern side of Bay of Bengal. I enjoyed this seaside resort which is the largest in West Bengal. I heard from the guide that it is fast-developing.

 

I asked the guide about the distance and he told me that it is 180 km from Calcutta. I found red crabs are crawling over the beach. The length of beach is 13 km. It is a major attraction of Mandarmani sea beach. The beach is driveable  and it comes under Sub division area of Contai.

I found low waves of water compared to Digha sea beach. I observed neo dunes particularly in Dadanpatrabar area.

 

Mandarboni is the original name of the beach. It was also known as Mandar Mani. Gradually, this beach came to be known as Mandarmani.

I reached Mandarmani by road. I observed that police had made a restriction of private cars in the beach. A road has been created for reaching the hotels. I observed Contai is the railway station in the vicinity. There is another railway station named Ashapurna Devi railway station. Kolkata is the nearest airport. You can get buses half hourly basis starting from 7 am and the last bus is at 6 pm.

I started from Kolkata and then took the Vidyasagar Setu. I choose the Kona Expressway and this road connects to the Mumbai Road. I went for a drive and it consumed 3.5 to 4 hours from Kolkata. I went through Kolaghat and also Nandakumar. I took a right turn from Nandakumar and went to Contai. There is a highway of Kolkata- Digha and I had stopped at the bus stop named Chawalkhola. I took the road on the left hand side. It is a village road and the end of this road is Mandarmani. I discovered that it is actually a village at the sea-side. I came across two toll plazas and they are Sonapetya and Dhulagori.

I found that Mandarmani did not get a railway station. If you want to come by train, you have to go to Contai which is 17 kms away. There is railway station at Digha which is 30 km away. They have been connected properly with primary cities. I got buses and cabs from the railway stations for reaching Mandarmani.

 

I found beach to be the major attraction. I found the tourists having a great time in the sea beach. It starts with early morning till late afternoon. I observed the tourists as they come out of their resorts around 3 PM and ride the beach bike or the ropeway. I found a number of shops nearby which are selling shells along with handicrafts and handmade jewellery. I went to the mohana or Estuary at the time of sunset.