Contact details for Velas Turtle Festival and Anjarle Turtle Festival:

Mr. Mohan Upadhye

Mr. Abhinay Kelaskar

Mr. Trushant Bhatkar

Mr. Ajinkya Kelaskar

Kasav Mitra Mandal, Velas

  Name

   Contact No. (Velas STD

   Code: 02350)

  Mrs. Kavita Bagkar

   220682

  Ms. Priyanka Bhole

   220689

  Mr. Swapnil Dhareepkar

   220562

  Mr. Prakash Joshi 

   220570

  Mr. Santosh Joshi 

   220511

  Mr. Abhijit Kulabkar

   220694
   (M) 8975939484 /         8983774809

  Mr. Sham Kulabkar

   220594

  Mr. Siddhesh Kulabkar

   9325779768 /   9373583781 

  Mr. Omkar Nijasure

   220329 / 28 / 25

   83083 60387 

  Mr. Milind Nijsure

   220629/9421188487

  Mr. Sameer Padlekar

   7620694013 /    8669469980 / 888517268

  Mr. Mandar Palshetkar

   220674

  Ms. Namrata Palshetkar

   9579891025     / 8655891918     

  Mr. Nandkishor Patil

   220561

  Mr. Surendra Patil

   220351/9225144816

 

  Mr. Subodh Saldurkar

   8975633185/7743830532

  Mr. Amol soman 

   220279/9403574183

  Mr. Ameya Srivardhankar

   8446789618 /   7498359368

  Mr. Mohan Upadhye 

   220304/8975622778/

   8983767388

  Mr. Avinash Yadav

   220545

  These members serve pure vegetarian food

 

Kindly contact the “Kasav Mitra Mandal, Velas” and home stay providers for more details

  • Local people make turtle festival arrangements.
  • For more details about Velas please call any Homestay owner on this link – Contact Numbers of Homestay at Kasav Mitra Mandal, Velas. Please note that these numbers are very difficult to connect.
  • SNM empowered villagers by starting Velas Homestay to host the tourists visiting during Turtle Festival in 2006.
  • Turtle festival is an opportunity for metro-tourists to bid best wishes to the newly born sea turtle hatchlings while crawling towards their home. 

To ensure longevity of the project, SNM also helped locals to form ‘Kaasav Mitra Mandal’ (Turtle Friends). Over the last 6 years, ‘Home Stay’ has received excellent support and guidance by locals, Gram Panchayat and the Forest Department.

Comfortable lodging and boarding accommodations are available with the Kasav Mitra Mandal, Velas with the affordable charges. This accommodation consists of a simple, homely dormitory style (no separate rooms), Carpets (sataranjis) will be provided in the event at shortage of mattresses.

Velas Bus Timings

BusStarts fromatReachesat
Pune – VelasPimpri09.30Velas17.30
Velas – PuneVelas06.45Swargate (Pune)13.30
Mumbai – VelasMumbai12.30Velas20.00
Velas – MumbaiVelas06.30Mumbai12.30
Mumbai – VelasMumbai00.30Velas06.30
Velas – MumbaiVelas09.00Mumbai15.00
Ratnagiri – VelasRatnagiri16.15Velas22.30
Velas – RatnagiriVelas05.00Ratnagiri11.00
Dapoli – VelasDapoli14.50Velas17.30
Velas – DapoliVelas07.30Dapoli10.30
Mandangad – VelasMandangad08.10Velas09.15
  10.10 11.30
  14.30 15.30
Velas – MandangadVelas09.30Mandangad10.30
  11.55 12.55
  16.15 17.15