What is "masure"

Masure is a village located in Malvan taluka of Sindhudurg district, southernmost district of Maharashtra, India, across coastal line. It is around 480 km from Mumbai.

Nearest railway station is Kankavli 30 km and Kudal 35 km.

The old name of Masure during Aadilshah period was Mahmoodabad. Many dargahs of Muslim saints are situated in masure. Most famus are of Hazrat Sayyed Ahmad Qadari Sajjad ul Bagdadi, Hazrat Lal Shah Wali. Dargah of Hazrat Sayyed Mustafa Qadari Sajjad ul Bagdadi is situated in Juva. Jama Masjid is situated at walking distance from the Dargah of Sayyed Ahmad Qadari

Masure also has a fort situated at eastern side . This fort is called BHARATGAD FORT. This fort is estimated to be 400 years old,which is now undergoing renovation. It is said that the fort was constructed during the time of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. However, as time passed the fort went under the darkness of history.

Masure has plenty of small localities each locality is called a Wadi. One such famous place is Anganechi Wadi, the place where Bharadi Devi's temple is situated. Other wadis include Gadgherawadi, Medawadi, mardewadi,etc. At Deoolwada, as the name suggests, you could visit temples of Maoolidevi, Bharateshwar, Dattatreya, Vetal, Ravalnath etc. The temple of goddess Pawnai is located nearby Masure bus stand.

The village is well connected with Maharashtra State Transport buses to nearby villages and Taluka places and is equidistant from Taluka heads like Kankavli, Malvan and Kudal. Surrounding villages are Achra, Bagayat, Bandivade and Kandalgaon.

Masure flourishes with agriculture and horticulture. Kava and Gad are the rivers which make Masure very fertile. Kava and Juva are twin places situated on the banks of the Kava river. Another place to visit is Bhagavant gad, a fort, which was built in reign of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

The local language of communication is Malvani.

The famous Anganewadi Jatra (Fair) held annually on the premises of the Bharadi Devi temple at Aangnechi wadi, is one of the wadis of Masure.similarly grand celebrations are held during dassera & ramnavmi festivals.

Temples of Masure village - Gram daivat is Shree dev Jain Bharateshwar situated at "Deoolwada". Gram devi is Shree Sateri devi situated at "Bilwas". Apart from these temples there are some other ancient temples - Shree devi Bharadi, Mauli, Kamaradevi, Pavanai, Kalkai,Shree dev Vetal, Ravalnath, Gango,Aakari Brahman. Other famous temples are - Dandekar temple, Katekumari temple, Sai baba temple, Ganapati temple - all temples are initiated by Mr. Madhukar(Baburao) Vasantrao Prabhugaonkar and some devotional people of masure. Swami samarth temple built in 2012 at Mardewadi Masure by (Om Sai Swami Samarth trust). Some of the devotional events organised by Swami Samarth trust are "Mhaprasad" on every Thursday and "Satya Narayan Mahapuja" once in every month.

Famous personalities from Masure are Nakshatra Bagwe - actor & filmmaker, Mr. Bapusaheb Prabhugaonkar - former state cabinet minister from nationalist congress, Mr.Jaywant Parab - former corporator of Mumbai Municipal corporation from Shivsena, Prathamesh Parab famous actor of Marathi films.