📍Location : Pune Purandar fort
🏔Height : 4470 ft.
⚫️Entry Fees : Free
🧗♂️Trek : Easy
⏱Trek Timings : 2 Hours
Fort Timings : 9am To 4pm
HOW TO REACH
-BY AIR✈️
The nearest airport form thefort is Pune International airport (PNQ) which is approx 20 kms from fort.
-BY Railways🚞
The nearest Railway station is Pune which is approx 40 kms from there you can catch a state transport bus or taxi to reach.
-BY ROAD 🚗
It is approx 195 kms from Mumbai via Mumbai-Pune expresss Highway and approx 40 kms from pune city.
BEST TIME TO VISIT:
Best time to visit the fort is from June to February.
This is considered as a major family destination for the people from Mumbai and pune.
This is the fort from where the Maratha’s started the Expansion of their kingdom against the Adilshah of Bijapur and the Mughal. The fort is said to be one of the oldest forts. It was Captured by Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the year 1646. The “Treaty of Purandar” was signed in 1665 between Shivaji Mahraj and Auranzeb when his commander Mirza Raje Jaisingh captured the fort. According to the treaty, Shivaji handed over twenty-three forts including Purandar, and a territory with a revenue of four lakh hons (gold coins). Shivaji Maharaj was made the jagirdar of the territory.
After 5 years in 1670 Shivaji Maharaj Recaptured the fort from Aurangzeb. After that the fort was under the Peshwas. In 1690 Koli chief Karoji Naik Conquered the fort. In the year 1818 the fort was under the british when they were ruling India. During World war 2 the fort was used as a prison by the britishers. After 1947 when India Got Independence the fort went under the Government of India as a Historical Monument.
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