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Sinhgad Fort : The Battle of Tanhaji

  Sinhgad : Gad Aala Pn Sinha Gela.  In earlier years , Sinhgad fort was also known as Kondhana Fort. It is the most popular fort and tallest fort in Pune. Sinhgad located in Haveli Taluka which is in Pune. In March 1670A , one of the most famous battle was fought between the Maratha empire and Mughal Empire. Maratha empire army lead by Tanhaji Malusare and Mughal Empire army lead by Udaybhan Singh Rathode. During this battle ,  Tanhaji lost his life , after hearing Tanhaji's death , Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj expressed his emotion by saying 'Gad Aala pn Sinh Gela' .                    So to see this iconic fort, me and my college friends planned to visit this fort on 5th June 2019. It was a rainy season. It's a very awesome weather to do any adventurous things. We were group of 9 members , started our journey from Sinhgad College on Bikes. It takes almost 1 and half hour to reach Sinhgad Fort from College area. We al...

Rajgad Fort Trekking

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   Rajgad : The Ruling Fort The day was 5th of March 2022. The temperature was 41 degree celc. I am studying at Sinhgad Engineering college , Pune . I stayed in hostel PG in Sinhgad College Campus. For 2 to 3 days i went my hometown Shirur  which is near by Pune . I went to meet my childhood school friends , and we decided to track RAJGAD FORT. Me and my school friends , we weren't went for a long day trips earlier before. We planned this trip in just 3 to 4 minutes of discussion and everyone agreed that too.We were group of 6 members. We woke up at morning 5 and started getting ready. At morning 6 , we started our journey from Sinhgad College. Duration from Sinhgad college to Rajgad fort is almost 48km and it takes 2.5 hours to clear it on bikes. We had experienced some funny moments in trip also. Half of our team , who didn't knew the road they lost the route. To reach the fort gate , there are two roads one is Chor Darwaja and  another is Pali Darwaja. Half team w...

Lohgad fort Trekking

                              Lohgad Fort : Lonawla Lohagad is part of the Western Ghats. Height of lohgad is upto  3,389 ft above the sea level and it is located near the lonawala hill station which is 60km from pune. We are the group of 6 people started our journey from Shirur to pune via S.T bus on 5.30 in morning. After reaching at Pune Station at 7AM , we took local train for Lonawala. Journey takes almost 1 hour to reach lonawala station. We reached  malavali station on 8 AM and had some breakfast for energy. And We started our trekking at morning 9 and after 2 hours of trekking we reached at Lohgad Fort Paytha. At lohgad fort you can see large extended fortfilled which is called Vinchukada. In lohgad you will see 4 large gates , which is still in good condition. During the monsoon season the atmosphere become just awesome , the fort is covered with full of greenary and clouds....

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