Hatgad Fort (Marathi: हातगड किल्ला) is a fort located 71 km (44 mi)from Nashik, Nashik district, of Maharashtra. The base village is Hatgad on the Nashik-Saputara Road. The nearest town is Saputara, which is 6 km from Hatgad village. It is a historic monument located in Maharashtra, India, south of the hill station of Saputara and near the border with Gujarat. It was built by the Maratha king Shivaji and is located at an elevation of about 3,600 feet. The way to reach the fort is through a trekking route via a narrow rocky path and car also go up to the stairs of fort. A statue of Lord Shivling is placed on the top of the fort.
History
In 1547 King Bhairavsen, son of King Mahadevsen of the Bagul dynasty, defeated the Burhan Nizam shah of Ahmednagar and captured the fort.[1] The Rangarav Aundhekar was the last Peshwa officer who held the fort. The fort was captured by Captain Briggs of East India Company in 1818.[citation needed]
Places to see
There are four gates in a row on the main entrance path of the fort. The main entrance gate has a Hanuman idol carved in rock.[1] There is a two rock cut water cisterns called Ganga and Jamuna on the fort plateau.[2] The water is available round the year. There is an inscription in Sanskrit carved on the rock near the cistern. There are few building structures on the fort which are now in ruined state except got the ammunition store building which is in good condition.
^ abTrekshitiz. "Hatgad". www.trekshitiz.com. Trekshitiz. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
^Pathak, Dr. Arunchandra. "Hatgad Fort". www.cultural.maharashtra.gov.in. The Executive Editor and Secretary, Gazetteers Department, Government of Maharashtra, Bombay. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
