Bhorgiri fort

19°02′58.4″N 73°34′06.4″E / 19.049556°N 73.568444°E / 19.049556; 73.568444TypeHill fortHeight2000 Ft.Site informationOwnerGovernment of IndiaControlled by United Kingdom

• East India Company (1818-1857)
• British Raj (1857-1947)

 India (1947-)Open to
the publicYesConditionRuinsSite historyMaterialsStone

Bhorgiri Fort is a fort in Pune district near to Bhimashankar in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Location

The fort is located about 95 km from Pune. The nearest town is Rajgurunagar (Khed). This fort is also about 45km west of the Rajgurunagar town on a small hill detached from the Bhimashankar Hill. The fort is situated near the village Bhorgiri. The fort hill is flanked on both sides by Bhima river and a small tributary of the Bhima river.

Places to see

There are many caves and shiva lingams on the fort. The structures on the fort are now shrub-covered ruins. There is a stone idol of the god Virabhadra on the fort.^[1]

History

Very little history of this fort is known. Similar to the Padargad fort in Karjat side of the ancient trade route linking Konkan with the Pune region, this fort was also used as a surveillance fort on the Pune side.

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