Raigad fort Fort II Gibraltar of the East II Ganga Sagar Lake II Maha Darwaja II 1737 steps II

One of the famous and strongest fort in Maharashtra (deccan plateau)
It is situated in a standalone hill encircled by Sahyadri range thereby providing a natural impregnable existence in the ancient history.
Shivaji Maharaj built most of the structure with the help of engineer Hiroji Indulkar. This became the capital in the year 1674.
The fort is situated at 820 metres (2,700 ft) above base level and 1356 m above sea level.
Approximately 1,737 steps to the fort. The main palace was built using wood, of which only the base pillars remained.
Following structure is still available to see:
1. queen's quarters (6 chambers), each chamber had private restroom but no windows.
2. Ruins of three identifiable watch towers can be seen directly from palace grounds (two remain still available but the third one was destroyed)
3. Ruins of a market place (accessible to horseback riders only)
4. An artificial lake known as the Ganga Sagar Lake
5. Maha Darwaja (main entry) of 65-70 feet height (The top of the fort is 600 ft above this door)
6. The king's court area
7. A replica of the original throne facing (east side) the main doorway (Nagarkhana Darwaja) Shivaji Maharaja's Coronation (Rajyabhishek) took place here. This whole area was acoustically designed like amphitheatre.
8. A secondary entrance (the Mena Darwaja) on south side for private entrance for the royal ladies of the fort leading to the queen's quarters.
9. The the Palkhi Darwaja on north side used by the king's
10. The granaries for the fort (a row of three dark and deep chambers (to the right of Palkhi Darwaja)
11. Takmak Tok (a cliff) punishment point for sentenced prisoners
12. Jagdishwar Mandir (Hiroji Indulkar's name engraved on the first step)
13. Samadhi of Maharaja
14. Samadhi of his dog Waghya
15. Samadhi of Rajmata Jijabai at Village Pachad
16. A statue of Shivaji Maharaj is erected overlooking the main market
17. Khubladha Buruj,
18. Nane Darwaja
19. the Hatti Talav (Elephant Lake).
Hirakani Buruj: A lady milk seller (Hirkani) form nearby village could not go back to her house before the main door closed for the day and had to stay back leaving her infant alone. But later hearing her baby's cry she climbed down to her house in the village at dark night from the cliff. Knowing this Maharaja told her to repeat the incident and rewarded the lady Hirakani Bastion over this cliff was made.
Sir Henry Oxenden (3rd Baronet: 1645-1709) was the English deputy-governor of Bombay of East India Company.
He was present at the coronation ceremony of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on 6 June 1674 at Raigad Fort. He was on the fort from 13th may to 13 th june 1674 & he described this fort is fortified by natural mountain precipice creating a strong high bastions and only two narrow gates had made it very difficult to access, and fortified naturally.
Except the treachery of some it was impregnable.
Kingdom had many strong buildings like
• the Rajahs Court,
• houses for other Ministers of State (300 nos) ,
• Length about 21 miles and breadth a mile, but no pleasant trees or any sort of grains growers thereon.
Hiroji Indulkar (maharaja's Engineer) He embellished the fort with engineering and architectural skill. His name was engraved on the first step of Jagdishwar Mandir.
Deeputsav: During diwali diputsav celebrated. The Kings Court area decorated with traditional Rangoli and Diyas. People from across the state come to participate.
Ropeway: for online ticket booking: raigadropeway....
Ticket price (2way) Adult : 310, Children (3-4 feet only): 200, Senior citizen: (60 years and above) : 200 (age proof reqd)
School kids: Upto Std VIII : 195, VIII to XII: 225, Teachers & Staff : 225
Adult group (25head and more & senior citizen not considered): 285
Physically handicap: Free,
One way ticket: (either UP or Down):
Common public:190, Upto Std VIII : 130, VIII to XII: 160
Entry fees for the Fort 25/- per head
Millennium Properties (P) Limited, Raigad Ropeway Project,
P. O. Pachad, Dist. Raigad, Pincode 402305. India, Tel:[phone]
Timing: 8:00am to 6:00pm
Stay : Bhavani @ upper station & Hirkani @ lower station
Upper station:
2 Non-AC room (2+1 bed) 1500
2 Non-AC room (2+2 bed) 2000
1 AC room ( 2+ 2 bed) 2500
Dormitory Non -AC (10 beds) 750
Lower station:
2 AC Room (2+ 1 Beds) 2500
Dormitory Non -AC (14 beds) 750
One Day tour package (Pune- Raigad - Pune) 7447725000
Includes: Travel, Breakfast, Lunch, Evening tea & snacks, Ropeway ticket (To & Fro) memento , Booking 4 days in advance
Special discount available for school trip
Distance from:
Pune: 150 KM, Mumbai: 140 KM, Mahabaleshwar: 75 KM, Kolhapur: 250 KM
Closest airport : Mumbai/ pune, Railway station : Veer (Mum-Goa)
ST bus available: from Mahad / Kolad / Mangaon
Hotel & Stays: a lot of stay arrangements are available
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