Trek to Sinhagad Fort : Trek Maharashtra

 About Sinhgad Fort:

Sinhagad is a fort in Pune, Maharashtra. Located at a distance of about 30 km southwest of Pune, this fort is about 4400 feet above sea level. The fort is located on the Bhuleshwar Range, spread over the eastern branch of the Sahyadri. The tower built by Doordarshan attracts attention from anywhere in Pune. Purandar, Raigad, Torna, Lohgad, Visapur, Tung can be seen from this fort.

    

History Of Sinhgad fort :

The earliest mention of Sinhagad fort (Earlier knows as Kondana) is from 1328, when the Koli chief Nag Nayak defended it bravely against the vast armies of Muhammad bin Tuhglaq, Sultan of Delhi. More than 300 years later, in 1647, Chatrapati Shivaji maharaj, the great Maratha warrior King, rebelled against the Adil Shahi Dynasty and took control of the fort.  During his years of ruling, he fought for this fort three times, recapturing it every time and having it under his control until his death and even after his death for another decade by his successors. Sinhagad fort had been the place of many battles as if we mention its well-known battle, Which  happened in 1670 And fought by the Great Tanhaji Malusare. he fought this battel with his life against the Mughal fort defender Udaybhan Rathore.

Our Trek Experience :

On this trip, I was accompanied by my six best friends. Two of them are regular trekker I would say pro trekkers and rest of us are newbies who just recently started trekking.So, we planned our trek for Saturday morning , According to plan our first task is to find the bus for sinhagad. But unfortunately we are not able to track one and tried other ways so we get a tempo from Rajaram bridge ( Karve nagar, Pune ) to straight up to the sinhagad paytha.

Before Sinhagad paytha there is Y junction from her you can choose if you want to go fort by vehicles or by doing trekking. The left turn from from Y junction is for them who wants to go with vehicles and don't want to do trekking and the right turn is for them who want to do trekking upto the top.This right turn takes you to the sinhagad paytha from where you begin your trekking.

So, we were at the sinhagad paytha thanks to the tempo driver he drop us straight upto here. People usually start there trek early morning and return back before the afternoon. But we reached sinhgad paytha at 10 am. While we were climbing up there are many groups who were on their way back home.

The starting of our climb was very easy it's not very steep at start. The sky was cloudy it feels good because of the humidity in atmosphere, but it's also makes our trek difficult. I will personally suggest you not to wear sweatshirts and clothes which absorb water during the trek. It will get heavy as it starts raining.

As we going up the climb gets stepper and increase of rain makes our trek difficult. Due to the rain the rocks in path become slippery. We continued our trek with moderate speed taking rest at stalls. We clicked awesome pictures during the trek which only can be viewed from this way.We managed to complete our trek and reached to the main entrance of the fort. It takes us almost 2 hours to reached at the entrance.

The fort has two main doors 1. Pune darwaza and 2. Kalyan darwaha. We entered the fort through the pune darwaza. So there are three main gates to the fort which are pune darwaza 1, 2 and 3.as soon as you enter to the main fort area you can see huts on both the sides in your way. Which the villagers made to sell fruits and many things.There are still some building which are in good condition like toof khanas and horses stables which you can see there.

 

We explore the fort for almost 2 hours and did our lunch in one of this huts.we ate besan bhakaris which is the speciality up there with began bharata with some curd and also bhajiyas with tomato chutney it was really good.After exploring , eating and resting at fort we decided to start our start our return journey but unfortunately we didn't trek down to the Sinhagad paytha we take private vehicle up to paytha and did auto from there to Pune.

         

Places to visit on Sinhagad Fort:

• Kalyan Darwaza & Pune Darwaza
• Tanaji Kada – The steepest Cliffside on Sinhagad
• Khandkada Machi
• Kalavanteen Buruj
• Zunjar Buruj
• Daru Kothar
• Kadelot Point
• Devtake – Sweet water well
• Television Towers at Sinhagad Fort

Temples and Memorials:

• Kondhaneshwar temple
• Amruteshwar Temple
• Tanaji Malusare’s Memorial
• Udebhan Rathod’s Memorial
• Chatrapati Rajaram Memorial
• Lokmanya Tilak Bungalow

Some More Pictures from Sinhagad Fort:

How to reach Sinhgad Fort:

By Road:

            Sinhagad fort is at the distance of 30 km from Pune. You can go the fort by private vehicle or take the bus from swargate to reach up to the sinhagad paytha. You can also book the cab to go there.

By Railway:

            Sinhagad can be reached through trains by travelling up to Pune Railway Station and  then book a cab or take local transport bus to reach the fort from here.

By Air:

            Pune is the Closest Airport to Sinhagad. From here cabs or local transport bus are available.

Best Time to Visit :

            It is best to plan visit to sinhagad fort either during monsoon or in winter.

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