Paranda Fort - tourmet

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Paranda is a town place in the Osmanabad District and is situated about 80 Kms. from the district headquarter. Edit

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The Paranda fort is probably 800+ Year Old. The Fort is surrounded by trench from all the sites.There is a Mosque and Hindu Temple inside the Fort. The authorities should take proper care to preserve this monument. This fort has not faced any battle in past 400 years and it was used for storage of material only. The fort is one of the many forts erected by the Bahamani kings and is a fine spicemen of military Architecture and engineering. The gates defended by traversals and redoubts and the Ramparts. These are of the out and dressed stones with round bastions fitted for the heavy guns of the period. Around the fort there is a moat, which was always kept filled with water. Inside the fort there are 26 bastions amongst which the note-worthy are ”Mahakal Buruj” “Buruj Mahakal,” Buland Buruj,” “Chanchal Buruj,” and “Shah Mathkal ,” and “Nassa Yeed Buruj” on the some of the bastions there are old guns the most important of which are ”Malike maiden”, and “Azda Paikar”. The great bronze gund viz. “Malika Maiden” now at Bijapur, is side to have been original mounted here. At present inside the fort there are the mosque, Narsimaha Mandir and wall called “Ramtirth” but there are also remains of the building like Baradari, Taikhana, Zanana Makan, etc. The remains of the walls and the dilapidated remains give an impression that at one time there might have been spacious and exquisites constructions.

Paranda Fort, Osmanabad

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October to March.

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Morning, Afternoon, Evening.

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2 – 3 hours.

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Taxi : Taxis and Auto rickshaws are easily available for moving about in the city.

BUS : State owned transport buses ply between Osmanabad and the nearest cities.

Train : Osmanabad has its own Railway Station named as Osmanabad Railway Station which is connected to the major cities of Maharashtra. It is linked with the cities like Mumbai, Pune, Miraj Kolhapur, Latur, Parali Vaijnath, Pandharpur, Parbhani, Nagpur, Hyderabad, Akola, Bidar and Nizamabad through Nizamabad-Pandharpur Passenger, Mumbai CST-Latur Express, Nagpur-Kolhapur Express, and Hyderabad-Pune Express.

Air : Osmanabad has its own Domestic Airport named as Osmanabad Airport. The nearest International Airport is Pune International Airport, roughly 261 Kms from Osmanabad. Pune International Airport is well connected to major cities. Flights from Pune to Ahmedabad ,Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Nagpur are available through Air India, Air India Express, Indigo, Jet Airways and Spicejet airlines.

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