Bhairavgad

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Bhairavgad is a fort in India, twenty miles south-west of Patan, Satara district of Maharashtra. The fort is situated on a peak of Sahyadri range. The fort has a temple of Bhairav (Shiva); from which it gets its name. It is located at an altitude of about 1000 meters.Bhairavgad comes under the regions of Koyananagar. The significance of forts here is that they are away from the actual range and hence are invisible from long distance. The main attraction of these forts is the dense forest. This fort has been declared as ‘sanctuary’. All the villages once situated are moved out from the sanctuary. Buses are available to reach at the base village.Bhairavgad is a Village in Satara Taluka in Satara District of Maharashtra State, India. It belongs to Desh or Paschim Maharashtra region . It belongs to Pune Division.

Bhairavgad View, Maharashtra

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The fort has been described by James Grant Duff in his posthumously published book of 1863, History of the Mahrattas. The fort was built by Rajas of Panhala and was used by Marathas. It was later captured by British on 23 May 1818.The construction on this fort indicates that this fort was mainly used to keep check on the surrounding area. However no mention of this fort is available in the history.Bhairavgad Fort (Patan T; RS. Karad 48 m. W.,) twenty miles south-west of Patan and about four miles west of Mala, from which it is pretty easily accessible by a rough footpath through dense jungle, is a rounded hill situated on the face of the Sahyadri range and jutting about a hundred feet into the Konkan. A narrow neck thirty yards long separates it from the cliff on the east, which rises some 300 feet above it. About five acres in area, the hill has on the east a temple of Bhairav which gives it, its name. The temple roofed with earthen tiles is in a state of good repair. It was repaired in 1957.

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1 – 2 Hours.

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How to ReachEdit

Taxi : Transfer taxi services is useful for the travellers who wants only pickups and drops facility means transfer from one Satara place to another like airport pickups and drops, railway station pickups and drops, bus stand pickups and drops and hotels pickups and drops.

Bus : Satara is well connected to all nearby towns through buses, and frequent buses will be available to the towns and cities of Pune, Mumbai, Raigad, Khandala, Guhagar, Chiplun, Baramati, Mahabaleshwar and Panchgani. Both semi deluxe buses and deluxe buses will be available to Satara and important cities like Mumbai and Pune will even have air conditioned coaches that ply to Satara. Bus fares for the normal class of travel will range around Rs 150-200 from the nearby locations within the state.

Train : Satara itself has train stations and is well connected to the rest of country through railways.Satara has a railway station that is fairly active, and many trains that run from the neighbouring state of Karnataka pass through this railway station. You can opt for trains from Bangalore and Mysore that pass through Satara and reach Dadar, Gandhidham, Ajmer and Jodhpur. These trains will charge around Rs 350 for the basic class of travel and Rs 1200 for AC First Class. Day trains will also cost you around Rs 350.

Air : Satara does not have its own airport but the nearest airport of the region is Pune located at a distance of 110 km.

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