Ajinkyatara Fort

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Ajinkyatara fort is located in Satara district of Maharashtra, India. Edit

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Ajinkyatara Fort (Marathi: अजिंक्यतारा, meaning “The Impregnable Star”) is a fort on one of the seven mountains surrounding the city of Satara in the Sahayadri Mountains of Maharashtra, India.The fort is located at Ajinkyatara Mountain, which is 3,300 feet high. As the fort is in the higher altitude, visitors can enjoy a magnificent view of the entire Satara city. There are number of water tanks inside the fort for storing water. So, there is no scarcity of water even as the fort is in the higher place.

Ajinkyatara Fort

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Ajinkyatara is a 16th Century fort and now also holds the television tower for the city of Satara.In 1708, Shahu Maharaj won Ajinkyatara, remained with the Marathas till 1818. The Ajinkyatara fort is a major historic place of Maharashtra, and was very vital as one could keep watch of the entire South Maharashtra.The Fort was built under Raja Bhoj who belonged to the Shilar Dynasty. It was constructed in the memory of the Martyrs of the 1857 Independence Movement.
This was the place where Tarabai was imprisoned by Shahu.

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Throughout the year.

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Morning, Afternoon, Evening.

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1-2 Hours.

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Sayali Restaurant ; 4, Shomshankar Chambers, City Pride Samor, Jhawar Hospital, Satara Road, Pune ; Ph/M – (02162)232411 ; Food Serve – North Indian.

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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