Kalyangad Fort, Satara

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Kalyangad is situated in Satara region. Edit

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Kalyangad Fort, Satara is the most spectacular place on the fort. This gallery is 30m deep. There is water on both sides of the way inside it. On both sides of path there are iron rods at the end of the gallery. It is dangerous to go inside in rainy seasons. After seeing the gallery you should come back to the first door. The path, made up of steps, leads us to the door facing east. On entering the fort by this path we come across the temple of Lord Hanuman. There is a Bamanghar to left where we may find any hermit meditating. In front of the Bamanghar, there is a memorial of Kalyan Swami, who was a disciple of Ramdas Swami. There is a ruined temple of Shree Ganesh and a big lake ahead. A few steps ahead are the remnants of palaces. After going straight from this way for 10 minutes we reach to eastern part of the fort. From this point, we can see Jaranda, Ajinkyatara, Yavateshwar, Chandan, Vandan, Morya and Vairatgad. It takes approximately half an hour to watch the top of the fort.

Kalyangad Fort

HistoryEdit

Kalyangad is also known by ‘Nandgiri fort’ This fort was built by Shilahar king Bhoj-II as mentioned in the copper plate which found in the satara. This fort may be built in between 1178 to 1209. It has been proved that this fort built by Shilahar kings, as many statues of lord Parshwanath are found in the caves of kalyangad. In 1673 Shivaji Maharaj conquered the Satara and surrounding region. The kayangad was part of these. After Shivaji, the administration of this fort went in hand of representatives. Later, confilcts arose between peshwas and representatives. This fort won by Peshwa. In 1818 General Prisler took the fort in British control.

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1-2 Hours.

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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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