Tunga Fort - tourmet

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Sight Address : Tunga Fort is situated close to the Pavana Dam in lonavala. Edit

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Tunga Fort is considered to be one of the most difficult Fort to trek, and this challenge itself is enough to fire the bellies of all the trekkers out there. All the Corporates and executives in Mumbai and Pune should just grab this opportunity and visit the Fort. Though, it becomes very slippery in monsoons but the real fun of this trek is in Monsoons only. The fort depicts the excellent architecture acumen of the Marathas, being at the highest point the fort was used to monitor and administer all the neighboring forts. This fort was a sort of capital and control point for Marataha empire. At the top of the fort there is a Mahadev Temple which shows the deep faith of Marathas in Lord Shiva.an old fort now turned into ruin, like the worn stairs, depleted gates, a water reservoir etc. All this just takes us to the golden memories of this Fort when this Fort would have been in full splendor.

Tunga Fort, Lonavala

HistoryEdit

Tung Fort is small, not being able to hold more than 200 troops at a time. As such, it would not have been able to defend itself on its own for a long time.Tung Fort was built before 1600 CE. It was built by the Adil Shahi dynasty but was captured by Shivaji.Its shape and structure suggests that its main function was as a watchtower guarding the road to Pune city. Dhamale family one of the Deshmukh from maval region was charged with ensuring the security of fort tung. During invasion, it served to provide a temporary distraction for invaders. Thus, the major forts of Visapur and Lohagad would have time to ready themselves (to meet the invading army).This fort served as a watch tower in the past because it from top of the fort,lot of area Maval region of Pawana and Mulshi valley can be seen and thus from the top of the fort,watch on these areas can be kept.

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Best time to visit Tunga Fort is July to January.

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1 to 2 hours.

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How to ReachEdit

Taxi : Private rental cars or taxies can also be hired.

Bus : State owned buses connect nearest cities with the hill station Lonavala. Any tourist service providers arrange package tours by A/C deluxe buses to Lonavala from Mumbai and Pune.

Train : Lonavala is situated on the main railway line that plies from Mumbai to Pune. All trains that shuttle between the two cities stop here. From Mumbai, the approximate travel time would be around 3 hours, while from Pune it takes around 1 hour to reach Lonavala.

Air : Lonavala is located midway between two major cities of Maharashtra, Mumbai and Pune. Thus, if you are flying to Lonavala, you need to touch down at either the domestic airport at Pune (66 kilometers from Lonavala) or the international airport at Mumbai (110 kilometers from Lonavala) and from there, take a cab or a train.

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