Rajgad literally means King of forts is one of the most glorious forts of Maharashtra. Situated in Pune district of Maharashtra, India this fort is approximately 4250 feet above sea level. Formerly known as Murumdev, it was capital of the Maratha Kingdom (Hindavi Swarajya) ruled by Chhatrapati Shivaji for almost 26 years, after which he moved to Raigad. Treasure found on adjacent Torna was used to fortify this hill.
I started to climb the fort around evening, as I arrived very late at the base. It takes around 1.5 to 2hrs to reach the top. I had decided to stay on top of the fort in temple, but had not taken bedding etc. with me. I met with another group of professional trekkers on top, who accomodated me with them.
The next day, we all climbed up to Balekilla and the other team started decent. I went to Suvela Machi and other places and came down the fort around evening. While returning back to Pune, one can also visit the Balaji temple very near to the Satara highway, which is a very well maintained temple and laddu prasad tasting very similar to the one from Tirupati.
For more information on Rajgad, visit links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajgad
http://amitkulkarni.info/pics/rajgad-fort/
http://trekshitiz.com/
2nd Trek to Rajgad_25Dec2007
Second trek to Rajgad was with my friend Girish Udupa. Girish, his cousin Satyanarayana Bhat working @ Pune and myself did this trek from Gunjavane village at the base of the fort. Collage of the trek
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