Sudhagad
SudhagadisoneoftheancientfortsinSahyadri.ItwasthegloryofBhor
state.Initially, g y g y y
SudhagadwascalledasBhorapgad.DuringempireofShivajiMaharajthisfortwasnamedas
Sudhagad.Thisfortisapproximately590metersinheight.Sudhagadisahugefort.Itiscalledas
thereplicaofRaigad.
TheThanaleexcavationsinthisareaarenearly2200yearsold.ThisshowsthatSudhagadmay
bethatmuchancient.Theconstructionandthegeographicalsignificanceindicatethatsome
greatrulersmighthaveconstructedthefort.AccordingtothePuranas,SageBhruguhadstayed
hereandhehadestablishedthetempleofGoddessBhoraionthisfort.
SudhagadwasincludedinSwarajyain1648.Itisdescribedinoldrecordsasfollows:Malavji
Naik Karake put the ladders in Sakharadara Initially Jadhav and
Saranayak both climbed the fort
puttheladdersinSakharadara.Initially,Jadhav andSaranayak
bothclimbedthefort undertheguidanceofchieftainMaloji
Bhosale.AfterthatHaibatrao climbedthefort.25
soldierswentaheadandkilledtheguards.Furtherthechiefofthefortwaskilledinanguishand
thefortwasconquered. ShivajiMaharajrenamedBhorapgad
asSudhagad.LaterSambhaji metAkbar(therebelliousson
ofAurangjeb)inthePachchapur
villagesituatedatthebaseofthisfort.Annaji Datto,Balaji Aavji
Chitnis,hissonAavji Ballal andHiroji Pharjand
wereallimportantpersonsinAshta j , j j j p p Pradhan
MandalofShivajiMaharaj.Sambhaji
haskilledalloftheminParlivillagenear Sudhagad.
Taile Baila Sudhagad
Sudhagad
Taile Baila
Surgad behind Pali Ganpati Temple We stayed in this Dhrmshala
at night
Srinath, Suhas, Anil, Sandesh and Amar
Beetle insect
Srinath and Anil
Srinath and Anil
RAJEEV
Srinath and Anil
Maha Darwaja
Bhorai Devi Mandir
Bhorai Devi
Taile-Baila can be reached from Lonavla side Taile-Baila
T.P.
Bhorai Devi Temple to Sarkar Wada
Sarkar Wada
Information put inside the Wada
Caretaker of Sarkar Wada who provided us with tea and food
Bhorai Mandir
Taile-Baila in clouds Bhorai Mnadir
Unspoilt Unhurried Untouched Unconfined Unexpected Unconquered
Unparalleled Un paralleled Unmatched Unstressed Un stressed
Unlimited
Standingassilentsentinelstohistoryarethe350oddfortsofMaharashtra.Beatenby
g y y
theseawaves,lashedatbythetorrentialDeccanrains,orscorchedintheblazingsun,
standimposingrampartsandcrumblingwalls,thelastlingeringmemoriesof
Maharashtra'smartialtimes.Nowhereinthecountrywouldyouencountersucha
profusionofforts.Andsuchvariety.Sitedonanisland,orguardingtheseasoramong
theSahyadrihills,whosezigzagwallsandroundedbastionssitlikeascepterand
crownamidsthillsturnedmauve.
