Visapur Fort

Visapur Fort

Visapur is a fortrt inside the country of Maharashtra, India.

Name : Visapur

Height : 3500 ft

Type : Giridurg

Mountaining Range : Medium

Venue : Pune District, Maharashtra

Nearest village : Malwali

Leaving Lonavla on the way from Mumbai to Pune, the Lohgad-Visapur duo attracts the attention of climbers. whilst you get off at Malwali railway station, you can see Lohgad in the front of you. however, Visapur citadel, hidden at the back of the hill, can be seen only after touring Bhaje village. Visapur castle, which breaks thru the wind, protects the Khandala (Bor) ghat. This formerly unnoticed Visapur fortress could not locate the sort of huge region in history.

History :

Marathe and many others. C. inside the month of October, 1682, he went to invade the north side of Pune. Shahabuddin become in Chakan in the first week of December. whilst he understood that the Marathas had come to the facet of Lohgad, he reached there. At the least 60 humans were killed within the clashes. From there it turned into understood that the Marathas had long past to Visapur fort, So by the time he reached there, the Marathas had reached close to Kusapur village and many others. In 1682, the game of Shivashivi among Marathas and Mughals become happening. In 4 March, 1818 widespread Prother got here to conquer Lohgad. He received Visapur initially. The Marathas left Lohgad on the second one day after the British took Visapur.

Places to see on the Visapur :

There is a Maruti temple at the manner to the fortress with the help of steps. There are caves on the aspect. It could accommodate 30 to 40 human beings. However, in the rainy season, water is saved within the cave. There are ponds on the fortress. The distant ramparts on the plateau of the castle attract interest. There is additionally a large gate at the castle. There are ancient temples of Lord Mahadev at the fort. There are large lakes in front of the temple.

Ways to reach the Visapur Fort :

Get off at Malwali, a small railway station on the Mumbai-Pune railway line. From here vegetables need to come to the village. There are two ways to reach Visapur fort from Bhaje village.

1) if you want to visit the castle via the primary way, it's far vital to take a manner. There are steps to go to the vegetable caves. Leaving these steps, one appears to have long gone to the woodland. After taking walks for 20 mins at the proper foot direction, you encounter some houses. on this way we attain the damaged steps over again. There may be a temple subsequent to it.

2) Take any other route from Bhaje village to Gaimukh gorge. The route main to the forest on the left from Gaimukh skip leads immediately to Visapur fort.

3) After popping out of Malwali station, express dual carriageway starts on the manner. After descending the stairs to the left from the pedestrian bridge built to cross the toll road, the village of Patan begins. this is the road to Visapur from Patan village.

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