Bhorgiri Fort is a fort in

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near to

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in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Location

The fort is located about 95 km from

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. The nearest town is

Rajgurunagar (Khed) Rajgurunagar (Khed) is a census town in the Pune Metropolitan Region of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated on the bank of river Bhima and Pune-Nasik National Highway It is the headquarters of Khed taluka in the Pune district. Ety ...

. This fort is also about 45km west of the Rajgurunagar town on a small hill detached from the

Hill. The fort is situated near the village Bhorgiri. The fort hill is flanked on both sides by

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and a small tributary of the Bhima river.

Places to see

There are many caves and

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s on the fort. The structures on the fort are now shrub-covered ruins. There is a stone idol of the god

Virabhadra Virabhadra (), also rendered Veerabhadra, Veerabathira, and Veerabathiran, is a fierce form of the Hindu god Shiva. He is created by the wrath of Shiva, when the deity hurls a lock of his matted hair upon the ground, upon hearing of the self ...

on the fort.

History

Very little history of this fort is known. Similar to the Padargad fort in

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side of the ancient trade route linking Konkan with the Pune region, this fort was also used as a surveillance fort on the

side.

References

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