Dermal Fort (, , transliteration: ''Dermal Qilа̄'')is a fort located from
Nashik
Nashik, formerly Nasik, is a city in the northern region of the Indian state of Maharashtra situated on the banks of the river Godavari, about northeast of the state capital Mumbai.
Nashik is one of the Hindu pilgrimage sites of the Kumbh ...
, in the
Nashik district
Nashik district,(Marathi: Help:IPA/Marathi, ̪ɑɕɪk formerly known as Nasik district, is a district in Maharashtra, India. The city of Nashik is the administrative headquarters of the district. Nashik is well known for the production of win ...
of
Maharashtra
Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...
, India. Though this fort is an important fort in
Nashik district
Nashik district,(Marathi: Help:IPA/Marathi, ̪ɑɕɪk formerly known as Nasik district, is a district in Maharashtra, India. The city of Nashik is the administrative headquarters of the district. Nashik is well known for the production of win ...
, it is less visited by trekkers. In
Satana taluka, there are four forts in a line on the Galna hill range, the
Pisola fort, Dermal fort,
Kankrala fort and
Galna
Galna was a major fort in Malegaon talukain in the south Khandesh area of Maharashtra, India. This fort was an important fort on the Burhanpur-Surat trade route. This is one of the forts in Maharashtra with the bastion and the entrance in good c ...
fort. This fort is easy to climb but requires two hour to reach the fort. There are very few remains of old buildings on the fort.
How to reach
The nearest town is Nampur which is 110km from
Nashik
Nashik, formerly Nasik, is a city in the northern region of the Indian state of Maharashtra situated on the banks of the river Godavari, about northeast of the state capital Mumbai.
Nashik is one of the Hindu pilgrimage sites of the Kumbh ...
. The base village of the fort is Tinghari which is 12km from
Nampur. There are good hotels at Nampur or
Taharabad, and now tea and snacks are also available in small hotels at Nampur. The trekking path starts from the East of the village. The route is very safe and passes through open plateau. There is no marked path which leads to the fort, so it is advisable to hire a local guide from the village. It takes about one and half hour to reach the scarp of the fort. The other route starts from village Bilpuri. There is plenty of water available on the fort.
Places to see
The only structure in good condition is a small gate and few water cisterns on the fort. It takes about one hour to visit all places on the fort. There are stone cut carvings of lord Ganesh and Maruti on the fort. There is a cave wherein 7-8 trekkers can make a night halt.
See also
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List of forts in Maharashtra
The Forts of Maharashtra are often referred to as ''Green Canyon of India''.
This is a list of forts in Maharashtra, a state of India.(District)
* Harshal Fort (Nashik district, Nashik)
* Agashi Fort
* Ahmednagar Fort
* Mandar Fort
* Ajinky ...
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List of forts in India
This is a list of forts in India.
Andhra Pradesh
Coastal Region
* Anvika Fort
* Addanki Fort - Prakasam district
* Bellamkonda Fort - Guntur district
* Bobbili Fort – Vizianagaram district
* Dharanikota Fort – Guntur district
* Du ...
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Marathi People
The Marathi people (; Marathi language, Marathi: , ''Marāṭhī lōk'') or Marathis (Marathi: मराठी, ''Marāṭhī'') are an Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are native to Maharashtra in western India. They ...
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Battles involving the Maratha Empire
This is a list of the battles involving the Maratha Confederacy, and earlier the Maratha Rebellion under Shivaji till its dissolution in 1818.
References
Sources
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Further reading
* "The Anglo-Maratha Campaigns and the Contest for India ...
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Maratha Army
The Maratha Army was the land-based armed forces of the Maratha Confederacy, which existed from the late 17th to the early 19th centuries in the Indian subcontinent.
17th century
Shivaji, The great the founder of Maratha Kingdom, raised a small ...
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Maratha titles
The following list includes a brief about the titles of nobility or orders of chivalry used by the Marathas of India and by the Marathis/ Konkanis in general.
Titles used by the Maratha Royals
The titles used by royalty, aristocracy and nobil ...
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Military history of India
The predecessors to the contemporary Army of India were many: the sepoy regiments, native cavalry, irregular horse and Indian sapper and miner companies raised by the three British presidencies. The Army of India was raised under the British ...
References
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Buildings and structures of the Maratha Empire
Forts in Nashik district
16th-century forts in India