Varugad Fort Maharashtra
Varugad Fort Maharashtra This fort is about 3000 feet high and it is of Giridurga type. This fort of Satara-Phaltan mountain range in Satara district is considered as easy for trekkers. There is a fort on the left side of Sitabai hill where the Mananganga river originates, it is named Warugad. The fort is situated on the northeast of Dahiwadi in Maan taluka, on 20 miles. History The fort is believed to have been built by Shivaji to resist the Moghals whose attacks he must have dreaded from the plain below. The Karkhanis or Superintendent of the fort was a Prabhu. The fort garrison consisted of 200 Ramoshis, Mahars, and other hereditary Gadkaris besides sepoys. It was surrendered in 1818 to Vitthal Pant Phadnis of the Raja of Satara left in charge of the town. He detached 200 men to take possession, being part of a force then raised to protect the town from the enterprizes of Bajirav's garrisons then in the neighbourhood. GETTING THERE ...