Sinhagad Fort, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Sinhagad Fort was one of the most important forts of the Maratha Kingdom of Shivaji Maharaja.
This fort has cave paintings estimated to be 2000 years old so the fort is probably about as old, it was the site of the battle of Sinhagad (1670), the army lead by Tanaji a general of Shivaji against Udhayabhan the fort keeper of Jai Singh 1 , the story goes that they used a monitor lizard to gain access from the steepest wall of the fort, the monitor lizard pulled up a soldier, once one man got up he helped pull the rest. They scaled the wall where the forts occupants never thought an attack would present.
Tanaji lost his life in this battle and his tomb is in the fort.

Sinhagad fort, Kalyani Darwaja

Sinhagad is Present in the centre from the other forts of the region namely Raigad, Torna, Purandar.
The fort  has 2 Entrances one toward Pune is called the Pune ka darwaja, the second faces the Kalyani village and is called Kalyani darwaja.

Sinhagad is around 27KM south west of Pune near the Khadakwasala Dam, It's popular destination for  tourists coming to Pune. It is easily accessible by road, I took a motorbike up the to the fort which is 1300 meters above sea level the ride is great for the view, The roads weren't so great ( typical Indian road). Don't forget to fill your stomach with the local curds, roti, and pakoda, this is unique at sinhagad! Here's a few pictures of the fort for you! hope you enjoy them! information of the regional tourist office is at the bottom of this post!! 
the date and time in these pictures are wrong, its the 29th of january 2013 from 430pm to 645pm IST,sorry, gotta correct my camera!! dangitt!

Our ride!

Sinhagad, view from the road

view from the top

sunset at the fort

Panshet dam connecting to Khadakwasala dam in Pune

Pune city from the fort

Kalyani darwaja

Pune Darwaja

Jonathan at Kalyani Darwaja

regional tourist department Pune,

Pune Central Building, Pune-411 001. Tel: 020 2612 6867 / 8169 Fax: 611 9434