Tringalwadi fort is located in the

Igatpuri Igatpuri (Pronunciation: ɡət̪puɾiː formerly known as Egutpoora) is a town and a Hill Station. It is also a municipal council in Nashik District in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located in the Western Ghats. Igatpuri railway stati ...

taluka of

Nashik Nashik (, Marathi: aːʃik, also called as Nasik ) is a city in the northern region of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Situated on the banks of river Godavari, Nashik is the third largest city in Maharashtra, after Mumbai and Pune. Nashi ...

district. It is located on the ancient trade route passing through Thal ghat. The fort is located near village Tringalwadi. The Tringalwadi irrigation dam which is close to the village was built in 1978.

How to reach

The village Tringalwadi is located 7 km from Igatpuri. Igatpuri is located on Mumbai-nashik Railway route as well as National Highway NH 160. There are two routes to reach the village Tringalwadi from Igatpuri first one passes through Igatpuri town and the other is by taking a northern exit to NH160 at Ghoti, further passing through village Balayaduri. The Tringalwadi fort is located on a hill which runs north-south. It is a

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rock formation. The climb is very easy and takes about 30 minutes to reach the top of the fort from the village.

History

The presence of the caves indicate that the caves and the fort might be constructed around 10th century. The fort was built to overlook the trade route which connected

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area. In 1636 the

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(father of king Shivaji) had to cede it to the Moghuls after the defeat at

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fort. It is not known when king

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took control of this fort, but in 1688 this fort was won by Moghuls. It is one of the 16 forts which was surrendered to

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in 1818 after the fall of

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fort.

Places to see

At the foothills of the fort is a Jain Cave Temple with a beautifully carved entrance and a stone idol of the first Jain Tirthankara Rishabhanatha in the garbha gruha. The cave has a large sabha mandapa. the western entrance to the fort is a unique structure of architecture. The steps and the entrance gate are carved from a single rock. There is an idol of veer

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or maruti near the entrance gate and two

sharabha Sharabha ( sa, शरभ, ,Tamil: ஸரபா, kn, ಶರಭ, Telugu: శరభ) or Sarabha is a part-lion and part-bird beast in Hindu history, who is described eight-legged and more powerful than a lion or an elephant, possessing the ability ...

idols carved on the top of the entrance gate. On the fort are ruins of old buildings and a small

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mata temple. There is a cave and a rock cut water cistern on the western side of the hillock on the fort.

Gallery

Tringalwadi 2.jpg, The walk way below the scarp Tringalwadi 3.jpg, The western entrance gate Tringalwadi 4.jpg, Veer maruti idol Tringalwadi 5.jpg, Bhavani mata temple Tringalwadi 6.jpg, Rock cut water cistern

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{{Forts in India Buildings and structures of the Maratha Empire Forts in Nashik district 16th-century forts in India

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