Showing posts with label Capital Fort. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Capital Fort. Show all posts

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Overnight Trek to Raigad - The capital of Swarajya on 11th & 12th Oct 2014


Nisarga Bhraman has arranged an overnight trek cum study trip to the Raigad Fort - the capital of Swarajya on 11th and 12th October 2014. 

Grab this opportunity to get detailed information about Historical events and architecture study of monuments on the fort by Shri Sadanand Apte, a well known personality. He is also a traveller and an experienced trekker having keen interest in studing Temple and Caves architecture and Maratha History.



Thursday, September 19, 2013

Trek to Raigad on 19-20 October 2013

Nisarga Bhraman has arranged an overnight trek to the Capital Fort of Swarajya - Raigad on 19th and 20th October 2013



About the place - 

Fort Raigad which served as a capital of Maratha empire, initially known as Rairi and then rebuilt by Chatrapati Shri Shivaji Maharaj, a Hindu Maratha warrior in 16th century. It took 4 years (1670-1674) to build up the fort. Height of the fort is 2830 feet from the sea level and the base village is Raigadwadi or Nijampur situated 22 kms away from Mahad. Palace of Shivaji raje, Residence of their ministry, Nagarkhana, Baajarpeth, Jagadishwar Mandir, Vaadeshwar Mandir, Gangasagar lake, Hatti Talav, Kushavarta Lake, 12 take, Bhavani Tok, Takmak Tok, Hirkani cha Buruj, Maargiri cha Buruj, Khubladha Buruj, Daaru kothar, Shibandi chi Gharti, Maha Darwaja, Wagh Darwaja, Shiv Samadhi are certain places to see on the fort. One can see Forts like Lingana, Konkandiva, Torna, Rajgad, Pratapgad, Madhumakarandgad and Pachad cha Kot from the top of Raigad.

Photographs of Fort Raigad -

We invite you all to join us for this overnight trek to Raigad Fort on 19th and 20th October 2013.