Raigad road trip in Monsoon season

This Hill Fort is one of the most significant forts in Maharashtra and testimony of many significant events.

The easier way is the rope-way from the base which takes you to the top of the fort in 5 minutes.

The Fort is huge and it can easily take 2-3 hours to explore all the parts of this magnanimous part of an era gone by.

Shivaji Maharaj observed that the mountain of ” Rairi” was the best place, steep on all sides and tallest of all, the whole mountain being a seamless rock and almost impregnable. “This Fort is formidable. All sides appear as if chiseled from a mountain of solid rock. Not even a blade of grass grows on the sheer vertical rock. This is a paragon to house the throne “

History

Built by the King of Maurya Dystansy and was called Rayri. Seized and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and made it his capital in 1674 and remade it to Raigad. His Rajabhishek was done here when he was coronation as King of the Martha Empire. On 3rd April 1680, Shivaji Maharaj passed away in this fort In 1689, the Mughals captured this fort, and Aurangzeb renamed it “Islamabad”. In 1765, the Raigad Fort was the target of an armed expedition by the British East India Company who saw it as a piratical stronghold and thereby bombarded and destroyed it in 1818, and they looted the fort, it is believed they even robbed the fort of golden throne weighing 1000kg.

Tips

• You can stay overnight in the fort as there are rooms available by MTDC Famous among trekking & photography enthusiasts.
• The best time to visit is Monsoon Months ( July – October) and winter months ( December – Feb)
• Please book a guide, who can the significance of all the main points well.