Dharur Fort aka Fatiyabad fort in Beed district of Maharashtra.

Friday, December 1, 2017

Dharur Fort is located in Dharur city, in the Beed district of Maharashtra. 

Panoramic view of Dharur Fort aka Fatiyabad fort in Beed district of Maharashtra.

That's Me at Dharur Fort aka Fatiyabad fort in Beed district of Maharashtra.

After exploring Dharmapuri fort, we travelled via Ambajogai to reach the fort. Directions to the same are tagged on Google maps, the road that Google maps had selected was superb, though the distance between both forts is around 72 KM, we still reached Dharur within 1 1/2 hours.

Bastions at Dharur Fort aka Fatiyabad fort in Beed district of Maharashtra.

The village is located very close to the fort premises, there is provision for food and water in the village.

The fort has a long history, it states that there was a old fort here called Mahadurga, the fort has been conquered by mains rulers in the past.

One of the Darwaza to enter Dharur Fort aka Fatiyabad fort in Beed district of Maharashtra.

Look at this pic, doesn't the fort fortification look amazing. the bastions also look good.

What we did notice is that, work is being carried on the renovation of this fort, which is good. But it was dusty in the fort premises.

What we did come across is that this fort is a mix of land fort and hill fort, its main entrance is via land, and has got valleys on the other three sides. A very strategic way of building a fort from defense point of view.  

Bastions and Darwaza at Dharur Fort aka Fatiyabad fort in Beed district of Maharashtra.

At the entrance there are two huge bastions. As the fort walls are low in height, there are holes in the walls, used to fire at enemy soldiers.

Structures within Dharur Fort aka Fatiyabad fort in Beed district of Maharashtra.

This fort has got plenty of bastions within its premises.

Manohar and Me at Dharur Fort aka Fatiyabad fort in Beed district of Maharashtra.

The renovated fort walls are broad at certain places, if there was a ramp leading to these walls, we would have got the car, Hehe.

Structures within Dharur Fort aka Fatiyabad fort in Beed district of Maharashtra.

There is a water body both within and outside the fort premises, water is not portable.  

Bastions at Dharur Fort aka Fatiyabad fort in Beed district of Maharashtra.

There are a couple of structures within the fort premises, there are no signboards stating what historic significance they hold.

Broken Bastion at Dharur Fort aka Fatiyabad fort in Beed district of Maharashtra.

There is also a Pit (Muslim saint or holy man) in the fort. The walls of its enclosure are painted white.

Fortification and water body within Dharur Fort aka Fatiyabad fort in Beed district of Maharashtra.

There are a couple of tombs in the fort premises. Not sure who they belong to.

Darwaza at Dharur Fort aka Fatiyabad fort in Beed district of Maharashtra.

Within the forts there are many broken walls and Darwaza.

Bastions and fortification of Dharur Fort aka Fatiyabad fort in Beed district of Maharashtra.

The view of the three valleys around the fort walls is amazing.

This fort is huge, it took us around an hour to explore it. We were not able to see any cannons on this fort.

Pir at Dharur Fort aka Fatiyabad fort in Beed district of Maharashtra.

Next what, we again had lunch (chinese cusine) at a local streetside eatery and then headed back to Mumbai. Mumbai was around 450 KM away that is roughly travel time of around 12 hours.

Structures within Dharur Fort aka Fatiyabad fort in Beed district of Maharashtra.

This trip was different from our regular trips, some of the land forts we explored on this trip were outstanding. though we didn't have to climb, we just loved to get lost in its abundant history.

Structures within Dharur Fort aka Fatiyabad fort in Beed district of Maharashtra.

Unknown tombs at Dharur Fort aka Fatiyabad fort in Beed district of Maharashtra.

Bahadurgad Fort, Unknown Tombs near Jagdamba Devi Temple in Rashin, Karmala fort, Paranda Fort, Dharashiv Caves, Ausa fort, Kharosa Caves, Udgir Fort, Kandhar Fort, Nanded Fort and Dharmapuri Fort are the places we explored on this trip. 

Panoramic view of the valley from Dharur Fort aka Fatiyabad fort in Beed district of Maharashtra.

Keep reading my blogs, many more trips to come.


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