Fort Pavangad
Old Name : Markandeya.
Location : Nearest to Panhala.
Height: 953 meter from sea level.
Brief History: Chh. Shivaji Maharaja developed Pavangad when he won second time Panhala fort in the 1673. Then Aurangzeb conquered this fort and renamed it as Rasulgad. In 1844, British army destroyed this fort. Pavangad is a hill fort in the Kolhapur District, half a mile east of Panhala fort from which separated by a ravine (Redeghati). The chief defense of the fort is a scarped rock fifteen to twenty-five feet high. In most places artificial scarping has increased the steepness of the rock and a parapet wall of Kolhapur has strengthened it black stone fourteen feet high. Main important thing was that there are well of clarified butter, which was used to like medicine of injury in the time of war.
What to See:
- Clarified butter well
- Markendeya Rishi’s Cave.
- Shiva’s Temple.
- Yashwant Buruj.
- Chand-Suraj Buruj.
- Ganesh Temple.
- Black Lake.
Place to Stay:
Staying and food facilities are available in Panhala Fort.