Monday, May 10, 2010

Bhimgiri Fort

Monday, May 10, 2010
This is a hill fortress, located at 18 km to south of bhimasankar. There are two ways to reach at Bhimgiri.

The road from Rajgurunagar to Bhimgiri via wada, the regular ST buses available for wada from Rajgurunagar. The road to Bhimgiri is passed trough chaskaman dam. The fort Bhimgiri is situated in beautiful Bhima Vallly. If you visited in the rainy season, it’s seems to like visited God’s own country, the road towards bhimgiri follow along with Chaskaman back water.

If you decided to reach bhimgiri by Manchar, you can. The Route Manchar, Ghodegaon, Shinoli and then Kondawale a small hamlet before 14 km from Bhimashankar. From Kohdawale you have to take left towards small town Nigdale. The road condition is not good, if you drive on bike must care, spcially around ghat section before Nigdale. Once you cross village Nigdale you will meet a Cole where a small temple of Jaanubai is situated. the place is know as Shirgaon, From here you will meet the Main road RajguruNagar – Bhmgiri.

Bhimgiri is a small Hill, surrounded by dense forest. The small hamlet Bhimgiri is located to south of the fort, you have to start your trek from here. A 45 min simple trek ends at the middle of hill, where you can find group of caves. The shivlinga and Nagnath sculpture was a pandav age, even you can found potable water tanks in the near by caves.

From Bhimgiri Fort

Even you can proceed further towards summit of the fort along with very narrow cattle path, which leads north side to fort. There are four water tanks and destroyed traces of fortification you can found on the top of the fort. Once you will reach at summit, you can able to view beautiful valley and surrounding. If one will decided to approach Bhimashankar from this route you can, the route is 5 km away from here.

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