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Anjanvel  Forts-trek in Ratnagiri  

Type Anjanvel is Hill fort.  
Difficulty level Anjanvel fort is an easy trek.
Base village / District / Taluka  Anjanvel / Ratnagiri / Guhagar, Maharashtra, India.

History of Anjanvel Fort

Anjanvel fortification, called Gopalgad, was manufactured by the Bijapur lords in the sixteenth century, and reinforced by Chhatrapati Shivaji around 1660, some Persian verses on a level elongated stone give the date 1707 and the Builder's name Sidi Saat.

The verses are: Whoever manufactured another chateau when he was summoned, did it not have a place with an alternate? God is everlasting and all else is subject to death.
At the point when the kind ruler, the light of the world, gave the request, the fortress was made, which he couldn't live to see.

Anjanvel Fort trek
Photo Credit : Ankurp
Sidi Seat (constructed) the fortification. Composed on the tenth of Zil Hajj, the first year of the rule, Hijri 1119 (A.d. 1707).] And enhanced by his child Sambhaji (1681-89).

In 1699, the fortress was assaulted and caught via Khairat Khan, Habshi of Janjira (1680-1708), who included the lower stronghold, Padkot. [jervis' Konkan, 92.] In 1744 (December), Tulaji Angre Sarkhel took it from the Habshi, and named it Gopalgad, including the upper stronghold, Balekot.

From him, in 1755, it went to the Peshva, [nairne's Konkan, 92.] and on the Peshva's oust, tumbled to British constraints on the seventeenth May 1818. [nairne's Konkan, 116; Service Record of H.m'sXxist Regiment. (Marine Battalion).]

The fortification remains on a noticeable and summoning point on the south shore of the stream hypnotizing a large portion of a mile from Anjanvel. It covers seven sections of land and is encompassed on three sides by the ocean, and on the fourth by a profound dump now mostly filled.

There is no complete line of outworks, stand, or two secured courses heading down to batteries. The fortress dividers, manufactured of stone and mortar, are extremely solid, around twenty feet high and eight feet thick, with, at some separation from one another, twelve bastions equipped with guns.

The fortification is still in great condition. South of the stronghold is a profound trenching eighteen feet expansive. There are two entryways, one to the east, and the other to the west.

On either side of the west entryway was a guardroom. The inside of the fortress, once brimming with structures, still has hints of little houses. There are likewise three wells with a copious supply of water.
Close to the wells is a building said to have been the store-room, near it, a silo, and at a little separation, the Governor's royal residence.

Anjanvel Fort trek
Anjanvel Fort
Time to reach the top
It takes around half hour from the base village of the Anjanvel fort.

Minimum Duration
1 day.

Best time to visit the fort
Any time you can visit Anjanvel fort.

Water Availability
No, water is not available on the fort. But package water is available in the base village of the fort.

Accommodation Availability
No, shelter is not available on the Anjanvel fort.

Places to visit on theAnjanvel Fort 

Fortification, Bastion, Entrance, and Temple.

Lets find How to reach to Anjanvel Fort

Way from Pune to Anjanvel Fort
Pune to Anjanvel By Bus
From Pune there are ST (State Transport) buses / Volvo buses available to Guhagar, which is 240 kms from Pune, it takes 4 hrs 10 min from Pune, From Guhagar there are buses or private transport available to reach Anjanvel fort, which is 11 kms from Guhagar.

Pune to Anjanvel By Train
There are no trains available.

Pune to Anjanvel By Road
Route of Pune toAnjanvel Fort
Pune – Katraj – Ramnagar – Kikvi – Shirwal – Satara – Umraj – Patan – Chiplun – Guhaghar – Anjanvel fort.

Way from Mumbai to Anjanvel Fort
Mumbai to Anjanvel By Bus
From Mumbai there are trains available to Guhagar, which is 300 kms from Mumbai, it takes5 hrs 33 mins from Mumbai, From Guhagar there are buses or private transport available to reach Anjanvel fort, which is 11 kms from Guhagar.

Mumbai to Anjanvel By Train
There are no trains available.

Mumbai to Anjanvel By Road
Route of Mumbai toAnjanvel Fort
Mumbai – Khopoli – Pali – Indapur – Mangaon – Mahad – Khed – Chiplun – Guhaghar – Anjanvel fort.

Places to visit nearby the Anjanvel Fort

Guhaghar Beach
Sequestered between the Vashishti waterway and Jaigad River Guhagar is a residential area on the Konkan coast with a wonderful isolated shoreline.

Miles of unblemished white sand shoreline lined with shady Suru trees, an aged post reminiscent of times of yore, worshiped legacy sanctuaries, and mouthwatering ocean depths, this is the thing that Guhagar brings to the table making Guhagar an incredible shoreline occasion end of the line.

guhagar beach
Guhagar Beach
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Guhagar is a flawless shoreline that has recently begun offering the traveler guide of famous ends of the line in Maharashtra. Guhagar is the first shoreline among the long extend of Konkan shorelines with white sand valid to its surface not at all like shorelines north of Vashishti waterway.

Guhagar shoreline is a long shoreline and reaches out for just about six kilometers between two hillocks. Velneshwar and Hedvi well known for their sanctuaries are two other prevalent goals inside Guhagar taluka simply a couple of kms from Guhagar town.

Guhagar has numerous lovely sanctuaries inside the residential community. Vyadeshwar sanctuary found right in the middle of Guhagar town is the most noticeable sanctuary in Guhagar.

Water Sports and moonlight trips like plane skies, banana rides, guard rides and so forth have been presented in Guhagar. Water Sports is composed in Guhagar all during the time aside from amid storms.