Type                    Bhairavgad is a hill fort.   

Difficulty level    Bhairavgad fort is medium to trek.

Height                  Bhairavgad is 3000 ft (914 mtrs) above sea level.  

Base village / District / Taluka -   Durgwadi / Satara / Satara, Maharashtra, India.

Bhairavgad goes under the districts of Koyana Nagar. The hugeness of strongholds here is that they are far from the genuine reach and thus are imperceptible from long separation. The primary fascination of these fortifications is the thick backwoods. This fortification has been pronounced as 'haven'.

All the towns once arranged are moved out from the asylum. Transports are accessible to reach the base town. The development of this post shows that this stronghold was essentially used to keep wiretapping the encompassing territory. However, no notice of this stronghold is accessible in history.

The stronghold has been portrayed by James Grant Duff in his post-mortem distributed book of 1863, History of the Marathas. The stronghold was assembled by Rajas of Panhala and was utilized by Marathas. It was later caught by the British on 23 May 1818.

There is an enormous sanctuary in the fortress. This sanctuary is well-fabricated and exceptionally excellent. In the sanctuary, 2-3 ft long icons of Goddess Bheri, Goddess Tula and Shree Vaghjai are seen. We discover numerous carvings on this sanctuary.  

Tulsi Vrindavan and Shivling are seen before the sanctuary. 2-3 columns are additionally seen. Inverse to it there is an alternate sanctuary of Lord Shiva.

From the sanctuary, the dropping way takes us to the bastions of the fortress. Further, we see the remains of the door. From here take left and have a go at the rear of the fortress. Here there are two water stores. This water is consumable.

From the stronghold, we can see the thick backwoods of Koyana. The top of the post is not enormous.

So 2 hours are sufficient to see the stronghold. In the event that we remained before the sanctuary and plummeted down the privileged side path for 5 minutes, we drew close to a water supply. On the other hand, here water is accessible just till the month of March.

Time to reach the top
It takes around 3 hrs from Durgvadi and 7hrs from Ramghal villages.

Minimum Duration
1 day.

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

Water Availability
Yes, water is available at Bhairavgad fort, it is available in the reservoir on the fort.

Accommodation Availability
There is a huge cave on the fort in which around 20 peoples can stay.

A huge temple that has 2-3 ft long idols of Goddess Bheri, Goddess Tula and Shree Vaghjai, Bastions, remains of the fort and Water reservoirs.

way from Pune to Bhairavgad Fort

Pune to By Bus

From the Pune there is ST (State Transport) buses are available from Swargate to Satara, which is around 118 kms from Pune, from Satara to Ramghal is around 27 kms. There are buses available from Satara station.

Pune to By Train

From Pune Junction there are trains available to Satara, which is 95 kms from Pune, from Satara to Ramghal is around 27 kms, there are buses available from Satara station.

Pune to By Road

Route of Pune to Bhairavgad Fort

Pune – Narayanpur Phata - Shirwal – Surur – Satara – Ramghal - Bhairavgad fort.

Way from Mumbai to Bhairavgad Fort

Mumbai to By Bus

From Mumbai there is ST (State Transport) / Volvo buses available. These buses regularly play between Mumbai to Satara. There are also local transports (Private cars and cabs) available from Mumbai to Satara, from Satara to Ramghal is around 27 kms, and there are buses available from Satara station.

Mumbai to By Train

From Mumbai CST there are 13 trains available to Satara, which is 182 kms from Mumbai, the minimum time a train takes to reach Satara from Mumbai is 4 hrs 15 mins, from Satara to Ramghal is around 27 kms, there are buses available from Satara station.

Mumbai to By Road

Route of Mumbai to Bhairavgad fort

Mumbai - Dadar - Vasai - Khopoli - Lonavala - Dehu Road - Chinchwad - Pune – Narayanpur Phata - Shirwal – Surur – Satara – Ramghal - Bhairavgad fort.

Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary

The waterways Koyna, Kandati, and Solashi wander through the asylum. It likewise structures the catchment territory for the Koyna River, and the Shivasagar supply framed by the Koyna Dam. To the south of the recreation center lays the Chandoli National Park. The asylum incorporates the eastern and western catchments of the Koyana Dam.

The Sanctuary is overall ensured by the substantial degree of Shivasagar supply and steep slants of the Western Ghats on both sides. This ensured region is associated with a forested natural life hall to Chandoli National Park and Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary in the south.

Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary has thick backwoods with three noteworthy segments, Vasota, Maharkhor and Indavli Met, and the haven is enriched with regular defensive limits, with Shivasagar Lake on one side, and the inclines of the Western Ghats on both sides.

These geographic hindrances have empowered the development of a wide mixture of greenery and high biodiversity in the asylum. The expansive reptiles, Indian pythons and King cobras are found here. A special endemic frog (Bufo koyanansis) has its natural surroundings in this secured range.