Type                        Pankot fort is a Sea fort.    

Difficulty level       Pankot fort is easy to trek.

Height 

Base village / District / Taluka -  Kevle, Koliwada / Thane / Palghar, Maharashtra, India.

Kelve shoreline in western suburbs is celebrated. Kelve Pankot is at some distance from the shoreline to the south, in the midst of the ocean and can be gone to just amid low tide. This was based on a rock where the Danda stream meets the ocean. From the area, the Portuguese could keep a watch on the rivulet and in Addition Ocean.

This stronghold is watercraft formed, and still in place. Amid the low tide, the ocean water clears and we can stroll to the stronghold. The reference for this stronghold is found in a letter composed by Chimaji Appa in 1739, amid the Maratha-Portuguese war.

The stronghold door is spotted 8 feet over the sea level. During high tide, we can specifically enter the stronghold by vessel, and during low tide, we need to climb 8 feet. There are openings in the dividers here for locking the entryway. Likewise, we can discover windows in the divider for groups.

In the wake of entering the fort, we see an alternate door, decently strengthened. This was implied for guarding if the first door was infiltrated. Entering this door, we enter a few leftovers and a lake. Ahead we enter the third doorway.

A piece of the fortress has 2 levels and is crescent fit as a fiddle. There is a well here. There are numerous windows here, either for mounting ordinances or firearms and for gathering octroi.

Time to reach the top. 

It takes around ½ hour from the base village Kevle. 

Minimum Duration 

1 day. 

Best time to visit the fort 

Any time you can visit the fort.

Water Availability 

No, water is not available on the fort. But package water is available in the base village Kevle. 

Accommodation Availability 

No, shelter is not available on the fort. But one can stay in the kevle village. 

Entrance, Canons, fortifications, remnants, bastions.

way from Pune to Pankot fort.

Pune to Pankot fort By Bus

From Pune there are ST (State Transport) buses / Volvo buses available to Thane. There are many buses regularly playing between Pune to Thane or Thane to Pune. From Thane there are buses available to reach Palghar by local transport or ST bus, from Palghar there are ST (State Transport) buses and local transport are available to reach Kelve.

Pune to Pankot fort By Train

From Pune junction there is no direct train available to Palghar first, you can reach Mumbai by train, from Mumbai there are trains are available to reach Palghar junction, and then follow the same route from Palghar mentioned above. 

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Pune to Pankot fort By Road

Route of Pune to Pankot fort Pune - Chinchwad - Lonavala - Navi Mumbai - Nalasopara - Palghar - Kelve - Pankot fort.

Way from Mumbai to Pankot fort.

Mumbai to Pankot fort By Bus

From Mumbai there are ST (State Transport) buses, local transport available to Palghar station, from Palghar there are ST (State Transport) buses and local transport are available to reach Kelve.

Mumbai to Pankot fort By Train

From Mumbai there are trains available to Palghar station, and then follow the same route from Palghar mentioned above. 

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Mumbai to Pankot fort By Road 

Route of Mumbai to Pankot fort Mumbai - Dadar - Vasai - Nalasopara - Palghar - Kelve - Pankot fort.

Jivdhani temple

Saying as much the Mahar accomplished Moksha (The true Jeeva Dhana, the genuine abundance of Life) and the Devi was going to vanish in the cavern, when a fruitless lady saw this heavenly occurrence shouted Devi, Amba, will you leave this desolate little girl of yours without our jeevan dhan a tyke in my laps?” Devi was satisfied by her requests to God and said “Great in fact are you who saw each of the three of us.

I hereafter favour you with a tyke." The woman was not fulfilled by this, she said "Gracious Mother of the three planets, don't simply favour me, however let all infertile little girls of you who beg you be met with the kid".

Mahim fort

In 1516, Portuguese leader Dom Joao de Monoy entered the Mahim Creek and crushed the commandant of the Mahim fort. The fort was the site of incessant conflicts between the Portuguese and the Ali Shah, a Gujarati ruler before the island of Mahim was appropriated from Bahadur Shah of Gujarat by the Portuguese in 1534. In 1661, the Portuguese ceded the island of Mahim as an endowment to Charles II of England.

After the English picked up control of the fort, it was fortified by Sir Thomas Grantham in 1684, and turned into a vital watchtower against conceivable Portuguese assaults, and later from the Maratha's.

In 1772, the Portuguese endeavored to assault this fort however, they were repulsed by the British with cannonballs. Mount Mary's Basilica was harmed by this experience. As indicated by verifiable records, the fortress had 100 warriors and 30 guns around then.