Type                       Sindkhed Raja is a land fort.     

Difficulty level       Sindkhed Raja is easy to trek. 

Height                     Sindkhed Raja is 1801 ft (549 meters) above sea level.     

Base village / District / Taluka -  Sindkhed Raja / Buldhana / Sindkhed Raja, Maharashtra, India.

It is arranged 32 miles to the south-west of Mehakar, this town inferred its name, it is said, from the ruler Sindurama who is said to have established it. An alternate induction of the name is from Siddha Kshetra, i.e. a town of examples of piety.
On the other hand, it creates the impression that the town presumably got its name from the Sindhi trees in which it proliferates.

MOTI TALAV

It is encompassed by great mango forests. There are two tanks to the west of the town, one of which has a grand brickwork dike and supplies water for watering system purposes to the fields underneath. It is known as MOTI TALAV and by its side now passes the Jalana-Sindkhed Raja Street.

Lakhuji's PALACE

Lakhuji Jadhav's broad castle, the origin of Jijabai, with the exception of its huge entryway of stone and blocks and underground loads, lays altogether ruins. Over the entryway is a drum chamber (nagarkhana).

The cells are accounted for to have been cleared of flotsam and jetsam and sediment around four to five years back. In the underground loads, still in great condition was housed the fundamental preparing school for quite a while.

RANAGA MAHAL

Arranged to the west of the town is Ranga Mahal, a building disregarded and for all intents and purposes remains. The lobby where Jijabai and Shahaji Bhosale as youngsters enjoyed the session of Rangpanchami, when Lakhuji Jadhav proclaimed them as a magnificent match for one another is still in great condition.

It is upheld on wooden columns. The front has four open and two implanted columns. Other than those columns that line the front, there are two twofold open columns and two comparable pilasters in the divider.

The bases and in addition the capitals of the columns bear fine examples of cut woodwork. The roof is of wooden boards and has a porch. It appears that the upper story has caved in. At present a grade school is housed in the corridor.

LAKHUJI JADHAV MEMORIAL

A commemoration to Lakhuji Jadhav remains as a stonework structure 40'*40' with a block vault delegated the samadhi of Lakhuji directly underneath which is additionally introduces a linga. Two stairways on both sides of the primary passageway pave the way to the porch. Of these one is blocked.

The fundamental door is flanked by amazing statues of lions portrayed in the stance of executing elephants. To the right of the principal doorway is an indecipherable inscription.

By the side of the tomb is a sanctuary committed to Ramehvara with a demolished block divider walled in the area. The sanctuary is said to have been manufactured by Lakhuji Jadhav in light of his mother's wishes.

It is a stonework development with a block shikhara. The upper parcel of the sanctuary is built in blocks. Confronting the linga is two mutilated Nandi statue. Some broken pictures of gods are scattered outside the walled-in area.

Time to reach the top

It takes around 15 minutes from Sindkhed Raja village.

Minimum Duration 

1 day.

The best time to visit the fort

Any time you can visit Sindkhed Raja fort.

Water Availability 

No, water is not available on the fort.

Accommodation Availability

No, Shelter is not available on the fort but you can accommodate in the village.

Wada of Raja Lakhuji Jadhav, Kala Killa, Samadhi of Lakhuji Jadhav, Someshwar temple.

way from Pune to Sindkhed Raja Fort

Pune to Sindkhed Raja By Bus

From Pune there are ST (State Transport) buses / Volvo buses available to Buldana, which is around 398 kms from Pune, its takes 7 hrs from Pune from Buldhana there are buses, and private taxi available to Sindkhed Raja village, which is 80 kms from Buldana, it takes 1 hrs 30 mins from Buldana. View Bus Time Table

Pune to Sindkhed Raja By Train

There are no trains available.

Pune to Sindkhed Raja By Road

Route of Pune to Sindkhed Raja Fort 

Pune – Shirur – Ahmednagar – Aurangabad – Jalna – Sindkhed Raja Village - Sindkhed Raja Fort.

Way from Mumbai to Sindkhed Raja Fort

Mumbai to Sindkhed Raja By Bus

From Mumbai there are buses available to Buldana, which is around 460 kms from Mumbai, it takes 8 hrs from Mumbai, from Buldana there are buses, private taxi available to Sindkhed Raja village, which is 80 kms from Buldana, it takes 1 hrs 30 mins from Buldana. View Bus Time Table

Mumbai to Sindkhed Raja By Train

There are no trains available.

Mumbai to Sindkhed Raja By Road 

Route of Mumbai to Sindkhed Raja fort 

Mumbai – Kalyan – Nashik – Manmad – Aurangabad – Jalna – Sindkhed Raja Village – Sindkhed Raja Fort.

Lonar lake

An arrangement of low slopes encompasses the bowl which has an oval shape (practically round) with an outline at the top of around 8 km (five miles). The sides of the bowl climb sharply at an edge of around 75°. At the base, the lake has a perimeter of around 4.8 km (three miles).

The slants are secured with wilderness sprinkled with teak trees. A cinch of substantial trees around a mile expansive runs all-round the bowl; this sash is framed by concentric rings of distinctive types of trees.

A ring of date palms took after by a ring of tamarind trees (almost 1.6 km or a mile wide) prompts a ring of babul trees, limited within by a cinch of uncovered sloppy space.

This space is a few hundred meters/yards expansive, without all vegetation (because of the pop substance of the water) and secured with a whitish disgusting soil. Amid the stormy season, the seepage into the lake covers this sloppy space.

The water of the lake contains different salts or soft drinks, and amid a dry climate when vanishing diminishes the water level, huge amounts of pop are gathered. Two little streams channel into the lake, and a well of sweet water is spotted on the southern side, near the water's edge

Daitya Sudan sanctuary

Daitya Sudan Temple is a Vishnu sanctuary dated to the Chalukya Dynasty which managed Central and Southern India between the sixth and twelfth hundreds of years. It fits in with the Hemadpanthi class and is implicit the manifestation of an unpredictable star.

It emphasizes carvings like those seen at Khajuraho sanctuaries. The divinity of this sanctuary is made of a mineral with a high metal substance that takes after stone. The roof of the sanctuary has carvings.The outside dividers are likewise secured with cut figures.

The plinth of the sanctuary is around 1.5 m in tallness and the unfinished top recommends an expected pyramidal structure for the tower.

Kamalja Devi Temple

Kamalja Devi Temple is found next to the lake furthermore peculiarities cut pictures. Despite the fact that the water level ascents amid the blustery season and falls in summer it never touches the sanctuary.
Gomukh Temple is found along the edge of the cavity. A lasting stream rises up out of here and travelers going by the sanctuary bathe in the stream.