krishna292
★★★★4.0Wrote on 21 Dec 2023
Insight into Our Proud History -Narration of the Valor and Sacrifice of A great Maratha Warrior
In 1968 for about 9 months I was under training at Armament Institute situated on the foothills pf Sinhagad Fort but could not find time to visit this famous fort due to heavy engagement in my training courses before being posted out. However, I always had a desire to visit thie place, known to be a witness to the valor and sacrifice of a great warrior and commnader of Shivaji, about which I had read in my history books in school. My recent visit to Pune fulfilled this desire. We left our hotel to leave for this fort, knowing very well that acent to this fort could be very difficult for both of us being in late seventies. After about 90 minutes we reached this place as there was heavy traffic and we lost our way also for some time. This fort is at an altitude of more than 4000 feet from mean sea level and about 2100 feet from the base of the hillock. We could go by car to reach the base after climbing about 1500 feet through a ghat road. I was under the impression that from here, the task would be easier to reach the top of the hillock but it proved to be a very difficult task to cover the remaining 500 feet through steep and dangerous steps made from rough stones. After reaching half way we wanted to turn back but continued with great difficulty as our aim was to have a realization that how our great ancient warriors and soldiers were living at this place. After reaching the top we were happy to find a restaurant where we took some rest, water, tea and snacks and then proceeded further to reach our detination. Here we found several statues made in the honour of Tanhaji, his samadhi and stone inscriptions narrating his valor and fight with the enemy till he died but conqured the fort. There is a folklore that when Shivaji was informed about this victory, he said, "Garh aya par Singh Gaya" meaning that we got the fort but lost our lion. Recently a movie has been released 'Tanhaji' starring famous Bollywood actor Ajay Devgun. From the top, one can have a panormic view of surrounding hills and Pune city, which is nearly 30km from here. Parking is available at the base of the climb besides kiosks selling water, cold drinks and snacks etc. Toilet facoties are not good. Sinhagad fort is a must visit place and a memorable experience. It is also a good picnic stop for youngsters as we found many young couples.
PurnangshuJ
★★★★4.0Wrote on 26 Nov 2023
Better to visit early morning
Nice place to visit during winter or rainy season, we went on November.. it was great experience early morning. If you want to enjoy reach the location by 6.30am and you will enjoy the cool weather and it tooks min 1.30hrs to complete the entire fort .
Vijaywalia2510
★★★★★5.0Wrote on 29 Aug 2023
Beautiful fort with beautiful food 😊
One of the best scenic fort in Maharashtra. A pride of Pune. There are direct buses from Swargate till Sinhagad Fort bottom. From bottom of fort there are private jeeps which carry you up to the top of fort. Per person they charge nearly 40-50 rupees depending on season and crowd. The food stalls are shifted from parking area to third gate area. You have to walk through three gates to reach the food area. It takes Just 15-20 minutes to reach the food stalls area. It's called khau galli in local language. The speciality of this area is curd in mud pot. It costs 30 rupees. Another super speciality is Jhunka Bhakar i.e. Junka is made by besan and bhakar is jowar roti. If u take full rice plate, you get two bhakris, unlimited Jhunka, matki or baingan bharta (any one of ur choice), with small katori of rice. Extra bhakri costs 30 rupees. Nothing extra for subji. No extra rice. For extra rice they give u more rice quantity in quarter plate for 50 rupees. We ate Jain Jhunka Bhakar and baigan bharta without onion and garlic. the food was very sumptuous and delicious. We ate at Hotel Yogesh where we were served food of very good quality with lots of love. Hope u enjoy the beautiful fort with beautiful food. 😊
manisha2021
★★★★4.0Wrote on 2 Jul 2023
Too hectic if you have kids. Go enjoy if you can walk uphill 10 Km.
Worst part is unplanned traffic allowed by forest department, causing chaos every where on Sinhagad and approach roads to Sinhagad. There should be online booking system introduced to make sure limited visitors and ther have better experience. Also there is too much commercialization, most of the tourist come there to have local food, as well as and as well as fritters. Most of them care less on the quality. Today we entered at 10:00 AM And exited at 17: 00 PM
shivishuk
★★★★★5.0Wrote on 1 Jun 2023
Worth visiting
Really a amazing place have a good fun there worth visiting amaxing environment too with great food outside too
