The
district of Nashik (Maharashtra) is very well known for the forts,
especially mountain forts. The glory of Nashik district lies in the
natural forts. These forts were created in various monarchies as well
as empires which ruled the ancient and medieval Maharashtra. Very few
forts of Nashik are well known to the general citizens even the
citizens of this district too. One of the well known forts of Nashik
is Harihar fort, which is situated in Trimbakeshwar taluka.
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| Harihar Fort from Base |
I
have seen this fort for the first time when I visited the Bramhagiri
or Trimbak gad. It is well known place for the bhakts of lord Shiva.
Harihar is situated back of the Trimkakeshwar mountains. I saw this
place from the top of the trimbak fort, when I visited there. I
searched the information about the fort from Internet also. There are
many trekkers and bloggers who has wrote about this fort in Marathi.
So I got the exact idea about it. As it was a summer, we started
traveling early in the morning at 6 am from Nashik city. Harihar is
nearly 15 kilometers away from the city of Trimbakeshwar. We have to
go through Javhar road of Trimbakeshwar. On this road, nearly three
kilometers away we got a board showing sign of “Dugarwadi
Waterfalls”. Dugarwadi is very well known waterfall of Nashik. It
is nearly 7 kilometers away from Javhar road. After leaving Sapegaon
behind we traveled about 10 kilometers on the road. It is very
beautiful and greeny though it was the summer season. I thought of
rainy season, how beautiful it would be looking! After crossing two
beautiful hills road, we reached to the Harihar fort. The Nirgudpada
is the village at the base of Harihar fort. We reached there nearly
at 8 am and started walking towards the fort. It looked like very
high hills fort from this side. We have taken the help of nearby
villagers to find the path towards the steps of the fort. After
walking and finding the ways towards the fort we reached the basement
of the steps. The steps of the forts are created directly carving the
rocks of it. But, it is very difficult to climb as general though
these steps. We need to use our hands to catch every step to climb
it! Steps are created nearly at fifty percent region of the fort. We
used our hands to climb the fort's steps. The work is very creative.
After climbing nearly 50 steps we reached at the main door of the
fort. It is still very good in position. There is very windy
atmosphere near the main door or Mahadarwaza. The rocks again carved
to create the way after this door. We have to lean down to cross this
road. It is a thrilling experience! After this road again the rock
carved steps are created. The architecture of these steps are similar
to the previous one. Climbing these steps is very very thrilling. We
have to take care while climbing through these steps. We got one
tunnel at the top of all these steps and finally the top door of the
fort. There is no any step which is created by putting rocks from
outside!
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| I am at the start of the steps |
The
top of the fort is a good plateau. Two temples are created here. Only
debris can be seen of the top of Harihar fort. We can see Trimbak
fort, Bhaskar Gad fort and Utwad fort for here. In the summer season
also the complete area nearby the fort looks very greenish. Rainy
season would be very much interesting for this fort.
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| Bhaskar Gad from Harihar fort |
If
you want to see a good place to make your day thrilling and
beautiful, you must visit this place at least once!
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| Steps of the fort (But you don't need helmet!!!) |
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| Tunnel after the steps |
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| Berry's the base of the Harihar fort. |
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| Greeny roads in the summer. |
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| Top of the Harihar fort. |
