Quick Trip To The Purandar Fort, Pune

Purandar Fort actually consists of two forts - Purandar and Vajragad. The latter is the smaller and is on the eastern side of the main fort. Purandar fort is also known for birthplace of Sambhaji Maharaj (son of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj). Our gang has made a plan of a day trip to the Purandar Fort on 2nd Oct as it was holiday to all. Our gang includes 8 members: me-Kiran, Abhijit-Snehal, Rohit and Rahul Patil Bandhu, Sachin dada and Mai. The plan was to leave @ 8am from Pune, so that we can reach the fort around 10.30am. I and Snehal had couple of calls a day before to decide what food can be taken with us. She decided to take Upma and I thought to make parathas, and we were set for the trip.

   

Travelers :)

That day Kiran and I got ready around 8am and called Abhijit, It would take them 10 minutes to get ready. I packed everything like parathas, chutneys, and pickles. It was decided to buy curd on the way. In 10-15 minutes, Abhijit and Snehal came to our house and we called other folks. It would have taken them a long time. We chatted till then and after every 15 minutes, we were continued the round of calls to those folks. So at about 10 o'clock everyone gathered at our place and we finally headed towards Purandar. 

The climate was very calm and pleasant because of the monsoon and we were riding our motorbikes, it was so much fun. As soon as Dive Ghat arrived, everyone wanted to stop there and see the beautiful scenery around and no one could stop clicking photos, everyone tried their photography skills. The cold weather made Kiran and me crave for tea, and as soon as we share our desire for a cup of tea, everyone nodded, and before reaching Saswad, we enjoyed 1-1 cup of tea. We resumed the journey but only after 15 minutes Mai said what is there to eat because some people are hungry because they didn't have breakfast. But we managed to convince them to wait from some time. Then we stopped at Saswad to Purandar Road to see the temple of Changa Vateshwar Temple on the bank of Karha River.

Changa Vateshwar Temple, Saswad

We had had our lunch there and walked the entire temple. Temple is beautiful but not neatly maintained, not so clean. That’s why we went to the terrace of the temple and had our lunch there as we brought our meal with us. After starting the journey towards Purandar soon it rained heavily and we got soaked but we decided to go to the fort and reached Purandar at around 5 o'clock. It was very cold due to getting wet in the rain, so all wanted hot kanda bhaji and tea immediately.

On the Fort there is an ancient temple of lord Shiva, also a statue of Murarbaji Deshpande the commander (killedar) of the fort who gave up his life in order to protect the fort from the Mughal. 

We walked around the fort but not climb till top as it was late. But the climate was very pleasant because of the cold weather, we sat near a big water tank for an hour. 

It was our sudden plan hence could not manage to cover the fort and even did not get a chance to gather the information about the fort but I would definitely like to come to this fort sometime after keen planning.