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- Elevation 742 m(2,434ft) Sajjangad Fortofgoodpeople Location Satara
- Sajjangad Sajjangad was created by king Bhoj from Shilahar dine sty in 11th century. The wascreatedbykingBhoj fromShilahar dinestyin11thcentury.The villageatthebaseofthefortisasParalisothefortwasalsocalledas,thefort ofParali.Thementionofthisfortisfoundintheregionofthe4thBahamani kingMahommad Shah(1358to1375).Later,itwentinthehandsofAdilshah whograbbedaportionofBahamani state.ThementionofPhajal khanisfound who grabbed a portion of Bahamani state The mention of Phajal khan is found in1632astheinchargeofthefort.On2ndApril1673,thisfortwasconquered byShivajiMaharaj fromAdilshah. SaintSamarthRamdas permanentlyresidedonthisfortaspertherequestof ShivajiMaharaj.AndthefortwasnamedasSajjangad.Then,aftercoronation, ShivajiMaharaj cameforsanceofSamarthon3111678,Shivajisent Sambhaji to Sajjangad. However, Sambhaji ran away from Sajjangad on 3rd toSajjangad.However,Sambhaji ranawayfromSajjangad on3rd December1678andjoinedDilerkhan.AfterunfortunatedeathofShivaji Maharaj on18January1682,theidolofShriram wasonthefort.Ramdas Swamitooksamadhion2211682here.ThoughSamarthtransferredallthe rightsregardingtheforttoDivakar Gosavi,theadministrationwasallottedto rights regarding the fort to Divakar Gosavi the administration was allotted to Bhanji andRamji Gosavi.Howeverconflictsarosebetweenthem.When Sambhaji heardaboutit,hewrotetoJijoji Katkar,theKilledar ofSajjangad.The letterintendedtosettlethedisputeandtofollowtheordersoftherespected elderpeople.Lateron21April1700,thefortwascapturedbyMoghals and namedbythenasNaurasSatara.In1709Marathascapturedthefort. Howeverin1818thefortfellinthehandsofBritish.
- Urmodi Dam BasevillageParli Gajwadi Sajjangad
- Ajinkyatara d t S t Aji k t gadatSatara onwaytoSajjangad t S jj d
- Sajjangad issituated9kmawayfromSatara city
- DhwajachaBuruj Parkingarea
- Thereare750stepstoenterintotheFort.
- ShriChhatrapatiShivajiMahadwar
- ShriSamarthMahadwar
- Pethetil MarutiMandir Sonale Tale
- StoreRoom Sonale TaleoppositeDharmshala
- Sonale Tale S l l
- Khambale Tale (locatednorthofShriRamTemple) (located north of Shri Ram Temple)
- Urmodi Dam Khambale Tale
- Urmodi DamasviewedfromDhrmshala topfloor
- Ramdas Swami,thespiritualguruofShivajiMaharaj livedhisentirelifeonthisplateaufort.The maintenanceofthefortandshrineofSant Ramdas istakencareofbyShriRamdas SwamiSansthan,a trustwhichhasexistedsincethetimeofShriRamdas Swami.Thedailyroutineonthefortincludes morningprayers,Abhishek andPuja,Maha Naivedya,Bhajans andreadingofthemanuscriptDasbodh morning prayers Abhishek and Puja Maha Naivedya Bhajans and reading of the manuscript Dasbodh writtenbySant Ramdas.Themaindoorsofthefortareclosedonsunsettosunriseandhenceyou cannotenterthefortorevenexitfromthefortduringthistime. Shelterandfoodisprovidedfreeofcosttovisitors.
- PartlyruinedMosque Angai DeviMandir Ghodale Tale (meantforhorses) ( f h )
- Anglai DeviMandir
- Anglai Devi
- Wallofthefort AKASH
- DhwajachaBuruj
- TheTricolour The Tri colo r AKASH
- ParkingSpace
- ParkingSpace
- TheDam ParaliVillage
- ItissaidthatShivajiandShriSamarthwouldmeetanddiscussimportant issuesintheHanumanTemple(seebelow),awayfromthemainfort
- Dhabyacha Maruti
- InsideDhabyacha MarutiMandir
- Dhabyacha Maruti
- ShriRamandGanesh Temple Dhabyacha Maruti
- ViewfromDhabyacha Marutiendofthefort
- ViewfromDhabyacha Marutiendofthefort
- ViewfromDhabyacha Marutiendofthefort
- ViewofthemainfortfromDhabyacha Marutiend
- RAJEEV
- Urmodi Dam
- AboutafewyardsoutsideParalivillagearetwooldHemadpanti Templesfacingeast. ThesoutherntemplewasdesecratedbyeithertheBijapur Musalmans ortheMoghals. p y j p g Thenortherntemplewasafeeblecopyoftheoldraisedaftertheirdeparture. Therewasapondcloseby aboutfortyyardssquareandtenfeetdeepbeforetheUrmodi Dam wasbuilt.
- Shiv Temple Shi T l (southerntemple)
- AKASH
- AKASH
- Thehallormandap isabouttwentyfourfeetsquarewithfourrowsoffourpillarseach,sevenfeetapart, supportingwithbracketsaflatrooftenfeethigh.ThecentraloneovertheroundslabinwhichtheNandi is placedhasacanopiedtop.
- Righ HandSideviewof theTemple AKASH