August : 2014 : Rajgad
After long discussion Abhi, Rohan Swapnil, Subodh & I
decided to go for the trek rather than any other beach that we usually prefer.
Since we all are working we decided to go for 2 day trip which will be full
of fun & adventure all together. The search started with few forts around Mumbai
& Pune; finally we decided one fort who is the King of Forts that is
Rajgad.
So the plan was leave Mumbai on Saturday afternoon to reach the
base village Gunjawane & then take rest room there & start trek in
morning. But when you have Swapnil in team you never can follow the actual
decided schedule, so we were already late by 3 hours because Swapnil got stuck
with some work.
But we were happy because we were all together & we know
it’s gone be great adventurous ride
There are many different ways to reach Rajgad; one of the
easiest way but the longest is via Vajeghar-Pali. One of the most frequently
trekked routes is from Gunjavane Village via the Chor Darwaja to Padmavati
Machi which takes around 2 to 3 hours. There is another route from Gunjavane
village that enters the fort through the Gunjavane darwaja but this is tricky
as it involves rock climbing and an expert guide. Another interesting route is
from Bhutonde village that enters the fort via Alu Darwaja. This route however
cannot be done in Monsoon as it becomes difficult to reach Bhutonde village
which is on the foothills of Rajgad after crossing the Bhatghar dam. We decided
to get in fort by Chor Darwaja so decided to go with 1st option
As we were
already late we reached to base village that is Gunjawane at 12 o’clock, waited
in car for sunrise to start the journey & journey started at 5 o’clock.
A journey of thousand miles must begin with a single step
& with so many single steps we reached Rajgad in 3 hours. I must say Rajgad
is huge fort if you want cover whole fort in one day then you have make
necessary arrangements to stay there & it’s allowed there to put tent at
fort. Someone very rightly said Monsoon shows
you the real beauty of nature & here we were experiencing the same. It was
damn cool & green because of monsoon. Everything looks so fresh & clear,
The fog around will make you feel, you walking on cloud.
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The fort is located at the end of spur, surrounded on three
sides by fortified ridges – the Padmavati Machee, the Sanjivani Machee, and the
Suvela Machee. The Padmavati Machee is the largest of the three, perhaps this
was where most people stayed at that time. Three main darwaja of the fort that
open onto Padmavati Machee: the Chor darwaja, the Pali Darwaja and the
Gunjawane Darwaja.
The Huge Pali Darwaja (Door ) was stood elegantly to welcome
us,
Any travel trail teaches you so many thing & this time our take away is Nature, Memories & Brotherhood
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