Samangad Fort

About this place

Samangad is a hill fort in Kolhapur district. It is 2600 feet above sea level. The fort is situated on the oval shaped top of the hill. The eight foot high wall of the fort which encircled the hill top is still intact. Earlier several cisterns cut out of the rock ensured a plentiful supply of water to the fort but by 1957 most of them were in ruins. The fort is surrounded by trees; it is developed by the government of Maharashtra as a tourist place. Also Maruti temple and Chaloba temple near fort is visited by devotees.