Monday, September 14, 2009

Dronagiri Fort

Fort:Dronagiri
Height: 1001 feet above MSL
Base : Uran
Grade: Medium.

Dronagiri is a fort located near Uran in Raigad district. This fort was build in olden days and was captured by the Portuguese during their rule. It also houses a church on top of the fort built by the Portuguese.



We came to the base of Dronagiri after doing the Belapur fort. Uran is around 30km from Panvel by road. Once in Uran we get near the ST stand and then to Dahanu Nagar which is at the base of the mountain. ONGC has its main office in there at the base of Dronagiri. We asked for the route to get to the top of the fort and found that the route is to go ahead inside the nagar and then go up winding on the mountain.We started the trek to Dronagiri to get to the top. The route was very slushy due to the constant heavy rains pounding us continuously.

We got to the top in about 1 hour and there are lot of remnants on top to check out. The main door is a beauty and then there are remains of the church and a beautiful well.

My camera was damaged here due to entry of water inside it.

2 comments:

Jayant Dofey said...

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Unknown said...

Very Nice Fort for trecking one shpuld visit here in moonson , early morning would be a great time to start trecking

Thanks To Durg Mavla Pratishtan and Navparivartan Group who are taking care of fort and exploring many things 🚩🚩