Type: Hill fort
Grade: Medium
Base: Raipur (district Buldhana - taluka Jamora(Jalgaon)
Mailgad or Maelgad is a hill fort located in Buldhana district near Jamora taluka. The route is Malkapur-Nandura-Assalgaon-Vadgaon-Raipur (65kms).
This fort is a hill fort and no recorded history exists of this fort. One has to climb for about 30-40 mins to get to the top. On top there exists an intact bastion , lots of (single pillar) water tanks and a devi temple.
The fort from the base village Raipur
Surviving bastion on top of the fort
Single pillar water tank on top of the fort
Devi idol in Devi temple on top of fort - the idol faces the east direction
From this fort we came back to Malkapur to visit the Malkapur fort.
1 comment:
Hi jayaram
There is not much content about the fort that can i use in my website can you allow me to use your images to mention about the fort. ill provide your back-link about your blog.
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