Palshi Fort

Its time to trek again after a long time and after the Vidharbh Trek in March. An avid trekker friend told me that he was going to cover the forts in the districts of Parbhani , Nanded and Latur as a pilot trek/trip. Basically all of them are land forts but what the heck. We started on Friday, 6th August at 2.30pm from Pune in a hired Tavera. It was decided that we cover one more fort named Palshi located in the Ahmednagar district and on the route.

Fort: Palshi
Type : Land Fort
District : Ahmednagar
Route : Pune - Shirur - Ralegan Siddhi - Parner - Kanhur Pathar - Takli Dhokeshwar - Palshi (150 kms approx)

This fort houses a village inside it and almost all of its bastions are intact. There is an amazing shiv temple inside the fort but there are no other structures inside worth viewing. There is no known history of the fort except that this fort was a transit point of keeping Sambhaji Maharaj when he was captured by the Mughals and taken prisoner.

Entrance door to Palshi fort


Inscription on one of the doors of Palshi fort

Bastions and wall of the fort