Location : Udgir city , Latur District
Type : Land fort
Route (s) :
1. Nanded - Loha - Ahmadpur - Udgir (110 kms)
2. Pune - Latur - Udgir (387 kms)
3. Latur - Udgir (65 kms)
After Kandhar fort we proceeded to Udgir fort. We reached Udgir at about 11am and went inside the fort.
The fort is well maintained and is under ASI control. It is open from 9am to 5pm only for visitors and apparently photos are not allowed to be taken but if you have a small cam you can sneak it in like I did :)
There are lot of entrance doors in the fort with various carvings. Lots of dilapidated halls and structures and mahals in the fort. There are big cannons in the fort and are intact. Most of the walls and bastions are intact in the fort.
This fort also has a network of underground tunnels and caves most of which is hidden now. Udgir fort also houses the temple/ashram of Udaygir Baba. This location is serene with a water tank and is worth seeing.
History of Udgir and the fort : (Source: www.udgir.com)
Udgir has a great historical significance. It has witnessed the war between the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad which took place in 1761. The Marathas led by Sadashivrao Bhau defeated the Nizam and the treaty of Udgir was signed.
The fort of Udgir stands in all its glory speaking volumes about the Indian history and Indian culture. The fort is bounded by a 40 feet deep trench as the fort is built at the ground level. In the fort are several palaces Durbar halls and most importantly the Samadhi of Udaygir Maharaj which is 60 feet under the normal ground level. This is a place of great reverence to the people of the region. The fort has some rare inscriptions written in Arabic and Persian.
Main entrance to Udgir Fort
Dilapidated structures inside the Udgir Fort
Through one of the entrance doors in the fort
The fort expanse
Udaygir Maharaj temple and pond inside the fort
Some hall inside the fort , typical Nizam/Mughal type architecture
Cannon on top of the fort
One more hall
Palaces inside the fort
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