Panhala Fort:
MightyHikers
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj & Chhatrapati
Shambhaji Maharaj ki jai.....
LOCATION: 20 kilometres northwest of Kolhapur, 370 kms from Mumbai, 233 kms
from Pune . Best time to visit: Any
time throughout year.
Panahala fort was built
between 1178 and 1209 CE, one of 15 forts (others including Bavda, Bhudargad,
Satara, and Vishalgad) built by the Shilahara ruler Bhoja II.
In 1659, after the death of the Bijapur
general Afzal Khan, in the ensuing confusion Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj took
Panhala from Bijapur. In May 1660, to win back the fort from Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj, Adil Shah II (1656–1672) of Bijapur sent his army under the
command of Siddi Johar to lay siege to Panhala. Shivaji Raje fought back and
they could not take the fort. The siege continued for 5 months, at the end of
which all provisions in the fort were exhausted and Shivaji Raje was on the
verge of being captured.
Under these
circumstances, Shivaji Raje decided that escape was the only option. He
gathered a small number of soldiers along with his trusted commander Veer Baji
Prabhu Deshpande and, on 13 July 1660,they escaped in the dead of night to flee
to Vishalgad. Veer Baji Prabhu and a barber, veer Shiva Kashid, who looked like
Shivaji Raje, kept the enemy engaged, giving them an impression that veer Shiva
Kashid was actually Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. In the ensuing battle (see
Battle of Pavan Khind), almost three quarters of the one thousand strong force
died, including Veer Baji Prabhu himself.
# Forts of Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj & Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj ki jai.....
1. https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/2025/07/kothaligad-peth-fort-karjat.html (Budget
Trip: 250 (Public transport).
2. https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/2025/07/dhak-bahiri-fort-kamshet.html
3. https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/2025/07/sarasgad-fort-pali.html
(Budget Trip: 400 (Public
transport).
4. https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/2025/07/31-murud-janjira-fort-murud.html
5. https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/2025/07/vasota-fort-vyaghragad.html
6.
https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/2025/06/29-fort-asherigad-fort-palghar.html
(Budget Trip: 200 (Public transport).
7. https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/2025/06/22-fort-mahuli-fort-bhandar-durg.html
(Budget Trip: 200 (Public
transport).
8. https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/p/28-fort-tringalwadi-fort-igatpuri.html
9. https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/p/visapur-fort-lonavala.html
10. https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/p/tung-fort-kathingad-lonavala.html
11. https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/p/tikona-fort-vitandgad-lonavala.html
12. https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/p/lohagad-fort-lonavala.html
13. https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/p/korigad-fort-lonavala.html
14. https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/p/mightyhikers-chhatrapati-shivaji_21.html
15. https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/p/nhavigad-fort-ratangad-fort-baglan.html
16. https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/p/bhaskargad-fort-nashik.html
17. https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/p/harihar-fort-harshagad-fort.html
18. https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/p/rajgad-fort-pune.html
(Budget Trip: 300 (Public
transport).
19. https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/p/torna-fort-pune.html
(Budget Trip: 300 (Public
transport).
20. https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/p/ankai-and-tankai-manmad.html
(Budget Trip: 400 (Public
transport).
21. https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/p/rang-mahal-chandwada-ahilyabai-holkar.html
(Budget Trip (Range Trek include Rang
Mahal, Chandwad, Indrai and Rajdher Fort and camping): 700 (Public transport).
22. https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/p/indrai-fort-chandwad.html
23. https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/p/rajdher-fort-chandwad.html
24. https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/p/chandwad-fort-chandwad.html
25. https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/p/mightyhikers-chhatrapati-shivaji_22.html
(Budget Trip: 300 (Public
transport).
26. https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/p/malhargad-killa-sonori-or.html
(Budget Trip: 150 (Public
transport).
27. https://mightyhikers.blogspot.com/p/chhatrapati-shahu-palacekolhapur.html
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