Narayangad

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About three miles east of the town on a detached hill which on the north, south, and west rises sharp from the plain is the dismantled fort of Narayangad (2916). The chief strength of the fort lay in its great natural defences. Its artificial fortifications, which were never very strong, were almost completely dismantled in 1820. Ruins of its north wall and of four of its bastions remain. Inside the fort on the extreme hill top is a small temple of Hatsabai. The water-supply is abundant from two cisterns or tankis fed by springs and several reservoirs or hauds. At one of the cisterns the god Narayan is said to have shewn himself to his devotees about 1830. For two or three years after the manifestation, a fair, attended by thousands of people, was held every Monday in honour of the god. The hill has some other ruins, especially a stone doorway bearing on its lintel a figure of Ganpati and two attendant tigers. The fortress is said to have been built by the first Peshwa Balaji Vishvanath (1714-1720) and given in saranjam or service-grant to Sayaji Povar. In the last Maratha war of 1818 Narayangad is said to have surrendered to the English after only one shell had reached the inside of the. fort. [The late Mr. G. H. Johns, C. S.] In 1827 Captain Clunes notices Narayangaon as a market town or kasba with 700 houses, twenty shops, forty houses of dyers, and 200 wells.
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Coordinates:   19°6'56"N   74°1'58"E

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  • narayangad is one of the holly place of hastabai devi this areas peoples says this is one of the jagrut dewassthan.they comes and make many programmes in dasara,urus like bhajan ,kirtan,sapta,bhandara etc.this is one of the best place for trecking and wanbhojan.there are beautifull gufas and very cooled drinking water available in summer seasons.
  • Naryangad is one of historic places.. There is not much information available about this fort..this fort is situated in village called gadachiwadi..it is said that there use to be a underground secret way connected to shivneri fort in junnar..these forts are real treasure of our maharastra..
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