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Kavnai Fort

India / Maharashtra / Ghoti /

Kavnai(Ka'vnai) Fort stands ten miles north of Igatpuri, two miles west of the railway line, midway between the Ghoti and Bailgaon stations of the Peninsula Railway. The fort, which is said to have been built by the Moghals, was ceded to the Peshwa by the Nizam in virtue of a treaty concluded after the battle of Udgir (1760) When the Marathas were defeated at Trimbak in 1818, Kavnai, like Tringalvadi and fifteen other neighbouring forts, fell without a struggle to the British. [Blacker's Maratha War, 322 note 2.] Captain Briggs who visited it after its surrender found two houses at the foot of the hill where the garrison lived. The ascent was easy till the scarp was reached. The scarp, though not very high, was nearly perpendicular and was climbed by bad rock-cut steps. There was only one tolerable gate. The top of the fort was small with an ample water supply and good houses for the garrison.
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Coordinates:   19°46'24"N   73°37'8"E

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  • Vishwajeet Ekbote (guest)
    Lord Rama,Lord Laxmana and Goddess Sita ,Chinese scholar Hsuan Tsang, Samarth Ramdas Swami ,Saint Nivruttinath, as well as Gajanan Maharaj of Shegaon had stayed in Kavnai fort during various times.
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