01Swaraj begins
Torna was a Bijapur fort, lightly held. Around 1646, the young Shivaji and his Mavala companions took it without a real fight and he named it Prachandagad, the mighty fort. Maratha chronicles say that while repairing the walls his men found a buried treasure, which paid for the fortification of nearby Murumbdev, renamed Rajgad. The fort runs along a long narrow ridge, with the Budhla and Zunjar machis at its two ends and the small temple of Menghai Devi near the gate.
The life of this place
- c. 1646Shivaji takes Torna, his first fort, and names it Prachandagad.
Visiting
From Velhe village, about 60 km south-west of Pune; a steep trek of three to four hours up and back.
