Jana Panhala is a fort situated in Sangli district of Maharashtra. It is 25 km from Miraj City. The fort is in between Miraj & Kavthemahankal Taluka Border. the hill is also known as Giriling Hill. The hill is also famous for Giriling temple. Dandoba reserve forest is also near from this. The locals also call this mountain as undaroba. Kavthemahankal is 17 km from Kuktoli village. In Kuktoli village their is one Mahadev Temple .On the hill their are 3 caves which is very famous. from base point to the fort distance is getting time almost 40 minutes by walking. The road is also made by the government .so you can go directly by private vehicles or otherwise by walking. Many of Groups taking initiative to conserving fort structure.
This fort is not mentioned anywhere during Shivaji MaharajтАЩs period. when asked why the fort is called juna Panhala, the locals said that the shilahar Raja had inspected this place before building the fort near to Kolhapur and had started building fort here. but due to some reason , the construction is abandoned and the Panhala was built near Kolhapur. so that this fort is known as Juna Panhala.
Nice post @Suyashkadam97 . There is need of conservation of such a historic heritage of Maharashtra. ItтАЩs somehow painful to see such condition of Fort by any means. Is it Juna (Old) or Jana ? Thanks for sharing.
