Unknown fort in Maharashtra :- Juna Panhala

[Suyashkadam97]

Jana Panhala Fort

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 Maharaj's 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.

How to reach :

Nearest city  Miraj =25 km,

                      Kavthemahankal =17 km

Nearest Railway Station Miraj Jn= 25 km,

                                         Belanki =5 km,

Nearest Bus Stand   Kuktoli =2 km

Nearest airport Kolhapur =75 km

@TRA @Shrut19 @FalguniP 

[ajitthite]

फारच छान माहिती आणि फोटो आहेत! पुढच्या वेळेला मिरजेला जाईन तेव्हा नक्की भेट देईन इथे. गुगल मॅप्स चे लोकेशन शेअर केले तर अजून योग्य फायदा होईल समजायला.

धन्यवाद! @Suyashkadam97 

[Tushar_Suradkar]

This reminds me of the Siri fort of Delhi which survives today only in name and a few portions of walls and its ruins.

The Juna Panhala or Jana Panhala fort - whatever it is called, has almost nothing left of it.

Anyways, a nice post @Suyashkadam97 

Agree with @ajitthite - please share the Google Maps location so that local guides can plan a visit here.

[Shrut19]

नमस्कार,

@Suyashkadam97 

पोस्ट मधिल माहितीसाठी धन्यवाद..

महाराष्ट्रातील महाराजांच्या सर्व किल्ले भेट मनात आहे..

[Saiyen]

Which one is the fort @Suyashkadam97? 

[Rohan10]

Nice post @Suyashkadam97 . There is need of conservation of such a historic heritage of Maharashtra. It’s somehow painful to see such condition of Fort by any means. Is it Juna (Old) or Jana ?  Thanks for sharing. 

[RosyKohli]

@Suyashkadam97 

Thanks for sharing beautiful photo's & post on Juna Panjala fort of Maharashtra.

Is there proper road to take vehicle .

Inside the fort are there in artifact's of that time.