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Ajinkyatara Fort

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Ajinkyatara Fort
Ajinkyatara Fort
Ajinkyatara Fort
Ajinkyatara Fort
Ajinkyatara Fort
Ajinkyatara Fort
Ajinkyatara Fort
Ajinkyatara Fort
Ajinkyatara Fort
Ajinkyatara Fort
Ajinkyatara Fort
Ajinkyatara Fort
Ajinkyatara Fort
Ajinkyatara Fort
Ajinkyatara Fort
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Ajinkyatara is a fort on one of the seven mountains surrounding the city of Satara in the Sahayadri Mountains of Maharashtra, India. It is a 16th-century fort that was called Ajimtara during Aurangzeb regime and was based on Aurangzeb son's name, Ajim. Marathi novelist Narayan Hari Apte named the fort Ajinkyatara, when he wrote his first novel on the same name, first published in 1909. Now it also holds the television tower for the city of Satara. This fort has been the place where several pivotal moments in Maratha history took place. The fort is located at Ajinkyatara Mountain, which is 3,300 feet high. In 1708, Shahu Maharaj won Ajinkyatara, which remained with the Marathas till 1818. The Ajinkyatara fort is a major historic place of Maharashtra, and was vital as one could keep watch over the entire south Maharashtra. This was the place where Tarabai was imprisoned by Shahu.The fortress is also mentioned in Nathmadhav's novel Veer Dhaval, in which the eponymous protagonist, a vassal of the Chalukyas, is the rightful master of the fort which has been under the misrule of his uncle Chanda Varma, who usurped the fort after murdering the protagonist's father Keerti Varma. Access to Ajinkyatara is possible by road , train or plane .
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