Singhgad Fort is one the favorite picnic spot among Puneits. It is not only famous for picnic, but also a good trekking place. It is about 25 km away from Pune.
Singhgad Fort has great history behind it. Tanaji Malusare fought to regain this fort. Here you can see samadhi of Tanaji Malusare, samadhi of Rajaram Maharaj, dev taki, bunglows of Lokamaya Tilak and G D. madgulkar (famous marathi poet). Tower of Doordarshan Mumbai is also here on Singhgad.
Here on Singhgad, you get sweet curd, buttermilk, kanda bhaji and pithala bhakari which are famous among tourists. On the way back to Pune, you can also stop at Khadakwasla Dam.
You can tell us more about Singhgad Fort in Pune through comment.
March 11th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
At least do not misspell the names of the forts.
It is Sinhagad and not Singhgad!
June 9th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Please do correction in spelling of fort
you are misleading the ppl
July 20th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
you may visit http://www.puneritraveller.com/forts.html or http://www.puneritraveller.com/sinhagad.html for more details
September 29th, 2009 at 12:28 am
Please coreect the spelling of fort name.
January 18th, 2010 at 9:12 am
Are you new for Pune. what is the spelling of Sinhagad?
Correct immediately.
January 25th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
Please Correct the misspelled word in your page.
This is very important.
You are hitting on the whole meaning of the name.