Bhaje Caves
Eighteen Buddhist caves of first century BC located at the foothill of Lohgad fort. The last cave to the south has excellent sculptures including that of the famous `Dancing Couple`.
Lohagad (”the Iron fort“)
Shivaji captured it in 1648 AD, but he was forced to surrender it to the Mughals in 1665 AD by the Treaty of Purandar. Shivaji recaptured the fort in 1670 AD and used it for keeping his treasury.
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Treklog
It was sunday. With nothing to do and boredom getting out of control, me and prasad chalked up an impromptu plan to trek to Lohagad. It was decided that we would go by train and i duly gathered all the details. Later, i learnt that Vaibhav and Prasad had come up with a plan to go by road, in his car. “All the better”, i thought.
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