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Jaigad Fort

India

Heritage status
Monument of National Importance
Location
Ratnagiri district
Coordinates
17.30212°, 73.2209°
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Jaigad Fort in India
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Description

Jaigad Fort, Jayagaḍa killā) (Also transliterated as Zyghur in old British records.) is a coastal fortification that is located at the tip of a peninsula in Jaigad, Ratnagiri District at a distance of 14 km from the temple town of Ganpatipule, in the state of Maharashtra, India. Nestled on a cliff, it overlooks a bay formed where the Shastri river enters the Arabian Sea.

It has a commanding view of the bay, the nearby power plant and the open sea. A jetty port Angrey, and a lighthouse is located nearby. Although in ruins, most of the fort's outer wall and ramparts still stand. A deep moat surrounds the fort side not facing the cliff edge. In the middle of the 13 acre fort lies the palace of Kanhoji Angre, a Ganpati temple and wells to store water. It is a protected monument.

Text adapted from “Jaigad Fort” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Jaigad Fort ranks #4,798 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #172 of the 223 mapped in India. See how India compares in the castle statistics.

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