Suvarnadurg Fort

Suvarnadurg (translation: Golden Fort, also spelt Severndroog in English, a spelling sometimes also used for Savandurga) is a fort that is located on a small island in the Arabian Sea, near Harnai in Konkan, in the Indian state of Maharashtra on the west coast of India between Mumbai and Goa.

The literal meaning of Suvanadurga in the Marathi language is "Golden Fort" as it was considered as the pride or the "feather in the golden cap of Marathas". Built by Adilshah Navy for defence purposes, the fort also had a shipbuilding facility. The basic objective of establishing the fort was to counter enemy attacks, mainly by the colonialists of Europe and also by the local chieftains.

In the past, the land fort and the sea fort were connected by a tunnel, but this is now defunct. The present approach to the sea fort is only by boats from the Harnai port on the headland. It is a protected monument.

Texte adapté de « Suvarnadurg » de la Wikipédia en anglais, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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