Panhala Fort

Panhala, Maharashtra Phone: Not Available Not available

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Panhala fort  (also known as  Panhalgad ,  Pahalla  and  Panalla  (literally "the home of serpents"), is located in  Panhala , 20 kilometres northwest of  Kolhapur  in  Maharashtra ,  India . It is strategically located looking over a pass in the  Sahyadri  mountain range which was a major trade route from  Bijapur  in the interior of Maharashtra to the coastal areas.  Due to its strategic location, it was the centre of several skirmishes in the  Deccan  involving the  Marathas , the  Mughals  and the British  East India Company , the most notable being the  Battle of Pavan Khind . Here, the queen regent of Kolhapur,  Tarabai , spent her formative years. Several parts of the fort and the structures within are still intact.