Srinath, Rajeev, Amol and Yuvraj visited Sagargad and Korlaigad in July 2009. The presentation contains info about the forts and also the photographs. Hasppy viewing.
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Sagargad and Korlaigad
1. कोरलाईगड आिण सागरगड
र ई ड स र ड Elevation
275 m (915 ft)
452m (1357ft )
Korlaigadand Sagargad Location Alibaug
2. Dharamtar Creek
Khanderi Fort
Underi Fort
Alibaug Khandale Village
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Kolaba Fort Sagargad
Agarkot Fort
Korlai Gad
Birla Mandir
3. Sagargad
Sagargad is a beautiful fort very close to Alibag. This hill‐fort, 7kms from
Alibag is an old fort of Shivaji's times at 1357ft from sea‐level. Half‐way
to the fort is Siddheshwar t
t th f t i Siddh h temple and an Ashram. Near temple a river
l d Ah N t l i
flowing by, and most of all a cliff just behind the temple where the river
becomes a waterfall. The best place of the trek....the temple and a
stream which joined a waterfall....The view from the edge of this
waterfall is fantastic. On the fort one finds nine tombs of Satis. The place
is called Sati Plateau. Besides this plateau a thumb like erect land mass
is called Sati Plateau. Besides this plateau a thumb‐like erect land mass
is known as Vanartok, it falls on the mid‐way to Sagargad. The place is
unforgettable. Apart from a ganesh temple, there are a few man made
ponds with water and green sprawling gardens on the flat mountain
ponds ith ater and green spra ling gardens on the flat mo ntain
surface.
83. ALIBAUG
Kundalika river
Korlaigad
Salav Bridge
Salav Bridge
Jetty of Vikram connects Alibaug and Murud
Ispat Steel Plant
Salav Village
MURUD
Phansad Sanctuary in south
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87. Korlai Fort (also called El Morro or Castle Curlew)
The fort is
Th f t i 2828 feet long, and its average breadth i eighty-nine f t The enclosing wall i 5' 3"
f tl d it b dth is i ht i feet. Th l i ll is
high and has 305 battlements for guns. It is entered by eleven gates - four are outer and seven are
inner. At the north point, within pistol-shot of main battery is the water cistern named Santa Cruz -
major source of water. The area within the fort walls is divided into three enclosures by two lines of
bastioned f tifi ti
b ti d fortifications. E h of th seven b ti
Each f the bastions b
bears th name of a saint. Th t
the f i t The two westward
t d
bastions are named San Diego (after Didacus of Alcala) and San Francisco (after Francis of Assisi).
The others are Sam Pedro, Sam Ignacio, and Sam Philippe.
The top f the
Th t of th hill is bastioned as well and i and surrounded b a parapet. It h a l
i b ti d ll d is d d d by t has large rain-water
i t
cistern with three mouths, each one-foot wide, and the ruins of the magazine and a church. The
church was built in 1630 for the use of the army and was functional until 1728.
There are th
Th three P t
Portuguese inscriptions. O
i i ti One, over a ddoorway i th centre and hi h t part of th
in the t d highest t f the
fort (see picture), reads as follows:
This castle was commanded to be built by the Viceroy of India D. Felippe Mascarenhas in
November of the year 1646 and Fernao Miranda Henriques being Captain of Chaul, and was
finished in May 1680, Christovao d Ab
fi i h d i M 1680 Ch i t Abreu d' A
Asevade b i C t i of thi f t
d being Captain f this fort.
The inscription is surmounted by a cross with a coat of arms having the Portuguese stars in the
centre and surrounded by seven castles. Other inscriptions over the main entrance and over an
altar in the chapel are worn out and undecipherable. D i th b i f M th rule, some of th
lt i th h l t d d i h bl During the brief Maratha l f the
names of the bastions were changed but now the only indication of their presence is some
dismantled shrines.
88. Korlai Fort (also called El Morro or Castle Curlew)
This fort was built in 1521 by the Portuguese with the permission of the Ahmednagar Sultanate.
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In 1521, taking advantage of the confusion in the aftermath of the death of the Burhan Nizam
the Portuguese tried to take over the fort. However the sultan retaliated and sent some of his
best men to reclaim the fort. Subsequently a truce was reached in which the Ahmednagar
sultanate occupied the island and no further fortification of the island took place. Only a
sultanate occupied the island and no further fortification of the island took place Only a
wooden cross remained on the island as a sign of its former rulers.
However in 1594, Abranches, a Portuguese captain with 1,500 soldiers and 1,500 natives took
possession of the fort. The besieged soldiers of the Sultanate tried to block their way by putting
possession of the fort The besieged soldiers of the Sultanate tried to block their way by putting
a dead elephant at the main gate and a dead horse at the inner gate. But in the end they had to
surrender. The Portuguese won the fort but not having enough men to stand guard there chose
to destroy it leaving only the central tower and a battery intact.
On the inland side ‐ the only place where it was susceptible to be attacked it was protected by a
ditch and could only be accessed by a drawbridge. The main entrance was guarded by a bronze
lion and the highest tower by a bronze eagle. It housed 7,000 horses and as much men.
lion and the highest tower by a bronze eagle It housed 7 000 horses and as much men
Some parts of it were rebuilt later but now had a garrison of only 50 men. The church within the
fort was used for worship on Sundays and holidays. Korlai fort was also strategically very
important as it guarded the mouth of the bay. Sambhaji the son of Shivaji tried to take it over
important as it guarded the mouth of the bay Sambhaji the son of Shivaji tried to take it over
but failed and had to withdraw his forces on 6th December, 1687.The fort was taken by the
Marathas who held it from 1739‐1818.
131. Un spoilt
Un hurried
Un touched
Un confined
Un expected
Un conquered
Un paralleled
Un paralleled
Un matched
Un stressed
Un stressed
Un limited
Standing as silent sentinels to history are the 350‐odd forts of Maharashtra. Beaten by
g y y
the sea waves, lashed at by the torrential Deccan rains, or scorched in the blazing sun,
stand imposing ramparts and crumbling walls , the last lingering memories of
Maharashtra's martial times. Nowhere in the country would you encounter such a
profusion of forts. And such variety. Sited on an island, or guarding the seas or among
the Sahyadri hills, whose zig‐zag walls and rounded bastions sit like a scepter and
crown amidst hills turned mauve.