Some of our guest from nashik were visiting our home at alibag. In night we
were talking about where to go for trip as next day was Sunday so we finled to
go kulaba fort as our guest were not heard of it they were exicated to visit
kulaba fort . we started at early morning and reached there in 20min.by walking
in dumb sand.
Kulaba Fort or Alibag Fort is an old military fortification in India. It is situated in the sea at a
distance of 1–2 km from the shores of Alibag, 35 km south of Mumbai, in the Konkan region of Maharashtra, India. It is a popular tourist destination and
a protected monument.
In fort there was a
person who was caretaker of that fort tel us the history of that fort.
The first mention of
Kulaba fort is when it was chosen by Shivaji Maharaj to be fortified after the whole of South
Konkan became free. In 1662, he strengthened and fortified Kulaba fort to make
it one of his chief naval stations. The command of the fort was given to Darya
Sagar and Manik Bhandari under whom Kulaba fort became the centre of Maratha
attacks on British ships.
In 1713 under a
treaty with Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath, Kulaba
along with several other forts was given over to Kanhoji Angre. He used it as his main base from which to
launch raids on British ships. In 1722, the British incensed at Angre's
activities, joined the Portuguese in an expedition against Kulaba. A Portuguese
land force and three English ships of the line under Commodore Mathews
co-operated but the attempt failed. The British blamed the failure . About this
time Kulaba is described by Hamilton as a fort built on a rock, a little way
from the mainland and at high water an island.[
The average height of
the fort walls is 25 feet. It has two main entrances, one on the sea side and
the other towards Alibag. An interesting feature of this fort is that it has freshwater wells in its premises even though it is a seaside
fort. In the monsoons, the fort can be reached by wading through waist-deep inside
water at low tide. However, at high tide boats are used to reach the fort
The Siddhivinayak
temple inside the fort was built by Raghoji Angre
in 1759.There are may small monuments and some people live in fort. After
hearing the history of the fort we click some pic,s and selfies and return to
main sea shoure in horse carriage(ghoda gadi). And had a lunch in a hotle. And then
back to home .
A DAY WELL SPENT…
