Kulaba Fort.

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…