Kalyangad

Kalyangad, also known as Nandgiri, rises to about 1,070 m where a spur of the Mahadev range ends in Koregaon taluka, eight miles north of Koregaon and roughly fourteen north-east of Satara. Tradition credits its building to the Shilahara king Bhoj II of Panhala. It was surrendered to Shivaji in 1673 with other Satara forts, later held by the Pratinidhi, and fell to General Pritzler's army in April 1818. In 1791 Major Price likened its outline to the hull of a warship.

From the base village of Nandgiri (Dhumalwadi) the climb takes about 45 minutes. Two gateways, one below the other and joined by steps, lead in; between them is the Gavi, a cave pond full of good water, hard to reach through prickly pear. The plateau holds ruined buildings, four ponds, a renovated Maruti temple, idols of Dattatraya and Parasnath, and the tomb of the saint Abdul Karim, whose five-day urus falls just before Holi Paurnima.