Mangalgad

Mangalgad, also called Kangori, crowns a steep, treeless spur of the Sahyadri 749 m high, about 18 km east of Mahad town in the Mahad sub-division. Chandrarao More of Jawli built it, and Shivaji took it in 1648 as one of seven forts. In later years it served as a prison: Chitursing, brother of the Raja of Satara, was held here from 1812 until he died in 1818, and two English officers, Cornets Hunter and Morrison, captured near Pune in 1817, were confined here before being moved to Vasota. Colonel Prother took the fort in 1818 after Raigad fell.

The trek from the base village of Dudhanewadi takes about two hours along a narrow, rugged path roughly two miles long. The fort stretches some 450 m east to west and 80 m north to south. Its gateway, buildings, wada and prison are in ruins, though part of the rampart survives, and the top holds the Kangori Devi temple and rock-cut cisterns.