V-chitragad

The climb from here onward gets nearly perpendicular and scary to the core, with all the wind ready to throw you off the cliff. The ridge that you see in the above snap is the actual path to climb the fort. We had to literally climb with hands and foots firmly on the ground with the kid in toe that was some fun. The path just goes up and up.

We kept wondering about the "Vichitragadh" name and within 30 minutes of our early mount, we came to know just why. Brutal winds hit us like hurricane, one can easily get toppled over if he is not alert, and such was the speed. It was just raw nature at its worst. Posing for photographs was really useless, could keep ourselves and the camera still at that point. But once you see the stones on the first door of the fort, you know you’ve arrived. The fort provides you number of photo opportunities, and the view doesn't let you down with its awesomeness. There is nice little shelter in the form of recently renovated Rohideshwar temple, it was locked, but still the verandah provides enough shelter for you take some respite from the rains and fog and the ferocious winds.

Weather god provided us some window and gave us enough light to move around the fort post lunch, and see the awesome points around, the watchtowers are in pretty good shape and from there the view is just so awesome. But were content enough with what was in front of us. It’s a small fort and within an hour or so, with sightseeing and snaps session, we started our journey back.

The journey back was no different in terms of difficulty with steep downhill and the ferocity of wind continuing to lash us. Slowly but cautiously we were down in no time and thus ended an exhilarating journey of Rohida. That was it, trek to Rohida aka Vichitragadh was successfully completed. A farewell snap of the place depicts the grandeur of the fort.

NOTE: Very Important at the time of Shivaji for Rohida Khore & Bhor Area.

Where it is: Near BHOR

Dist: PUNE

Base village: BAJARWADI

Time to reach: ALMOST 2hrs.