Sindhudurg Fort

Sindhudurg fort is the Maratha fort of great historical significance located in malvan tehsil of Sindhudurg district. It is situated on the western coast of the konkan region in Maharashtra state. The fort is basically built on the island near malvan in the Arabian Sea. The island was known by the name khurte island before fort was built on it.It is only about 1.5 km away from the malvan coast. Many tourist visit the fort to learn about history and the structures of the great Maratha fort.

The Strong Wall of the Fort

The Main Entrance of the Fort
(The entrance cannot be seen from the long distance, we have to come close and should know exact location to pin point the gate, which is one the marvelous of the Maratha architecture) 

The fort has Temple of shri Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and also hand print of Shivaji Maharaj is preserved and kept in the temple. There are total of 3 temples present on the fort land. These are Shri Bhavani Temple, Jari Mari Temple, and Shri rajeshwar temple of shivaji Maharaj. Also, the fort has many fresh water source for drinking purposes.

Shri Rajeshwar Temple



The fort is originally built by the great Indian ruler Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in 17th century. It was the need of time to extend the empire in sea waters also to fight with British and Portuguese colonies. It was very necessary to make a strong fort in the ocean waters to make this happen. From the long vision of Shivaji Maharaj this fort’s construction started. This fort was built in supervision of hiroji Indulkar who also supervised construction on the Raigad fort. The structure was marvelous and was built by 200 vaddera caste people and more than 4000 pounds of lead were utilized to make foundation and construction stronger. The total area of the fort is more than Murud Janjira fort and it is about 48 acres land. It took whole 3 years to build the fort. The walls were made very stronger because it has to faces the uneven nature of the sea and enemies.


In the older times, it was not suggested for Hindus to build there navy and was banned by scriptures. But Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj needed it to be built to counter the external powers which were rising along the coast. And he started to build his own navy and sea forts. Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is also known as the father of Indian Navy because of this reason.

The fort is open all through the summer and winter season. However, in rainy season the fort is closed for tourist because of the high tides in the ocean. The region receives high rainfall during the rainy season. The best time visit the fort is through march- July. The Sindhudurg district is warm and high on humidity across the summers.

How to Reach:

Sindhudurg fort is located in malvan in Sindhudurg district. Malvan is around 400 km away from Pune city, 390 km away from Mumbai city, 270 km away from Satara and 150 km away from Kolhapur city. It is well connected by road transport and also local bus transport is available through all nearest cities very frequently.

From Pune: Pune- Satara- Karad- Narayanwadi- Malkapur (through Amba Ghat)- Rajapur- Oros- Malvan.

From Mumbai: Mumbai- Roha- Mangoan- Khed- Sangameshwar-Ratnagiri- Rajapur- Oros- Malvan. Or Mumbai- Pune- Satara- Karad- Narayanwadi- Malkapur (through Amba Ghat)- Rajapur- Oros- Malvan.

From Satara: Satara- Karad- Narayanwadi- Malkapur (through Amba Ghat)- Rajapur- Oros- Malvan.

From Kolhapur: Kolhapur: Bhogawati- Phonda Ghat- Kankavali- Oros- Malvan.


Due to many tourists visit malvan. The town has various stay options from low ranges to high rates. This reservations can be done both offline or online. Also, MTDC stay is available in malvan where many activities are also available to enjoy.

Nearest Tourist Places:

Anganewadi Temple: The very famous temple of Aai Bharadi Devi is located in anganewadi village which is only 13 km away from the malvan town.

Vijaydurg Fort: Vijaydurg fort which was won and re constructed by Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is located at 73 km away from town.

https://maharashtratourists.blogspot.com/2023/03/vijaydurg-fort.html

Kunkeshwar: A very beautiful temple of lord shiva kunkeshwar is located around 42 km away from malvan which is a temple on the side of the beach in devgad tehsil.

https://maharashtratourists.blogspot.com/2023/03/kunkeshwar-shivas-temple-kunkeshwar-is.html

Devgad/ Devgad Fort: Devgad fort is 50 km away far from malvan and can be visited onroute of vijaydurg fort.

One can visit Mithbav beach, munage, vetye beach and tondavale beach within the day, these are very much unexplored and very calm clean beaches away from the tourist attention.

"Leave nothing but footprints, Take nothing but memories."