So, there I was exploring another beautiful place…discovering some new stories…and totally falling in love with nature…
Raigad, a hill fort situated in Mahad region is a must-to-visit place if you want to keenly explore more about Maratha Kingdom and the rule of Shivaji Maharaj…The Maratha king Shivaji made the fort his capital when he was crowned King of a Maratha Kingdom which later developed into the Maratha Empire…
I was just a rope-way away from the fort and was ready to discover the majesty of Maratha Empire and the royal Raigad Fort… As my journey began in that rope-way, I was paving my way to the top, leaving behind the clamour of city life… There is a nice arrangement for accommodation in the fort itself where in the advantage is that you can anytime have a stroll around the fort and look at the sky draped with thousands of tiny glittering stars during night…For dinner, I gorged on some hot pitla-bhaakri, which seemed to be highly delightful…
The next morning, i must call the most memorable morning of my life… As i woke up, i peeped outside the window of my room…and to my utter surprise, I was all around clouds…or i must say the clouds were all around me… I felt like going beyond the shackles of my busy life…
There I was standing at the edge of the cliff…I fell silent impressed by the elemental force of nature… I fell silent for having seen the best picturesque any eyes could ever see…I could see the nature talking to me…The cold breeze caressed my body…The gliding clouds enjoyed their beautiful odyssey…The trees nodded in reply…And the mountains stood tall in pride…for a moment I was contemplated by the beauty of nature…. I wanted to just dive in that whirlpool of clouds…. I fell in love with the view… After getting mesmerized by the majesty of mountains at Raigad, I was even more excited to explore the fort…
As I began exploring the fort, the locals of Raigad offered me their home-made energy drink, that is – butter milk…After having a little chat with them, i continued to explore the royalty of the fort… I came across a statue of Shivaji Maharaj, map of Raigad, the Gangasagar lake, Bazarpeth and Nagarkhana, Takmak Tok and samadhi of Shivaji Maharaj…. The most exciting element for me was the Takmak Tok… The view from there made me awestruck…It was supposed to be the execution point, a cliff from which the sentenced prisoners were thrown to their deaths… After this amazing exploration, I feel that I have collected a lot in store for my memories… Memories, I would cherish life long… An end to this escapade is looking for another new discovery…
Endings are beginnings in disguise… 🙂