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SADASHIVGAD

Sadasivgad, (Karad T; 14° 50' N, 74° 05' E; RS. Karad, 1 m. S; p. 5,173) four miles north-east of Karad, is one of the chain forts built by Shivaji. Its defences consist of a low scarp of black rock with some light walls originally nine feet high now nearly in ruins. The ascent is by a very steep little frequented path from a hamlet of the same name on the south of the Karad-Bijapur road. The top is about twenty-three acres in extent and uninhabited. On the north side is a high gateway fallen into a well and there were four high bastions which fell about 100 years ago. The fort has also some ponds dug in the soil but not built in with masonry and some cave ponds all empty. On the hill top is a small temple of Mahadev at which a fair is held on the last Monday of Sravan every year which is attended by about 4,000 to 5,000 people. In 1862, Sadasivgad was noted as a dismantled and ruined fort. It had no garrison and had no water or supplies [Government List of Civil Forts (1862).]. A number of activities were undertaken in the village Sadasivgad under the Community Development Schemes such as construction of a well for drinking water and buildings for primary schools and Samaj Mandir.

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