All of us are most familiar with the Kalsubai range in Akole taluka. The fort-like Aundha, Patta, Add, bitanga are situated on the Eastern side of this range. Aad is the last fort in this range. To reach this fort, you have to reach Thangaon. on Ghoti- Bhandardara road distance from Taked village to Ghoti-Thangaon via Mahismal Ghat is 52 km and 75 km via Sinnar. The distance from Thangaon to the upper Adwadi at the foot of Aad is about 10 km. Due to windmills Road network has been spread in all these areas. Most of the villagers do not know about this fort but they are aware of aadubai the goddess of the fort. ... The Mahanubhav sect's ashram looks like a house a little further down the road from the upper Adwadi. A half an hour trails take you on the fort through broken fortification and you enter in the fort. This is the closest way to the fort. Besides this another way to the fort from base village aadwadi which is taking more time. On the side of Adwadi, one of the trunks of Aad fort descends towards the village. If you come from the village, after crossing the dam on the way, you come to the Hanuman temple at the foot of the fort. in this temple, you can see two hero stones. From here, after a slight ascent to trunk the path turns right, and in an hour we reach the top of the fort. On the left side of the road leading to the fort on the side of Adwadi, there is a natural wide cave in the ridge and inside there is a temple of Goddess Adubai. Adjacent to this cave is another excavated cave and adjacent drinking water tanks. This place is suitable for staying at the fort. Turning right from here, there are 10-12 steps carved in the rock to reach the top of the fort. Some of these steps are broken so you have to climb a little carefully. The height of the fort is 4028 feet above the sea level. The top of the fort is a wide plateau and is spread over about 40 acres from south to north. The fort has fallen a lot and in some places, sparse ramparts can be seen. Remains of some ruined structures can be seen at the top of the fort. The stone sculptures damaged so badly that you cannot find out the real carving of a god. In front of this idol is a large stone lamp. There are two remains palaces on the hill in the middle of the fort and one of them has a samadhi on the plinth. Apart from this, to the west of the fort, one can see the remains of another building with a wall. There are a total of 16 water tanks at six places on the fort and except for one tank at the cave, there are five water tanks. In all these tanks, trenches have been dug on the rock to collect water. Apart from this, there is a large water tank on the fort. The fort should have a large population while the fort is a delight to see the water supply on the fort and the scattered remains everywhere. The gate on the north side of the fort is known as the Konkan Gate. Today, only the frame of this door stands, and the fallen stones of the arch are scattered all around. from top of the fort, you can see on the East side Aundha, Patta, bitangad, mhasoba mountain, Kalsubai, and on western side dubergad. One hour is enough to make a complete round of a fort. History about this fort does not appear anywhere. Note - The five forts of Dubergad, Aad, Patta, Aundha, and Bitangad can be seen in two days by private vehicle.
© Suresh Nimbalkar