Lohara is a village in Pachora taluka of Jalgaon district. Although this village has beautiful Balaji temple, the outside world is not very familiar with this village. But as I read that the remains like village gates, ramparts and bastions still remain in this village, our search journey reached here. This village located in Pachora taluka is 27 km from Pachora taluka center and 40 km from Jalgaon by road. Near the market place where the market of Lohara village is held is the ruined door of the fort of this village. The gate has been completely destroyed and today only its arch and the ruined brick bastion next to it remain. This arch has also been plastered with cement. The road entering through this door is known as Balaji Mandir Road. This road takes us directly to the Balaji temple. This temple dates back to medieval times. Near this temple we get to see Deshmukhs spacious two-storied mansion (wada). ... Although there is mention of a fort at Lohara, there is no fort but a spacious wada (mansion). The main entrance of this Deshmukh Wada is made of wood and the carvings done by the artisans throughout the construction of the Wada reveal the art of that time. In the upper part of it, there is a separate facility for the guards to keep watch. There are wells in the mansion and they still have water. There are two paves (underground store room) inside the fort which can hold about 1000 pots. No defense structure is visible in this mansion. The facade of the palace is built of stone and the rest of the structure is made of bricks. This brick construction has collapsed in many places. It is unfortunate that there are some families living in the mansion and they do not know much about the history of Deshmukhs instead of this mansion. Since the administration system of this area was maintained by the local family, the locals used to work to align with the central authority. These people used to manage most of their affairs from their forts, so the number of forts in this area can be seen in large numbers. As this Vatandar resided in this fort, the security system there was perfect, but nothing like that can be seen in this mansion. Looking at the total height of the mansion, the entire Lohara village could be seen from its upper side, but now due to the collapse of the upper side, it was not possible to go there. One hour is enough to wander around Lohara village. According to the information provided by the Deshmukhs here, Trimbak Narayan Deshmukh had hunted tigers in Lohara and Baroda during the British rule, so he got married to Shantabai, the daughter of Sayajiraje's Sardar Ambojiraje Pande. Deshmukh here says that he is related to Punyashloka Ahilya Devi Holkar. He also said that the Deshmukh family had 1200 acres of land during the British era.
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