Shivneri Fort

Name: Shivneri Fort
Address: Junnar, Pune district, Pune, India, Junnar, Pune district, IN
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AddressJunnar, Pune district, Pune, India

Managed byMaharashtra State Archaeology & Museums Department

Today's hoursOpen today 12 AM - 11:59 PM

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TypeFort

Time needed4–6 hrs

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One of the eight forts credited to Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's early campaigns, and his birthplace in 1630. Perched atop a steep hill in the Western Ghats near Junnar, the fort offered a naturally defensible stronghold that shaped Shivaji's childhood and early military strategy. It retains bastions, water cisterns and a temple dedicated to the goddess Shivai, after whom Shivaji was named. The fort remains a popular trekking destination and a site of pilgrimage in Maratha history.

Did you know? Shivneri Fort is the birthplace of Chhatrapati Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire, born here in 1630, a small temple dedicated to the goddess Shivai, after whom he was named, still stands within the fort.