Harishchandragadहरिश्चंद्रगड
Konkan Kada's 1,800-ft amphitheatre cliff, Taramati peak and an 11th-century rock-cut temple in one epic outing.
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About Harishchandragad
One of the great all-rounders of the Sahyadris, best known for Konkan Kada, a 1,800-ft concave cliff shaped like a natural amphitheatre, where wind pushes clouds vertically up the face. The fort has 11th-century origins and holds a Shiva temple, rock-cut caves and a stepped water tank. Routes vary hugely: Pachnai is the gentle way up, Nalichi Vaat is a technical gully, Khireshwar the classic middle path.
What to see and do
- Konkan Kada, the concave cliff and its cloud updraft
- Harishchandreshwar temple carved from a single rock
- Kedareshwar cave with a waist-deep water tank and giant lingam
- Taramati peak, the second-highest in Maharashtra
- Saptatirtha Pushkarni water tank
- Cave shelters where trekkers overnight
Part of Sahyadri (Western Ghats).
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