The first few I people I asked, did not have a clue that Satara had a fort even. Luckily, I found a guy who knew the place and directed me to it. You have reach it by passing 2 hills (around 4 kms). I took a short cut which reduced my journey by atleast 15 mins. The ground was wet, but, the path was pretty straight forward. I then did a stupid thing (so what's new?). The last 100 meters looked climbable and I tried to climb the hill instead of using the road. A piece of advise of guys like me who travel alone and want to climb hills - DONT. The climb is never as easy as it looks, the ground is more slippery than it looks, the rocks that looks so solid actually crumbles and finally it is STUPID. I was lucky that day to escape with few minor scratches.

Inside the fort is a protected area. Not, because of its historic value, but, because it used by Doordarshan (or prasar bharati) to transmit TV signals. There is a also a power station. There was very little of historic significance. The only thing I found up was this temple with the a very small linga inside. There were no security guards around and I bet I could have taken the thing away and no one would have noticed.

One more incidence of Maharashtra's penchant for commercialisation. This building is the old palace which is used as a market place. The new palace which lies next to it is used as the police station and other governmental offices.