The only entrance to citadel of 14th century Devgiri Fort is through a devious tunnel which in times of siege was rendered impassable by an ingenious contrivance. This sub-terrain passage is indeed mysterious and in spite of several individual's attempts, all its mysteries are not known.
The long ascending tunnel rises rapidly and tortuously by a flight of steps, which are uneven in width and height, difficult for climb in the absence of light.
The labyrintheine passage coupled with the darkness confuse the enemy army to kill themselves along a tunnel containing numerous chambers cut out of solid rock which were used then as guard rooms and store houses. The tunnel was impassable when the great obstacles come in the form of darkness, barrier of smoke, splash of oil and water from above.
The long ascending tunnel rises rapidly and tortuously by a flight of steps, which are uneven in width and height, difficult for climb in the absence of light.
The labyrintheine passage coupled with the darkness confuse the enemy army to kill themselves along a tunnel containing numerous chambers cut out of solid rock which were used then as guard rooms and store houses. The tunnel was impassable when the great obstacles come in the form of darkness, barrier of smoke, splash of oil and water from above.
22 comments:
Beautiful photos of the fort!
Nice click
Lovely photos!
What a cool fort to visit, great shots. Thanks for sharing!
Really interesting and so much history! Would like to take the tour.
Never been here...interesting place..
Interesting
Great pics.
Have a nice day :)
Mormor
These are beautiful photos, very interesting place.
Interesting fort. Where is this?
Great place!
Thank you for sharing.
Great photos about a very intriquing place ~ thanks, carol, xxx
Must have taken a long time to build
Beautiful pictures. The fort looks so historic.
It looks and sounds like an amazing place, I'd love to explore it.
Very nice photos! Beautiful place full of history! I really like this citadel!
An amazing and intriguing place it is indeed!! You do find such wonderful places, Rajesh!! Thanks, as always, for sharing!!
Great post
super cool spiritual clicks :) :)
Did you climb those stairs? I know I could not make it.
Have a good Blue Monday, Rajesh.
It makes me shake just to think about walking through that tunnel/labyrinth. Very interesting.
Nice photo. What is inside the passage? How long is the passage? Hope to visit some day.
Abhijit: Only passing through the passage one can access top portion of the fort.
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