Moonlight trek from Katraj to Sinhgad
Super full moon night happens once in a year when moon is brightest and closest to earth. It was this day ... sorry I mean night when most of the trekking community in Pune come together to do 22kms trek covering 13hills from Katraj to the destination Sinhgad. The Sinhagad fort stands about 25 kms from Pune and is one of the important Maratha forts having a colourful history linked with it. The fort was formerly known as Kondhana, its literal translation is the "Fortress of the Lion". In 1670 Shivaji's General, Tanaji Malusare, led a force of men who scaled the steep hillside in the dark and defeated the unprepared forces of Bijapur. There are monuments at the spot where Tanaji died, and also at the place where he lost his left hand before his death. There is also a historic bungalow up there, where Gandhiji met the freedom fighter, Tilak, in 1915. I along with group of 8 from bagpack outdoors started our journey from Dadar picking our colleagues on the way from Vashi ...