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Early in the seventeenth century it is mentioned more than once in
connection with the movements of the Mughal troop's Deccan campaigns. In
1862, the fort is described, as strongly situated with very few defenses
left. This fort was on the historical Surat-Burhanpur commercial road.
Around the fort is a small village called as Laling village with 1,549
inhabitants in 1961. Laling besides the fort has two Hemadpanthi temples
in dilapidated condition. There is also a mined Hemadpanti well.
Presently the fort is in a ruined and collapsed state. It offers a
panoramic view of Dhule city. There is a Lilitamata temple at the top of
the Fort. There are several rock cut water cisterns on the fort. The
escape gate is on the southern side of the gate which leads to a
semicircular dam with a Chatri nearby.
Getting There
The Laling village is located
9.65 km from the Dhule city on a busy Mumbai-Agra NH3 Highway. The path from
the old Hemadpanti Temple leads to the Fort. After climbing halfway there
are steps to climb up the fort. The climbing is very easy and gentle.
Dhule is one of the few cities in
the Maharashtra State which is located on the junction of three National
Highways, these being NH-3, NH-6 and NH-211. Through the Asian Highway
project, portions of NH3 and NH6 passing through Dhule have been converted
into numbered Asian Highways AH47 & AH46 respectively.
Dhule Railway Station is
connected to Chalisgaon Junction Railway Station under Central Railways. The
Chalisgaon Dhule Passenger runs between the two stations four times a day.
The train also carries reserved coaches for Mumbai, which are connected to
another train from Chalisgaon onwards.
Dhule Airport is
situated near Gondur village, about 8 km from the Dhule. Currently there are
no scheduled airlines operating at this Airport. The nearest domestic
airport from Dhule is Aurangabad
Airport, located at Aurangabad, roughly 155 km from Dhule, three and a
half hours drive via MH SH 22. The airport is well connected to many major
cities like Mumbai, Nagpur and New Delhi etc.
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