Sinhagad water tanks get a new lease of life
Sinhagad water tanks get a new lease of life
ByVijay ChavanVijay Chavan / Updated: Jun 28, 2021, 06:00 IST
The movie
Tanhaji increased the tourist flow on
Sinhagad Fort, however, fort lovers have raised concerns over the safety and ecology of the monument. They are demanding to curtail the visitors, as it is creating an adverse impact.
Several historical monuments are facing dismal status due to manpower shortage and financial arrangement by the state department of
archaeology and forest department.
At Sinhagad Fort, the most ancient assets are the 52
water tanks (currently only 35 exist) carved under the rocks. They are facing extinction because of the dumping of waste and not being cleaned for centuries. The Dev Taki (tank), the only stone-carved tank, is in use because of its sweet and hygienic mineral water. However, the Dev Taki was never cleaned.
The shocking reality of a deified inscribed stone gets uncovered
The shocking reality of a deified inscribed stone gets uncovered
ByVijay ChavanVijay Chavan / Updated: Feb 23, 2021, 06:00 IST
Lord Ganesh carved on it, at
Erandwane, was actually a depiction of a punishment involving a donkey
For decades now residents of the erstwhile
Erandwane gaothan (village) have been blissfully worshipping an ancient stone inscribed with what they imagined were images of the deity Ganesh and his vahan (mount) the mouse. They assumed that the stone was a ‘Veergal’ (stones inscribed by 10th-century rulers in praise of heroes) or a ‘Satigal’ (from the same period dedicated to widows of such heroes). Only, a young researcher with the Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal (BISM) has now uncovered that the deified relic at Erandwane was actually a ‘Gadhhegal’ (a donkey stone inscribed with the punishment meted out to a law breaker).