Raireshwar / रायरेश्वर

Name :- Raireshwar Fort
Height : 1337 meters
Type of Fort :- Giridurg
Mountain Range :- Mahadev Dongar
Climb Grade :- Easy
Place :- Raireshwar
Taluka :- Bhor District, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

To realize the dream of Swarajya seen by Aaausaheb and Shahaji Raja, Bal Shivaji Raj took the oath to establish Swarajya in his sixteenth year. On 27th April 1645 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj along with his friends took the oath of Swarajya in front of Rohideshwar at Rohida fort on Raireshwar Plateau.

Raireshwar / रायरेश्वर

Rairi Plateau is 90 km from Pune and 28 km from Bhor. It is worth visiting in one day from Pune. Dense forests, deep valleys, high peaks, uneven plateaus, narrow gorges make this area inaccessible.

Where is the plateau of Raireshwar?

There are steps to go from the base to the fort, after climbing the steps one reaches a vertical cliff. An iron ladder and a railing have been installed to climb this ridge. As soon as you reach the top of the fort by the ladder, you can see the huge plateau of Raireshwar in front of you. The expansion of the plateau is 16 km wide and the temple of Raireshwar during the Pandava period can be seen on this plateau.

Another feature of this fort is that seven colors of soil can be seen at one place in which blue, green, red, red, yellow, black, purple and bluish colors are found. Another feature of the Rairi Plateau is the reverse waterfall that flows here during monsoons (Rainwater flows in a reverse direction due to air pressure instead of falling down the plateau). Along with this, there are many points worth seeing like Reverse Vice Point, Sunset Point, Shiva’s time tanks.

Places to see in the Raireshwar / रायरेश्वर

There are many places to see at Raireshwar like Pandava Shiva temple, seven colored soil, Pandava cave, Gomukhkund, beautiful sunrise and sunset, Aswalkhind (Nakinda).
Also Pandavgad, Vairatgad, Pachgani, Mahabaleshwar, Kolheshwar, Raigad, Lingana, Rajgad, Torna, Sinhagad, Vichitragad, Purandar, Rudramal, Chandragad, Kamalgad can be seen from the fort.

Raireshwar Temple

Shivlinga on the fort Today there is a temple of Janani Devi on the fort and a Shiva-era water tank besides the Shiva temple of Raireshwara sworn by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Fort wanderers visit Raireshwar before visiting Raigad.

Are there accommodation and food facilities at the fort?

40 to 45 families of mobile people live on Raireshwar Plateau. So the best food and accommodation facilities can be available in this place.

How to reach Raireshwar ?

There are many ways to reach Raireshwar / रायरेश्वर. If you go any way, it takes dawn.

Titedharan Korlebaju: From Pune via Bhor, Ambwade (Bhor) village and from there Titedharan Korlebaju can be reached to Raireshwar. It usually takes 3 hours to reach the fort by this route. The path is difficult in some places.
Bhor-Rairi route: There is a bus from Bhor village to Rairi village at eleven in the morning and in the evening. This path is also called Sambardarya path. It takes two hours to reach Raireshwar by this route.
Raireshwar can also be reached from Kenjalgad by Sundara or Shwandara.

Remember this!

Food and accommodation are best at the fort.
Summer, monsoon, winter all the three seasons are best to visit the fort.
There are other places to see from the Shiva temple on the fort. The fort is inhabited by nomadic people so take a knowledgeable person with you to see the place. The fort is big, don’t you dare go alone.
The fort is yours so do not pollute the fort.

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