Firefly Kothaligad Night Trek | Mumbai Mountain Hikers

Firefly Kothaligad Night Trek | Mumbai Mountain Hikers
Firefly, every year before monsoon we celebrate firefly festival. End of May and start of June fire fly are started to visible. There some location in Maharshtra Firefly are spotted and huge amount of people use to go for Firefly. Fire Fly belong to the Lampyridae family of insects. They have soft body. The female fly attract to Male fly for matting that is why they produce light.
Kothligad is small Fort of Maharashtra. Kothaligad is also known as Peth. Kothaligad height is 3100ft. Kothaligad is situated in east of Karjat on the road of Karjat-Murbad. Kothaligad was use as a Lighthouse. From the Kothaligad the Direction was given about enemy. In fact we can say Kothaligad also use as watch tower to keep eye on Mawal area in the Kingdom of Maratha. There is a small temple and large cave at the base and a chimney like tunnel to the top of the fort. This pinnacle is carved from inside forming a staircase reaching the top. There is a tank of water (rock cut water cistern) at some distance from the cave and another one at the top of the fort. The stone is a single black expanse reaching till the Peth village standing on the fertile soil with abundant natural resources for water and farming. The cave and the temple carvings date back to the 13th century. Not much is known about the history until the 18th century. In 1684 Aurangjeb sent Abdul Kadir and AlaiBiradkar to capture this fort. After a small skirmish, the fort was captured by Abdul Kadir. Aurangjeb honored Abdul Kadir and renamed this fort as Miftah-ul-Fateh (Key to success). Then later on, on 2 November 1817, it was recaptured by the Marathas under the leadership of Bapurao who was general of Bajirao Peshwa.

Some Information about Trek;
Category: Trek
Height: 3100 Feet
Grade: Easy
Endurance: Easy
Base Village: Peth Village/Ambivali Village
Range: Matheran

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