[3] In 1682, Moghul Sardar Hasan Ali Khan captured the fort, later recaptured by Sambhaji, the second Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire.

On the occasion of the Navratri, the temple is visited by devotees from Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Palghar districts.

[5] In 1967, a communal tension arose in Kalyan over the temple on Durgadi Fort, on which both Hindu and Muslim community had their claims.

While local Hindus believed the shrine atop the fort was that of Hindu goddess Durga, the Muslims claimed it to be a mosque and began performing namaaz near the temple.

Then the Navratri festival came, and Chief Minister Vasantrao Phulsing Naik announced a ban on the puja at the Durgadi temple.