Parasgad Fort

magnificent fort of Parashghad, dating back to the 10th century and built by famous rulers of Ratta dynasty.

Parasgad Fort is located about two kilometres south of Saundatti village, and stands on the south-west edge of a range of hills immediately overlooking the black soil plain down below.

Atop the hill-fort is a small ruined shrine to the Hindu deity Maruthi.

This passes by a natural spring with a water tank measuring thirty by six metres called the Ramatheertha, and a cave housing statues of Hindu deities and mythological figures including Jamadagni, Parashurama, Rama, and Sita, a Shivalinga with a Nandi.

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