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This is ruins of Raigad fort. Shivaji Maharaj seized the fort in 1656, then known as the fort of Rairi from Chandraraoji More, The King of Jawali. He renovated and expanded the fort of Rairi and renamed it as Raigad (King's Fort). It became the capital of Shivaji Maharaj's Maratha Empire. Walking through this vast fort at one corner these towers reminded me of Gandalf of Lord of the Rings. The tower in which he was impresioned but Saruman was Orthanc.

Orthanc was the black, impenetrable tower of Isengard built by the Dúnedain. By the Great Years and the War of the Ring, it was controlled by the wizard Saruman the White. It stood in the center of the Ring of Isengard, surrounded by great defensive walls fortified by the early Men of Gondor.

 

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