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{{Infobox mountain<br />
| name = Anjaneri<br />
|native_name = {{native name|mr|अंजनेरी किल्ला}}<br />
| photo =Anjineri fort Nasik.jpg<br />
| photo_caption =Anjineri fort Nasik<br />
| elevation_m = 1280<br />
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| prominence = <br />
| map = Maharashtra<br />
| map_caption = Location of Anjaneri, Maharashtra<br />
| map_size = 290<br />
| label_position = right<br />
| location = [[Nashik]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]<br />
| range = [[Trimbakeshwar]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|19.92|N|73.57|E|type:mountain_region:IN_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| range_coordinates = <br />
| topo = <br />
| type = hill fort<br />
| age = <br />
| first_ascent = <br />
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}}<br />
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'''Anjaneri''', one of the forts in the mountain range of [[Nasik]]-[[Trimbakeshwar|Trimbakeshwa]]. Anjaneri is located 20&nbsp;km away from Nasik by Trimbak Road. It is a popular trekking spot, especially in the rainy season.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sheikh |first=Azhar|date=2018-03-30|title=जाणून घेऊया : हनुमान जन्मस्थळाने परिचित नाशिकमधील चार हजार फूटी अंजनेरी गड|url=https://www.lokmat.com/maharashtra/let-us-know-4-thousand-feet-anjaneri-fort-nashik-familiar-birth-place-hanuman/|access-date=2022-06-01|website=Lokmat|language=mr-IN}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:Carved temple66.jpg|[[Jain]] temple|thumb]]<br />
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Anjaneri is an attraction of Nasik city, which is also an important fort in the [[Trimbakeshwar Range|Trimbakeshwar region]]. Situated at {{convert|4264|ft|m}} above sea level, it lies between [[Nashik district|Nasik]] and Trimbakeshwar.<br />
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Anjaneri is unproven birthplace of [[Hanuman]], and is named after Hanuman's mother, [[Añjanā|Anjani]].<ref name="MustSee">{{cite web| title=Anjaneri, Trimbakeshwar| publisher=Must See India| url=http://www.mustseeindia.com/Trimbakeshwar-Anjaneri/attraction/14034| access-date=5 February 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081018081752/http://www.mustseeindia.com/Trimbakeshwar-Anjaneri/attraction/14034| archive-date=18 October 2008| url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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108 [[Jain]] caves are found here belonging to the 11th-12th century.{{Sfn|Titze|Bruhn|1998|p=78}} The area around Anjaneri was once ruled for a brief period by [[Abhira dynasty|Veersen Maratha (also spelled Abhir)]], who made it his capital.<ref>{{cite book|author=Rameśa Desāī|title=Shivaji, the Last Great Fort Architect|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=25UyAAAAIAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Maharashtra Information Centre, Directorate-General of Information and Public Relations, Government of Maharashtra|page=57}}</ref><br />
This place was used by Raghunathrao Peshva alias [[Raghobadada]] as summer retreat when he as in exile. During [[British Raj]], the [[christian missionaries]] of [[Saharanpur]] and [[Malegaon]] regularly visited Anjaneri during summer and held the service of the [[Church of England]].<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite book |last1=Pathak |first1=Srunchandra S. |title=Nashik District gazetteer |date=1975 |publisher=Government of maharashtra |location=Bombay |edition=second |url=https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Nasik/022%20Places/001%20Place.htm#Anjaneri |access-date=21 May 2021}}</ref><br />
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Anjaneri is declared as Conservation Reserve in 2017 under the section 36A of WildLife protection Act, 1972, The area of conservation reserve is 5.69Sq.km.<ref name="ENVIS">{{cite web|last1=Govt of India|title=Conservation Reserves|url=http://www.wiienvis.nic.in/Database/cri_8229.aspx|url-status=live|access-date=20 May 2021|website=ENVIS Centre on Wildlife & Protected Areas|publisher=Ministry of Environment and Forests}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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* {{citation |last1=Titze |first1=Kurt|last2=Bruhn |first2= Klaus|title=Jainism: A Pictorial Guide to the Religion of Non-Violence |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=loQkEIf8z5wC |publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] |edition=2 |date=1998 |isbn=81-208-1534-3 }}<br />
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[[Category:Forts in Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:Jain rock-cut architecture]]<br />
[[Category:Places in the Ramayana]]<br />
[[Category:Locations in Hindu mythology]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Nashik]]<br />
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