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'''Durgadi Fort''' is a fort located in [[Kalyan]], near [[Mumbai]] in [[Maharashtra]], India.

The fort has a [[Hindu temple]] and a [[masjid]] at the top, which has religious significance for both [[Hindus]] and [[Muslims]]. It has witnessed riots in the past and is considered communally sensitive. A team of [[Maharashtra Police|State Reserve Police Force]] personnel is deployed for security.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tandel |first1=Faisal |title=Cop finds SRPF napping on duty, steals entire platoon's guns |url=https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/cop-finds-srpf-napping-on-duty--steals-entire-platoon-s-guns-16927195 |publisher=[[Mid Day]] |date=February 5, 2016}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Durgadi Fort ,Kalyan, Maharashtra - panoramio (1).jpg|thumb|left|An entrance gate of the Durgadi Fort]]
The fort's construction started during [[Shah Jahan]]'s reign and was completed in [[Aurangzeb]]'s reign in 1694 AD. Durgadi Fort is built on a hill beside the Kalyan creek. The fort came under [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]] when Chhatrapati [[Shivaji]] Maharaj captured [[Kalyan]] and [[Bhiwandi]] from Adilshah in 1654. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj built the fort close to the creek and used it as a dock to build boats and ships. During [[British Raj]], stones from the fort wall were used to construct the [[Kalyan]] and [[Thane]] piers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Exploring the forts of Thane |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/photos/mumbai-news/photos-exploring-the-forts-of-thane/photo-HhFakJYTmSebIQklOoWrzL-4.html |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=May 19, 2018}}</ref>

Under the rule of Marathas, a new gate about 150 feet to the south of the Ganesh Gate was opened near the mansion of Maratha General [[Ramji Mahadev Biwalkar]]. In the citadel of the fort, Marathas built a small temple of Hindu goddess [[Durga]] and named the fort Durgadi in honor of the goddess, a name it still bears. The original idol of the goddess Durga was stolen in 1876.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj used the fort as dock and began the work of the first [[Navy]] of [[Hindavi Swarajya]] and he hired 340 Portuguese artisans to build the naval docks. Later, the fort was repaired by [[Ramji Mahadev Biwalkar]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Durgadi Fort |url=http://indiaairport.com/tourism/kalyan-dombivali/durgadi_fort.htm |work=IndiaAirport.com}}</ref>

In 1682, Moghul Sardar Hasan Ali Khan captured the fort, later recaptured by Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, the second Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire. However, the Moghuls took it over again in 1689. It later came under Peshwas. In 1728, the Portuguese attacked the fort but were repelled by Shankarji Keshav Phadke, a Peshwa commander.<ref>{{cite web |title=Durgadi Fort |url=https://www.globalkalyan.com/durgadi-fort/}}</ref>

The [[Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation]] has built a new gate and made a garden around the fort.

== Durgadi Temple ==
[[File:Durgadi Fort ,Kalyan, Maharashtra - panoramio (6).jpg|200px|thumb|Durgadi Mata Temple on the fort]]
It is believed that Chhatrapati [[Shivaji]] Maharaj himself built Durgadi Temple, dedicated to the Hindu goddess [[Durga]] on Durgadi fort. The [[Shiv Sena]] chief [[Bal Thackeray]] had started the [[Navaratri]] celebrations at the temple, which still continues. On the occasion of the Navratri, the temple is visited by devotees from [[Mumbai]], [[Thane]], [[Raigad district|Raigad]] and [[Palghar]] districts.

In 2018, the temple was visited by about 7 lakh devotees during the Navratri festival.<ref>{{cite news |title=Preparations for Navratri festival at the historic Durgadi fort of Kalyan |url=https://www.mymahanagar.com/mumbai/preparation-of-navratri-festival-on-the-historic-durgadi-fort-of-kalyan/129934/ |publisher=[[Mahanagar (newspaper)|Mahanagar]] |date=September 27, 2019}}</ref>

=== 1967 Communal tension ===
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. When [[Shiv Sena]] supremo [[Bal Thackeray]] got to know about the matter, he declared that Shiv Sena would unfurl the [[Bhagwa Dhwaj|saffron flag]] atop the Durgadi Fort on September 8, 1967. Then the [[Navaratri|Navratri]] festival came, and Chief Minister [[Vasantrao Naik|Vasantrao Phulsing Naik]] announced a ban on the [[Puja (Hinduism)|puja]] at the Durgadi temple. Still, despite the ban, Shiv Sena workers and Theckeray defied the ban and performed the Puja and religious ceremony at the shrine.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Johari |first1=Aarefa |title=Back to the '60s: The Shiv Sena's tradition of violence is as old as the party itself |url=https://scroll.in/article/761832/back-to-the-60s-the-shiv-senas-tradition-of-violence-is-as-old-as-the-party-itself |publisher=[[Scroll.in]] |date=October 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Purandare |first1=Vaibhav |title=Bal Thackeray & The Rise of the Shiv Sena |date=2013 |page=71 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bal_Thackeray_The_Rise_of_the_Shiv_Sena/JS1hBAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Durgadi+Fort+Thackeray&pg=PT114&printsec=frontcover}}</ref>

== Photogallery ==
<gallery class="center">
File:Durgadi Fort Enterance.jpg|Durgadi Fort entrance
File:Durgadi Fort ,Kalyan, Maharashtra - panoramio.jpg|Durgadi Fort
File:Durgadi Fort ,Kalyan, Maharashtra - panoramio (17).jpg|Durgadi Mata Temple on the fort
File:Durgadi Fort ,Kalyan, Maharashtra - panoramio (5).jpg|A mosque on the fort
File:Durgadi Fort ,Kalyan, Maharashtra - panoramio (2).jpg|Durgadi Fort
File:Durgadi Fort ,Kalyan, Maharashtra - panoramio (15).jpg|Durgadi Fort
File:Durgadi Fort ,Kalyan, Maharashtra - panoramio (22).jpg|Durgadi Mata Temple on the fort
</gallery>

== References ==
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{{Forts in Maharashtra}}
{{Forts in India}}

[[Category:Forts in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:History of Thane district]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Thane district]]
[[Category:Forts around Mumbai]]

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