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Photo: Wikimedia CommonsThe Diamond Fort, built as a smaller stronghold to stand guard beside its larger neighbour, Purandar.
A smaller fort adjoining Purandar Fort in the Sahyadri hills near Pune, historically linked to the 1665 Treaty of Purandar between Maratha king Shivaji and Mughal general Jai Singh I. Vajragad, meaning "Diamond Fort," served as a secondary defensive outpost supporting the larger Purandar stronghold above it. Its compact size and steep approach make it a shorter but still challenging trek compared to its larger neighbour. The fort remains free to visit with no formal ticketing infrastructure.
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Built in 1892 as an act of charity during a famine, it later became a prison. Gandhi was held here during Quit India, and Kasturba Gandhi and Mahadev Desai died in custody. Their memorials stand in the garden.
Believed to be where the young Shivaji spent his childhood. What stands today is a 1980s reconstruction after fire destroyed the original.
Sambhaji, Shivaji's son, was born here, and here in 1665 Shivaji signed a treaty ceding forts to the Mughals.