Bhushangad

{{Short description|Hill fort in Maharashtra, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox military installation

| name = Bhushangad

| location = Satara district, Maharashtra, India

| image = Fort_Bhushangad.jpg

| caption = Bhushangad as seen from the plains

| pushpin_map = India Maharashtra#India

| pushpin_mapsize = 300

| pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Maharashtra

| coordinates = {{coord|17.4648|N|74.4063|E|type:mountain_region:IN_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| height =

| type = Hill Fort

}}

Bhushangad is a hill fort in the Khatav taluk of the Satara district of Maharashtra, India. It is oval in shape, and rises {{Convert|600|ft|m}} above the surrounding plain. Its top is flat, and measures to be about {{Convert|300|sqyd|m2}} in area.{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency|publisher=Govt Central Press|year=1885|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LbwIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA12&dq=bhushangad|access-date=2009-02-21 |page=12}}

The origins of the fort are unclear. Local legend attributes construction of the fort to King Singhana of Devagiri (1210–1246).-{{cite journal |year=1898 |title=The Indian Antiquary Vol-xxvii |url=https://ia902907.us.archive.org/24/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.207414/2015.207414.The-Indian_text.pdf |journal=The Journal of Oriental Research |page=250}} Construction has also been attributed to Shivaji I in 1676,{{cite book|title=Dakhan History|year=1877|url=https://ia601009.us.archive.org/3/items/dakhanhistorymus0000loch/dakhanhistorymus0000loch.pdf |page=595}} as part of a fortification of the area that included the nearby Vardhangad Fort, Sadashivgad and Machindragad.

The fort is home to the only temple of Haranaidevi (an incarnation of Durga), who is revered by the Kulkarnis clan. There is also a temple dedicated to Maruti.