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'''[[Paranda Fort]]''': There is a large fort over 1000 years old in the town, surrounded by a trench. The fort which never saw battle{{Citation needed|reason=unlikely in a 1000 years|date=May 2013}} and was used as a munitions depot. Even today, one can see remnants of weapons lying about. Sadly, this site of great antiquity has not been maintained and the trench is overgrown with weeds. Today there is a mosque inside the fort.

'''Dargah of Sufi Saint Khwaja Badruddin Chisti Shaheed''': is a famous ''dargah'' (Sufi shrine) at the grave of Sufi saint Khwaja Badruddin Chisti Shaheed. It is roughly 800 years old and lies in a large ''kabristan'' (cemetery) in Paranda. Near the dargah are also tombs of the saint's disciples and companions. Each year a grand celebration called the ''Urs Mubarak'' (death anniversary of the Blessed One) takes place in the 8th ''rajab'' of the Islamic calendar to mark the anniversary of the saint's death. Throngs of people from all across Maharashtra, representing all religions, take part in the celebration. This dargah is a unique place of Muslim-Hindu unity. At the other end of the city there is a dargah of another Sufi saint, Khwaja Khaas Khalil.