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'''Tringalwadi''' fort is located in the [[Igatpuri]] taluka of [[Nashik]] district. It is located on the ancient trade route passing through Thal ghat. The fort is located near village Tringalwadi. The Tringalwadi irrigation dam which is close to the village was built in 1978<ref>http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Tringalwadi_Dam_D04948</ref>

The presence of the caves indicate that the caves and the fort might be constructed around 10th  century. The fort was built to overlook the trade route which connected [[Konkan]] to [[Nashik]] area. In 1636 the [[Shahaji]] (father of king Shivaji) had to cede it to the [[Mughal Empire|Moghuls]] after the defeat at [[mahuli]]fort. It is not known when [[Shivaji]] took control of this fort, but in 1688 this fort was won by Moghuls.<ref name="Trekshitiz">{{cite web |last1=Trekshitiz |title=Tringalwadi |url=http://trekshitiz.com/trekshitiz/EI/Tringalwadi-Trek-T-Alpha.html |website=www.trekshitiz.com |publisher=Trekshitiz |access-date=13 December 2019}}</ref> It is one of the 16 forts which was surrendered to [[United Kingdom|British]] in 1818 after the fall of [[Trymbakgad]] fort.<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite book |last1=Pathak |first1=Arunachandra S. |last2=Kutty |first2=Sanjivanee |title=Government of Maharashtra Nashik District |date=14 October 1975 |publisher=Executive Editor and Secretary, Gazetteers Department, Government of Maharashtra. |location=Bombay |page=Places> Tringalvadi Fort |edition=Second 1975 |url=https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Nasik/022%20Places/001%20Place.htm#TringalvadiFort |access-date=13 December 2019}}</ref>

At the foothills of the fort is a Jain Cave Temple with a beautifully carved entrance and a stone idol of the first Jain Tirthankara [[Rishabhanatha]] in the garbha gruha. The cave has a large sabha mandapa. the western entrance to the fort is a unique structure of architecture. The steps and the entrance gate are carved from a single rock.  

There is an idol of veer[[Hanuman]] or maruti near the entrance gate and two [[sharabha]]idols carved on the top of the entrance gate. On the fort are ruins of old buildings and a small[[Bhavani]]mata temple. There is a cave and a rock cut water cistern on the western side of the hillock on the fort.<ref name="Gazetteer" />

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