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“Since even the gazetteer did not mention the fort, Oke approached me and we revisited the site to establish that it was indeed the fabled Davalgad Fort . “City-based trekker Omkar Oke, however, recently set out to look for this fort and finally found it on Bhuleshwar Hill in Purandar region. Purandare’s book did mention that the fort is situated on Bhuleshwar Hill. PUNE: A city-based researcher from Deccan College and trekkers recently discovered a new fort, christened Davalgad, on Bhuleshwar Hill near Purandar.In the book Killa Purandar, history scholar Krishnaji Vaman Purandare had mentioned a fort called Davalgad but the structure had hitherto been unseen, the researcher claimed.Researcher Sachin Joshi from Deccan College told TOI that Davalgad has as yet remained undiscovered, although it was earlier mentioned in some texts. “There are two ways leading to the fort — the first being Vanpuri-Singapur-Pargao Chafula-Vaghapur-Amble, from where there is a ‘kachcha’ road that leads to the fort..