The most important place of visit at this city that has so much to offer to the tourists is the Taragarh (The Star Fort), which was primarily known in the early years for its tunnels that crisscrossed the whole hillside. The construction of this fort took place in the year 1345. As you enter this fort, you would come across large reservoirs and the most interesting fact that is associated with these reservoirs are that they have been carved out beautifully out of the rocky base of the fort. The other striking feature of this fort is the canon, which is referred to as the Bhim Burj.
The main gateway that would lead you to the fort is adorned with intricate carvings of elephants and the other three gateways, are known as the Laskshmi Pol, Gagudi ki Phatak and the Phuta Darwaza. However, most of the getways are in ruins now.
Thus it would not be wrong to say that this tourist site makes for a great place of visit and if after exploring this tourist site, if you have some spare hours for yourself then you can check out the other sites that lie within the vicinity of this site and for this purpose it is recommended to avail the local transport.
The site rajasthantraveltourism.com provides complete information on Taragarh (The Star Fort).
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