Taragarh Fort

Taragarh Fort or Star Fort is the maximum extraordinary of systems of town of Ajmer inside the Indian state of Rajasthan. A instead ramshackle citadel, with its overgrown plant life, it was built in 1354 upon a steep hillside and constructed underneath the reign of King Ajaypal Chauhan. There are three gateways to the fort, well referred to as Lakshmi Pol, Phuta Darwaza and Gagudi ki Phatak. Most parts of these extraordinary gateways are now in ruins. During its heyday, Taragarh Fort changed into renowned for its tunnels crisscrossing the complete hillside. However, these tunnels at the moment are inaccessible for need of right maps.

The largest of its battlements is the 16th century bastion known as the Bhim Burj, on which changed into once hooked up a especially large cannon referred to as Garbh Gunjam, or Thunder from the Womb'. This erstwhile Chauhan bastion has some huge water reservoirs. These reservoirs have been built to save water and deliver it to the residents for the duration of time of disaster. The reservoirs had been carved out of the rocky base of the castle. Rani Mahal is a small palace within the citadel complicated, constructed for the better halves and concubines of rulers.