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PLACES OF INTEREST
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MACHAL
Machal (Lanje Peta; p. 301), near the village is the lofty hill
of Machal, a few miles south of the Ratnagiri-Kolhapur Road through the Amba Ghat. This hill is separated from Vishalgad fort and the main Sahyadri range by a narrow gorge. Crowned with a level plateau three and a half miles long and one and a half broad, and freely supplied with water, it is well suited for a sanatorium. According to the local story, in a narrow-mouthed cave on the western side of the hill, there lived the famous sage Muchkund. The nearest railway station is Kolhapur, 55 miles to the south-east.
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