Suvarnadurg (
translation:
Golden Fort, also spelt
Severndroog in English, a spelling sometimes also used for
Savandurga near Bangalore) is a fort that is located on a small island in the
Arabian Sea, near Harnai in
Konkan, along the West Coast of
India, in the
Indian state of
Maharashtra. The fort also includes another land fort (small) called the Kanakadurga at the base of headland of Harnai port on the coast. Building of the fort is credited to
Shivaji, founder of the
Maratha Empire, in 1660. Subsequently, Shivaji, other
Peshwas and the Angres further fortified the forts for defence purposes.