Purandar

Purandar is the location of a fort 20 miles southeast of Poona, 'situated on a mountain top... far away from any major town… completely isolated’.

During the Second World War it was used as an internment camp for German civilians.

Spelling variants

Purandar, Purandhar, Purhundur, Poorundhur

Also see

• Capture of Poorundhur Fort
• POW Camps in India- Second World War- German prisoners of war

External links

• Purandar fort Wikipedia
• Photograph: British church (tagged) Purandar flickr.com. Believed to be Holy Trinity Church
• Photograph: Another church at Purandar Fort flickr.com. Elsewhere described as the Chapel.