Chitradurga Fort , Chitradurga
About Chitradurga Fort
Chitradurga Fort is the main attraction of the town. Having an inviolably secure built, the fort has 19 gateways, more than 50 different entrances, 4 invisible passages, a system of rain water harvesting via reservoirs and water tanks, about 20 temples and nearly 2000 watch towers. It is interesting to notice how the fort has no cementing measures and yet is preserved and respected as a great Monument. It is famous for its fort of Seven Rounds. It is recorded that the fort covers an area of 1500 acres. The Chitradurg fort is also as Kallina Kote, meaning the stone fort, Ukinna kote, meaning fort of steel and Yelu Suttina kote, meaning Fort of seven walls. Its magnificence takes us back to India’s glorious past pre-British
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Hidimbeshwar Temple, Chitradurga, Karnataka
0.3 km from Chitradurga Fort - See map
One of the 20 places of worship in the Chitradurga fort, Hidimbeshwar is the oldest temple on the hill and has the Mahabharata legend attached to...
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Ankali Matt - Chandravalli caves, Karnataka
4 km from Chitradurga Fort - See map
3 kilometers west of Chitradurga are the Chandravali cave temples which have been supposedly used since the Iron Age. It is also called Ankali...
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Adumalleshwara Temple and Zoo, Karnataka
4.8 km from Chitradurga Fort - See map
Adumalleshwara Temple is another known temple in the Chitradurga district. It is 5 kilometers Away from the fort. It is not just a Shiva temple,...
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Doddahotrangappa Hill, Karnataka
41.1 km from Chitradurga Fort - See map
“A blessing is a blessing only when it is earned with sweat.” - Around Chitradurg district is Doddahotrangappa Hill. Famous among trekking...
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Vani Vilas Sagar Dam, Karnataka
57.2 km from Chitradurga Fort - See map
Vani Vilas Sagar Dam or Vani Vilasa Sagara, also known as Mari Kanive, is the oldest dam of Karnataka, situated in Hiriyur taluk of Chitradurga...
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Gayatri Jalashaya, Chitradurga, Karnataka
69.1 km from Chitradurga Fort - See map
Artificially made across river Suvarnamukhi, Gayatri Jalashaya is another dam in the Chitradurg District. It acts as a reservoir for the...
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Kugo Bande - Shouting Rock, Karnataka
83.3 km from Chitradurga Fort - See map
Kugo Bande is a point of such structure where a person who screams can hear his echoes. It is known as the shouting rock. Kugo Bande is located...
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Dasaratha Rameshwara, Karnataka
89 km from Chitradurga Fort - See map
Dasaratha Rameshwara is another Shiva Linga temple in the Chitradurga district, near Hosadurga. It is alternatively known as Varjra, and is...
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