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List Of Forts In India
This is a list of forts in India. Andhra Pradesh Coastal Region * Anvika Fort * Addanki Fort - Prakasam district * Bellamkonda Fort - Guntur district * Bobbili Fort – Vizianagaram district * Dharanikota Fort – Guntur district * Durgam Fort – Prakasam district (Kanigiri) * Gajanan Fort – Visakhapatnam district * Gonthina Fort – Visakhapatnam district * Kondapalli Fort – Krishna district * Kondaveedu Fort – Guntur district * Machilipatnam Fort (16th century Dutch Fort) – Krishna district * Mogalturu Fort - West Godavari district * Nagarjunakonda Fort - Guntur district * Parth Fort * Udayagiri Fort - Nellore district * Venkatigiri Fort - Nellore district * Vinukonda Fort - Guntur district * Vizianagaram Fort – Vizianagaram district * Yanamandala Fort – Guntur district Rayalseema Region * Adoni Fort – Kurnool district * Chandragiri Fort – Tirupati * Chennampalli Fort – Kurnool district * Devaraya Fort – Vijayanagaram distric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vizianagaram Fort
Vizianagaram fort is an early 18th-century fort in the city of Vizianagaram in northeastern Andhra Pradesh, South India. It was built by Vijaya Rama Raju, the Maharaja of Vizianagaram in 1713. The formal ceremony, while laying the foundation for the fort, was very auspicious as it represented five signs of victory. The square-shaped fort has two main gates, of which the main entry gate (the "Nagar khana") has elaborate architectural features. There are many temples and palaces within the fort and a victory tower. This alternative name is Pusapati. Location The fort is situated in Vizianagaram (Telugu language meaning: "the city of victory") about away from the Bay of Bengal. It is to the northwest of Visakhapatnam. History The Vizianagaram Fort was built in 1713 at a location where five ''vijayas'' (Telugu language meaning: "signs of victory") were supposed to be present. It is named after its founder Maharaja Vijay Ram Raju, also known as Ananda Raju I (1671–1717), the Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siddavatam Fort
Siddhavatam is a village in Kadapa district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Siddavatam mandal of Kadapa revenue division. This village was initially under the rule of Matli Kings. As the Muslim rulers ruled the South India, it was then brought under the control of the Nawab of Cuddapah. With the advent of British, it was ceded to them by the Nawab. Under the rule of British, Siddavatam served as the headquarters of the district briefly. Currently the city of Cuddapah serves as the headquarters and Siddavatam was reduced to a Mandal in the district. Geography Siddhavattam is located at . It has an average elevation of 111 meters (354 feet). It is located on the left bank of river Penna on the route to Badvel from Kadapa at a distance of about 25 km. Etymology It was said that this place used to be inhabited by people who wanted to meditate in the sereneness of climate and had a thick canopy of Indian Banyan trees which served as shades for them. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ratnagiri Fort, Andhra Pradesh
Ratnagiri Fort is a hill fort located in the Ratnagiri village near Rolla, in Sri Sathya Sai district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Located near the border of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka in the Rayalaseema region, it is also known as ''Seema Golconda'' ("Golconda at the border"). The Government of India has designated it as a Monument of National Importance. History The fort and the village are named after the hill known as Ratnagiri ("jewel hill"), and not much is known about the early history of the area. Historians identify Ratnagiri with a village of the same name, mentioned in an inscription of the Chalukya king Vikramaditya I (r. c. 655-680 CE). According to this inscription, the village was located in the Nalavadi ''vishaya'' (district); this district may have been named after the Nalas, although this cannot be said with certainty. The area gained importance during the Pandya and the Chola rule. According to folklore, after the fall of the Vijayanagara Empire, poet Allasan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penukonda Fort
Penukonda also called Penugonda is a town in the Sri Sathya Sai district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is 70 km away from Anantapur town. Demography According to ''The Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Penukonda was a subdivision and taluk of Anantapur district in Madras province. It contains 96 villages covering an area of 677 square miles. The population in 1901 was 92,482 compared with 81,104 in 1891. Penukonda was the headquarters with a population of 6,806. The Penner River flows along its western and Chitravati river along its eastern boundary. History This region was controlled at different points in history by the Hoysalas, Chalukyas, Vijayanagar, Nawabs, Maratha chieftain Murari Rao, Tipu Sultan, Nizam and eventually came under British rule after it was ''ceded'' to the British by the Nizam of Hyderabad. It was a melting pot of different religions but the town and fort were established by early Hoysala kings, who were practitioners of Jainism. After Krishna De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madakasira Fort
Madakasira Fort, also known as Simhagiri, is a hill fort located in the Madakasira town of Sri Sathya Sai district, in Andhra Pradesh, India. The Government of India has designated it as a Monument of National Importance. History According to the ''Kaifiyat of Madakasira'', in 1492, a man named Siruda Rangappa Nayaka established the present-day Madakasira village near an older village called Madakapalle or Mandavyapalle. He named the new village Matakapalle, and built a small fort on the local hill. He was defeated by Muslim chiefs who established their headquarters at the nearby Ratnagiri. In the early 17th century, the fort was held by a local chief, who accepted the suzerainty of the Vijayanagara Empire. The members of the family that established present-day Madakasira, near the former village of Madakapalle, were apparently chiefs of Sira. After the Bijapur Sultanate captured Sira, the ruler of Bijapur granted Madakapalle and the nearby Ratnagiri to these chiefs. The rule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konda Reddy Fort
Konda Reddy Fort, also known as Kondareddy Buruju is a fort situated in the city of Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh, India. At a distance of 2 km from Kurnool Railway Station, 2.9 km from Kurnool New Bus Stand and 24 km from Alampur, Konda Reddy fort is an imposing structure situated in the heart of Kurnool City. The monument, a semi-circular bastion crowned with a tower, is the only extant remains of an old fortification around the city. History The construction of the fort dates back to the 12th century when the city of Kurnool was used as a base on Tungabhadra river crossing. Kurnool was reigned by Vijayanagara Emperors Devaraya II and Achyutaraya who succeeded Krishnadevaraya Krishnadevaraya (17 January 1471 – 17 October 1529) was emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1509 to 1529 and the third ruler of the Tuluva dynasty. Widely regarded as one of the greatest rulers in Indian history, he presided over t ... built the initial fort between 1530 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurramkonda Fort
Gurramkonda fort is Hill fort in erstwhile Chittoor district now Annamayya district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in the village Gurramkonda, the mandal headquarters. It is considered one of the oldest forts in the district. According to sources this fort was built during Vijayanagara Empire The Vijayanagara Empire, also known as the Karnata Kingdom, was a late medieval Hinduism, Hindu empire that ruled much of southern India. It was established in 1336 by the brothers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I of the Sangama dynasty, belongi ... and later it came in control of Abdul Khan, the Nawab of Kadapa, in the year 1714 CE. History There is a strong fort on the hill. It was built by Vijaya Nagar Empire kings in 14th CE. Even today, it is worthy of visit and mentioning. Places to visit # Rangin Mahal Gurramkonda . # Ananta Padmanabha Temple # Water pond on the peak of the hill. #Syed shah Durgah Gallery GURRAM KONDA FORT^ KADAPA AP - panoramio.jpg, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gooty Fort
The Gooty Fort, also known as Ravadurg and Gutti Kota, is a ruined fort located on a hill in the Gooty town of Andhra Pradesh, India. The town of Gooty (originally, "Gutti") is located in the Ananthapur district of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the centrally protected monuments of national importance. History Eight inscriptions have been found on the rocks close to the Narasimha temple located within the fort premises. These inscriptions are seriously damaged, but appear to be from the reign of the Western Chalukya king Vikramaditya VI (r. c. 1076-1126 CE). The earliest of the existing fortifications and other structures can be dated to the late Chalukya period. The fort later came under the control of the Vijayanagara Empire. During the reign of Venkata II (r. c. 1584-1614), the Vijayanagara lost the fort to the Qutb Shahi dynasty. The Mughals appear to have controlled the fort after their conquest of the Qutb Shahi capital Golconda. Around 1746 CE, the Maratha general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gandikota
Gandikota is a village and historical fort on the right bank of the Penna river, 15 km from Jammalamadugu in Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh, India. The fort was the centre of power for various dynasties, such as the Kalyani Chalukyas, Pemmasani Nayakas, and the Golconda Sultanate. Initially, a sand fort was constructed by Kaka Raja, a vassal of the Kalyani Chalukya rulers. The village transformed into a major fortified settlement with the rise of the Pemmasani Nayakas. Later, various additions reflecting Islamic architectural styles were made during the period of Muslim rule. The fort is a centrally protected monument of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Etymology The fort of Gandikota acquired its name due to the 'gorge', formed between the Erramala range of hills, also known as Gandikota hills and the river Penna (Pennar) that flows at its foot, reducing its width to a mere 100 m (look for the river image in the montage/main image). Geology Gandikota can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devaraya Fort
Deva Raya I (reigned 5 November 1406 – 25 February 1423) was an Emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire (of the Sangama Dynasty). After Harihara II died, there was a dispute among his sons over succession, in which Deva Raya I eventually emerged victor. He was a very capable ruler noted for his military exploits and his support to irrigation works in his empire.Kulakarṇī, Nayeem, De Souza (1996), p.106 He modernized the Vijayanagara army by improving the cavalry, employed skilled archers of the Turkic clans and raised the fighting capacity of his bowmen and imported horses from Arabia and Persia.Bowman,(2013) p.271 The Italian traveler Niccolo Conti, who visited Vijayanagara 1420, described Deva Raya I thus: "In this city, there are 90,000 men fit to bear arms... their king is more powerful than all the kings of India".Chopra, Ravindran and Subrahmanian (2003), p.31 Conti also noted that the royal city had grown to a circumference of 60 mi.Kamath (1980), p.163 Deva Raya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chennampalli Fort
Chennampalli Fort is a medieval fort in Tuggali mandal, Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ..., India. It is rumored that gold and other valuables were buried in the fort during the 17th century. Government officials from the Department of Mines & Geology undertook excavations in the fort during 2017–18. Skeletal remains of elephants and horses were found during the excavations. References {{coord, 15, 18, 09, N, 77, 35, 40, E, type:landmark_region:IN, display=title Forts in Andhra Pradesh Buildings and structures in Kurnool district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
