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| Title | Forts of Karnataka Part -2 |
| Description | Forts are unique as they represent particular times in history because of their special design and construction, and even the amazing skill and craftsmanship of its builders. Fort of Vijayanagara - Hakka Bukka and their brothers of Sangama dynasty founded the kingdom of Vijayanagara during the 14th century. The natural surrounding of many hills and Tungabhadra river prompted the king to select this place for establishing their kingdom. The speciality of the Vijayanagara fort is that it is built with specially designed ridge shape stone and the other peculiarity of shape is that it was wide at the base and became thin as it reached the top. The wall and doors were built in Hindu style by using stone slabs, stone pillars and designed stone, without using borders. Eelu Suttina Kote of the fort traditionally refers to Kannada. The mahanavami Dibba’s bath, queen’s bath, lotus mahal gaaNagitti Jayna GuDi elephant’s stable and the surrounding areas. The important doors of this fort are singaarada hebbaagilu, soomavaarada bagilu and huubina baagilu. The main door of the second fort is Bheemana bagilu, and it has the sculpture of Bhima. Fort of Anegundi- Aanegudi means elephant’s pet and this is located in Gangavati Taluk of Karnataka. It is set to have been the place where the elephants of the Vijayanagaraa king were kept. It is situated on the left of the bank of Tungbhandra river, just opposite to the ruined capital of Vijayanagara. The fort has partly been constructed on the ground and other on the hills. The entry to the town is from three doors mainly Kadee baagilu, Sunkada Baagilu which leads to honnagase, the main entrance. On the western side of the hills is pompa saroovara, a beautiful lake full of lotus flowers. Forts of Bijapur- Bijapur, formally known as Vijayapura, was the capital of Adilsahi king in 16 century. The ridge and innerfort around the palace was called the aarakhila. The outer fort is in the shape of a big circle, the total circumference being 10 km. The outer and inner walls are built with big rocks, the fort wall is around 20 feet wide and 30 feet tall. There are five main doors/ darvaza, each of which has cover around them, mainly bulwark. The door to the west is known as Mekka darvaaza, north west door is called Sapur darvaaza, the northern one is called Bahamani darvaaza, to the east is called Allapuur darvaaza and to the south is called Fateh darvaza, also known as Managuli darvaaza. Apart from the main door there are many small doors or Diddi baagilu. These smaller doors provide convenient access to the movement of the men and material. It has some of the big canons named Maalike-e-maydaan, Land-kha-Saahib and Lamb-ceri. The most famous monument in this tomb is Gol-Gumbaz which is the biggest tomb in Asia and the second biggest in the whole world. Fort of Manjarabad - This fort is located 6 km from Sakleshpura town, a topper hill in the Hassan district of Karnataka.Tipu Sultan built this fort in 1792 and since then it is located on the hill which is classified as Giridurga or hill fort. The parapet walls have a V-shaped opening called Kumbe, for placing barrels of gun. The main stone pillar has a sculpture of a pot. Fort of Srirangapatna - It gets its name from the preceding deity of the town Shri-Ranaganatha. This temple was built in 1894 AD by Tirumalaaaiya, a Saamanta of the Ganga kings and the fort was built by Timmanayaka, ruler of Naagmanga. The fort has three layers of wall, the outer, middle and the inner, each surrounded by water filled modes. The walls of the fort are built with stone and mortar in most places. The Bangluru door is to the east of the watergate till to the north east, Jiibi darvaaza to the north, Dilli bagilu to the north west, Mysore bagilu to the south, Soomaling baagilu to the south west. Another big door is called Aane baagilu or elephant door. Fort of Mysore- Mysuru gets its name from the demon king Mahisashurura who belonged to this place.The fort has covered the entire whole town of Mysore. Presently the fort surrounds the palace and an old temple around it.The fort has six doors and square bulwark. The main door to the east is called Jayamarthanda. In here, next to the varaha temple is varaha bagilu. The north-west door is called Karikallu totti bagilu and in the west it is Brahma puri bagilu and the north door is Jayaraman balaraman. The doors are aesthetically designed. The top parapet walls have small Mantapa and minarets at the end. |
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| Date Accessioned | 2023-11-16T11:29:18Z |