Today on 13 August 2021 in the morning at 9 we went to visit Chitradurga Fort. The Fort is 3km away from our stay but as road construction work is going on the way to fort we hired autorickshaw for Rs.50/- . Near the entrance of fort we had breakfast and coffee. Entrance ticket is Rs 20/- per person, but you can't buy tickets by cash. You must pay online. Then we hired guide for Rs.300/-. If you are going to explore Chitradurga you must spend at least a whole day. Must take water bottle with you, wearing sports shoes is better.. Chitradurga Fort is awesome place for trekking and sight seeing.
Some of the well-known temples in the fort are the Monolithic ShriGanesha, Hidimbeswara, Sampige Siddeshwara, Ekanathamma and Phalguneshwara.
As today is Friday there is huge rush for Eknathamma darshan.
You can see a monolithic pillar and two swing frames at the gate of the temple.
The Chitradurga Fort is spread across 1500 acres and firstly known as Chitrakaladurg, it is a stone fort made of heavy blocks of granite.
According to Wikipedia, it has several concentric walls, multiple entrances, four unseen passages, and thirty-five secret paths. In addition to all these features, the fort also has 2000 watchtowers.
As per historical records, Chitradurga Fort has witnessed several attacks from inimical forces.
The fort was built between the 11th and 13th centuries and was expanded between the 15th and 18th centuries by the Nayakas of Chitradurga.
While coming down from the fort we meet monkey King Jyotiraj. On our request one of his student climbed the plane wall of fort within 5 seconds without any support, which was really amazing and unbelievable.
