Manjarabad Fort
Manjarabad Fort , this was in my travel list for quite sometime !! And... Yes... It finally happened :)
The Fort is also renown as the STAR Fort of Karnataka, Reason being the architecture of the fort ,which is Star-Shaped.
The Fort is also renown as the STAR Fort of Karnataka, Reason being the architecture of the fort ,which is Star-Shaped.
The Fort is located in Donigal on NH 48, which is 7 kms from Sakaleshpur.
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| Aerial View of Manjarabad Fort , pic from google map |
During 1600A.D , Star-shaped forts were a passion for Europeans especially France
and Italy.
Manjarabad fort was built in 1792 by
Tippu Sultan in alliance with French Engineers. This was a strategically
defensive location due to the approach to the plateau from the coast beyond Sakaleshpur!
It is also believed , that there existed a
secret tunnel which connects manjarabad
fort and the fort in Srirangapatna, which happened to be Tippu Sultan’s headquarters .
Fort ‘s existence was known only to
few people until , its beauty was showcased in a very popular kannada song “Paravasha
Naadenu “ from the movie “Paramaatma “ .
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| Steps to the Fort |
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| Entrace to the Fort |
1. A Place to Aim & Shoot the enemies
2. At the same time a protective place which guards from Opposite attacks !!
Few glimpses of the fort displayed ........
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| I Guess it should be a Pond !! |
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| View from one of the corners |
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| one of the edge of the star-shaped fort |
And... finally it's VR rejoicing the atmosphere with my most favourite song "Paravashanaadenu Ariyuva Munnave" and right at the place where it was shooted :) Hm m mm feels Sooo GOOD :)
Here is the video clip from the song where the fort was filmed .........
Link to the complete song :
