VR @ Manjarabad Fort !!!!

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 located in Donigal  on NH 48, which is 7 kms from Sakaleshpur.

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 “ .

Steps to the Fort

Entrace to the Fort

The Tower shown below (donno what it is named), is so well planned ... which serves both the purpose for the soldier :
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 ........

I Guess it should be a Pond !! 

View from one of the corners



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 :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH_Pl7fIyYw