Travel to Chitradura - The 7 tiered Fort

The Chitradurga Fort, has 7 tiered protection and was considered impregnable. It is a pleasure to visit this fort.

It takes us back to the legend and bravery of obavva, and true achitechtural skill of engineers of that time. It is designed in such a way that people inside the fort would never have scarcity of water even if it doesnt rain for a year!!
In the 7 tiered fort, each of the entrance has be built at a 90 degree which would help the soldiers easily target the enemy as they try enter the fort.

On the enterance in the first tier on the right, we can find a giant grinding stone where the bombs were prepared for defence and protection of citzens. Further inside, we can find an elephant shaped rock on the way. Then we come to the famous "tuguyalle" the identity of Chitradurga. Legend says that the deepam (light) was enlightened by swing tied to the tuguyalle  

Chitradurga is not only famous for the fort but also for the 'Murugarajendra Bruhand Matt' headed by secular swamiji, who belongs to veerashiva Community. This mutt provided guidance to the rulers of Chitradurga.


Chitradurga is immortalised by its ruler Madakarinaika, who rulled during the rule of Hyder Ali at Srirangapatna. Hyder Ali made number of Conquests to subdue Chitradurga. But its chivalous ruler repulsed the attack time and again.


Once Hyder Ali's behugaras (spy) finds out a small inlet in kannada called 'kindi', through which milk and other ;essential supplies would go into the fort. Hyder Ali's soldiers enter the fort through this kindi, but their efforts were thwarted by the wife of the watch tower guard called Obavva who ;used the pestle which is used to pound rice and other grains and smashed the heads of the incoming hyder Ali's soldiers who creeped through the kindi, and through her sacrifice the Chitradurga Fort was saved and obavva became a legend and balads her song in her memory..



There are about four main water storage inside the fort on one the enterance, other 2 at the middle of the for near obbavvana kindi and the main gopalswamy honda.There are many temples inside the fort and on the peak of the fort there is Gopalswamy temple, from this point we can have a a very good view of the fort

Chitradurga fort is worth a visit by every traveler. A nice place to visit early morning.