GOOTY FORT PHOTO SHOW

The well inside the fort. Half-way up the hill


The well near the Barracks (?). Please observe the symmetic holes in the wall. Were these used to light lamps!


Were these the Barracks. Please observe the arch type roof!. Also observe the usage of Bricks!


The Barracks (?)



One of the watch towers. You can also have aview of the fortified village of Gooty






One of the Inner Doors. You can clearly see the steep rock walls used as a natural protection wall. It is an engineering marvel on how they used the landscap
e to enable security instead of destroying it!



One of the wells. This well was well hidden and you need to go on top to see the well. Please observe how the crevices between the rocks have been used to create the well

GOOTY FORT

Gooty fort is majistically located at a distance of 52kms from Anantapur at a height of 300mts on a hill. It is one of the oldest hill forts in A.P. Built during the Vijayanagara era, the fort is uniquely built in the shape of a shell with 15 main doors and is significant for its water resources available at such a height.

The earliest inscriptions are in Kannada and Sanskrit, and is assigned to about the 7th century. An inscription refers to a fort, 'Gadha', while an inscription of Bukka, the Vijayanagar monarch refers to it as the 'King of Forts'. The Marathas under Murari Rao conquered it.

Gooty Fort:
The 'Gooty Kaifiyat' records that fort was captured by Mir Jumla and was subsequently under the charge of Qutub Shahi chiefs. It was taken over by Haider Ali in 1773 and eventually fell into the British hands. After the attack of British Col. Browser, who took over the fort, found it to be commanded by a Zeruwar Khan, a Brahmin who became Muslim. The fort is situated at a height of 300m above the plains in Gooty.

The citadel of the fort is constructed on the westernmost circle of hillocks. It is a huge precipitous mass of bare rock and towers over the adjacent ones.

The fort is approached by a paved path leading first to an outlying spur strongly fortified and known in former days as 'Mar Gooty'. After passing through the fortifications, the pathway winds upward round steep sides of huge rock and reaches the summit where the citadel or 'qila' is situated.

The fort is built in shape of a shell and having 15 forts with 15 main doors ('Mukhadwaralu'). The fortifications include a series of walls connected by 14 gateways flanked by bastions. None of the buildings in the fort is of any architectural importance. There are two edifices, apparently a gymnasium and a powder magazine, and a small pavilion of polished lime stone called Morari Rao's seat, on the edge of the cliff. This commands excellent view of the town below and is said to have been a favourite resort of Morari Rao. There are also number of wells in the clefts of the rock. One of them is believed to have been connected with a stream at the foot of the hill.

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GOOTY FORT

Gooty fort is majistically located at a distance of 52kms from Anantapur at a height of 300mts on a hill. It is one of the oldest hill forts in A.P. Built during the Vijayanagara era, the fort is uniquely built in the shape of a shell with 15 main doors and is significant for its water resources available at such a height.


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