A thousand year old fort.
Built atop a thousand foot high monolith.
Steep slopes. Almost invincible.
Not very far from Hyderabad.
Yes, we are talking about Bhongir Fort shown in KBG-23 the 23rd edition of Kaun Banega Ghumakkad. Bhongir Fort is about 60 kms from Hyderabad on NH-163 Hyd-Warrangal Highway. But surprisingly, most Hyderabadis could not spot the fort correctly.
The responses to KBG-23 ranged from the Forts at Golconda to Daulatabd. We have only two correct answers from the following readers:
Rock Climbing School
The Tourism Department has started a Rock Climbing School at Bhongir. Its objective is to promote adventure tourism at the Bhongir Fort and to provide professional rock climbing training to enthusiasts. Also 300 ft & 600 ft rappelling is available for walk in tourists. The rock climbing school has been co-founded by Mr B Shekhar Babu, who has climbed Mt Everest solo.
Another attraction close by is the famous Yadadrigutta temple. You can visit the Fort as well as the Temple in a day's outing from Hyderabad.
We thank all the participants. Stay connected. More KBGs are in the pipeline.
- Harsh-the-Ghumakkad with Neeta Bhargava/ 8th August 2019
We are grateful to Ramya Sriram of UK for KBG logo design.
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Built atop a thousand foot high monolith.
Steep slopes. Almost invincible.
Not very far from Hyderabad.
Yes, we are talking about Bhongir Fort shown in KBG-23 the 23rd edition of Kaun Banega Ghumakkad. Bhongir Fort is about 60 kms from Hyderabad on NH-163 Hyd-Warrangal Highway. But surprisingly, most Hyderabadis could not spot the fort correctly.
- Bharath Kommuri, MBA working at State Street HCL at Vijayawada
- Parag Sharma, Former Air Commodore IAF, now settled in Nagpur. He has flown over Bhongir Fort number of times.
Our congratulations to both.
History
According to Wikipedia, the Fort was built in the 10th century on
an isolated monolithic rock by the Western Chalukya ruler Tribhuvanamalla Vikramaditya VI and was thus named after him as Tribhuvanagiri. This name
gradually became Bhuvanagiri and subsequently Bhongir.
Rock Climbing School
The Tourism Department has started a Rock Climbing School at Bhongir. Its objective is to promote adventure tourism at the Bhongir Fort and to provide professional rock climbing training to enthusiasts. Also 300 ft & 600 ft rappelling is available for walk in tourists. The rock climbing school has been co-founded by Mr B Shekhar Babu, who has climbed Mt Everest solo.
Another attraction close by is the famous Yadadrigutta temple. You can visit the Fort as well as the Temple in a day's outing from Hyderabad.
We thank all the participants. Stay connected. More KBGs are in the pipeline.
- Harsh-the-Ghumakkad with Neeta Bhargava/ 8th August 2019
We are grateful to Ramya Sriram of UK for KBG logo design.
#kbg #kaunbanegaghumakkad #contest23 #travellers #ghumakkadhb #ghumakkadharsh #knowyourheritage #history #monuments #wanderers #onlinecontest #photowalks #travelisfun #bhongirfort #bhuvanagiri #yadadri #telanganatourism
Harsh, I did try to locate this fort a few years ago but failed. And seeing your photos i shall try again, with your help :)
ReplyDeleteWe can go on any Sunday, do the hike and come back for B&B!
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