Gurramkonda Fort
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| native_name = گرمکنڈہ قلعه - గుర్రంకొండ కోట
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| country = India
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| ownership = Archaeological Survey of India Chittoor
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Gurramkonda fort is Hill fort in erstwhile Chittoor district now Annamayya district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in the village Gurramkonda, the mandal headquarters. It is considered one of the oldest forts in the district.
According to sources this fort was built during Vijayanagara Empire and later it came in control of Abdul Khan, the Nawab of Kadapa, in the year 1714 CE.{{cite web|url=http://asihyd.ap.nic.in/chittoor_mangapuram.html/|title=Archaeological Survey of India, Chittoor|website=Asihyd.ap.nic.in|access-date=22 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520032151/http://asihyd.ap.nic.in/chittoor_mangapuram.html|archive-date=20 May 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite book|author=C. F. Brackenbury|title=District Gazetteer, Cuddapah|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TEruAaDaOZ8C&pg=PA41|accessdate=20 October 2018|year=2000|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=978-81-206-1482-6|page=41}}
History
There is a strong fort on the hill. It was built by Vijaya Nagar Empire kings in 14th CE.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TEruAaDaOZ8C&dq=Nawab+Abdul+nabi+khan%2F&pg=PA41|page=41|title=District Gazetteer, Cuddapah|first=C. F.|last=Brackenbury|date=20 October 2018|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=9788120614826|via=Google Books}} Even today, it is worthy of visit and mentioning.{{cite web|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/64957/7/07_chapter%202.pdf/|title=Shodhganga chapter |website=Shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in}}
Places to visit
- Rangin Mahal Gurramkonda .{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Heavy-downpour-unearths-ancient-structure-in-Gurramkonda-fort-in-Andhra-Pradesh/articleshow/50013299.cms/ |title=Heavy downpour unearths ancient structure in Gurramkonda fort in Andhra Pradesh - the Times of India |website=The Times of India |date=2 December 2015 |access-date=2018-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151204135202/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Heavy-downpour-unearths-ancient-structure-in-Gurramkonda-fort-in-Andhra-Pradesh/articleshow/50013299.cms |archive-date=2015-12-04 }}
- Ananta Padmanabha Temple
- Water pond on the peak of the hill.
- Syed shah Durgah
Gallery
GURRAM KONDA FORT^ KADAPA AP - panoramio.jpg|Gurramkonda Hill fort
Rangin Mahal.jpg|Rangin Mahal
View of Gurramkonda.jpg|Painting of Gurramkonda fort (British Library)
Gurramkonda fort plan.jpg|Plan for the Gurramkonda fort gate (British Library)
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170828000516/http://asihyd.ap.nic.in/chittoor.html Archaeological Survey of India, Chittoor District]
- [https://templesinindiainfo.com/gurram-konda-fort/ Gurramkonda fort] on Temples in India info
- [https://cbkwgl.wordpress.com/2015/12/22/the-mayana-nawabs-of-cuddappah/ Mayana Nawabs of Kadapa]
{{Forts in Andhra Pradesh}}