A lonely little fort.....
Bhongir Fort . Bhuvanagiri, actually. Location : Nalgona District, Telengana. Built by the Western Chalukya King Tribhuvanamalla Vikramaditya IV in the 10th. Century . It snakes up a 500 -600 Ft high bald monolith , ending in a modest sized citadel ( bala-hisar) at the summit. Since the hill is a lonely outcrop standing in a flat expanse , the view from the summit is amazing , reaching far into the horizon on all sides. Quite a strategic location for an outlook. And the fort is supposed to be impregnable as well, its entrances well hidden by boulders. The climb up can be strenuous, often inducing vertigo. Thank goodness for those occassional railings., Water conservation and rain waterharvesting seem to have been thought of at that early date, for deep natural gashes in the rock are walled and converted into reservoir tanks. Some doorways and arches in the bala -hisar bear the stamp of Islamic influence ; it transpires that the fort had passed into the possession