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A trip to Chenji fort

On Saturday, I visited this place called Chenji located on the way from Thindivanam to Thiruvannamalai. This was once the capital of southern India ruled by Shivaji. It has been ruled by 22 Kings starting with the Cholas and was last ruled by Raja Desingh.

There are two forts, the King's fort and the Queen's fort. King's fort is a huge one with 1500 steps to climb up. I could visit only the King's fort since we couldn't get out of the Kings fort before 5:00 PM in the evening, after which no one is allowed to climb the fort.

Now they have planned to have a rope car from one fort to the other so that we can save time.

Entrance of the King's fort.

Gingee Fort Map

Fortified wall

A tank inside the fort

Diagonal view of the tank

One of the six Granaries

A tank barrel at top

On the way to the top

A watch tower at the topmost point of the fort

Ranganathar Temple

One of granaries that were destroyed

A cave inside the fort

The Kalyana mahal built by Shivaji that was used for inter-cast marriages between hindus and muslims

Stable

Inside the stable

The Anchanayar temple made of a single rock

A watch tower at one end of the 15 mile fort

Country side view

Venkataramana Temple. It was destroyed by the Nawab of Arcot when the place was under the control of Moghul emperor Aurangazeb.

The statues and idles of the temple were destroyed by the Nawab.

That was a memorable day with my friends at a worderful place to know about. It just took us one day for the trip. Try to visit this historical place if u get a chance.