Begur Fort (Bengaluru)

India / Karnataka / Bangalore / Bengaluru
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Begur is a small village in southern outskirts of Bangalore and I am confident will be part of main city in coming years.Begur Temple

Begur has an ancient temple of NagaNatheshwara (wikimapia.org/#lat=12.876661&lon=77.625918&z=18&l=0&m=... built 1300 years ago by Gangas of Talkad and later by the cholas. The temple built in granite is splendid in its antiquity but lost in the wilderness of modern city. There is a lake in front of the temple and a crumbling fort one kilometre away.

It is said that references about the origin of the name _bengaluru_ can be found in the inscriptions of the temple.

The site is being restored by INTACH, no sign of ASI though.

Begur can be reached from Bommanahalli after Silk Board or from Bannerghatta road through Vijaya Bank Colony.Begur is well connected by city buses. Auto rickshaws can also be taken from city.

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Coordinates:   12°52'15"N   77°37'21"E

Comments

  • Can some highlight history of this place .. , Some time back I visited this place, It is a small temple surrounded by Circular mud wall of 8 to 12 feet height. Entrance to it through low height stone gate. Why some one named it as fort on wikimap?
  • Internal Area about 3.5 Acre Radius : 444 ft.
  • In fact the fort is not of mud originally it was built with large size stones. This might have been built in late 17th century A.D. by local chiefs. During that period there was need of protection for local chiefs against external threats. The stone gateway on the east has old inscriptions belong to the 10th century, but they might have been brought from the one of the Jaina Basadi and reused them for wall. The Beguru fort is famous for its Circular plan and also as one of the best example of land-fort similar to Bangalore land fort.There are small hill forts one of them is the Bettadasapur fort, 4km from the Begur fort. These forts were built on the old trade routes which were providing protection to traders goods and also controlling the region as they were symbol of power. for more information please read my book on Bangalore- Aruni. S.K.
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