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|name = Rajagiri Fort<br />
|partof = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
|location = [[Villupuram District]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]<br />
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|caption = Rajagiri Fort<br />
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The '''Rajagiri Fort''' was built in 1200 AD. It is located in Rajagiri, [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]], meaning ''Kings Hill''.<ref name="South India Handbook">South India Handbook By Roma Bradnock</ref> It is 1&nbsp;km from [[Gingee|Gingee Market]]. It is made up of [[saffron]] and black rock. Currently, the fort includes a magazine, [[gym]]nasium, palace site, audience hall, [[stable]], [[clock tower]], [[granary]], treasury in [[Indo-Islamic architecture|Indo-Islamic]] style, store-house for grains and an elephant tank. In the West Entrance, Venu Gopalaswami Temple, Ranganath Temple of Vijayanagar Kings, Kalyan Mandap, Sadatulla Khan's Masjid (1717–18), Mahabbat Khan's masjid. Bath tubs with continuous supply of water, a huge cannon, belong to the temple on the top of the fort near Chakrakulam-Kunda (reservoir).<br />
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