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{{Infobox Military Structure
|name = Ramagiri Fort
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|location= [[Peddapalli district]], [[Telangana]], India
|image = Ramagiri Fort.jpg
|caption = View of Ramagiri Fort
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|built = 12th century
|builder = [[Kakatiyas]]
|materials = Stone and mud
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|condition = Ruins
|open_to_public = Yes
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The '''Ramagiri Fort''', also known as '''Ramagiri Khilla''', located over a mountain top, is in the [[Peddapalli district]] of the [[States and union territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Telangana]].<ref name=Khilla>{{Cite web|url=http://telanganatourism.gov.in/hk-ramagiri-khilla.html|title=Ramagiri Khilla|access-date=28 June 2015|publisher=Telangana Tourism Government of Telangana}}</ref>

in '''ramagiri khilla''' the Hanuman statue was constructed by '''Gaddam Bapu''' from mancherial district. The family member will visit every year and make pray and worship for lord Hanuman. And recent year the family also established lord nagula statue near putta on top of mountain

==Location==
The fort, located on the Ramagiri hills, is near the Begumpet village in Ramagiri mandal in Peddapalli district. The fort was built within a thickly forested area that has a wealth of plant species, including many medicinal herbs.<ref name=Deccan>{{Cite news|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140926/nation-current-affairs/article/tourism-lies-neglect|title=Tourism lies in neglect|date= 26 September 2014|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref>

The fort is {{Convert|22|km}} away from Peddapalli, the district headquarters.<ref name=Deccan/> The Peddapalli – Manthani highway passes close to the fort, which is {{Convert|2|km}} away from the Begumpet village.<ref name=Khilla/>

==History==
The fort was built in the 12th century by the [[Kakatiyas]] of [[Warangal]]. Later, it was controlled by the [[Qutb Shahi dynasty|Qutub Sahi Sultanate]] from 1518 to 1687, In 1656, the ruler of [[Golconda]], [[Abdullah Qutb Shah]], gave the fort to his son-in-law, one of [[Aurangzeb]]'s sons.{{Sfn|Roy|2014|p=116}} The fort came under the control of the [[British Raj]] in 1791.<ref>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of British-Indian Dates: Being a Compendium of All the Dates Essential to the Study of the History of British Rule in India|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionarybriti01unkngoog|year=1866|publisher=W. Blackwood|page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionarybriti01unkngoog/page/n135 129]}}</ref> Tradition has it that [[Kalidasa]], one of the greatest [[Sanskrit]] poets, was motivated to compose his [[Meghadūta]], a lyrical poem, by the Ramagiri Fort; however, [[Kalidasa]] is thought to have lived in the fifth century CE, well before the fort's construction.{{Sfn|Congress|1990|p=775}}
The Hanuman statue on the mountain was construction by Gaddam Bapu from mancherial district.

==Features==
[[File:View from Ramagiri Fort.jpg|right|thumb|View from the Ramagari Fort]]
Built in stone, the fort has many bastions and occupies a large area of a few square kilometres.<ref name=Deccan/> The bastions are in octagonal shape.{{Sfn|Murthy|1997|p=32}} The fort had been fitted with four forge-welded cannons on the masonry battlements built to a height of {{Convert|12|m}} as part of the fort walls.{{Sfn|Roy|2014|p=116}} It has been noted that the mud plaster that covered some of the structures in thick layers was a combination of mud, lime, reeds, hair of animals, or even blood of animals.{{Sfn|Murthy|1997|p=26}}

==Herbal plants==
The Ramagiri forest in the area of the fort is an important source for medicinal plants. Large numbers of local medicinal people collect the plants and offer them for sale in nearby towns. Students also visit the area to identify these plants and make herbarium specimens. In view of this importance for medicinal plants, it has been suggested that the forest of the fort area be declared a Medicinal Plants Conservation Center.{{cn|date=November 2019}}

==See also==
*[[Gurijala Nayaks]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|last= Congress |first=Indian History |title=Proceedings – Indian History Congress|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mAVDAAAAYAAJ&q=ramagiri|year=1990|page=775}}
*{{cite book|last= Murthy |first=K. Lakshmana |title=Structural Conservation of Monuments in South India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=672fAAAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Bhartiya Kala Prakashan|isbn=978-81-86050-06-4}}
*{{cite book|last= Roy |first=Kaushik |title=Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400–1750: Cavalry, Guns, Government and Ships|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dSVnAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA116|date=22 May 2014|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-1-78093-813-4}}

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[[Category:History of Telangana]]
[[Category:Tourism in Telangana]]
[[Category:Karimnagar district]]

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