Kondavidu fort

Kondavidu Fort comes in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. Not only was the contribution of a king to build this fort, but many King Maharaj contributed to make this fort.
It took several years to build this fort. At the same time, Lord Krishna temple has also been built in front of this fort. Which is known by the name of the Gopinathwamy Temple.

Kondavidu fort

History of Kondavidu fort

Kondavidu Fort was constructed by Anapotha Reddy in 1250 and Kakatiya is a major contributor to making this fort bigger. But later this fort was captured by Proloya Vemrade, and in 1323, leaving Kadavidu as the capital, he renounced his fame.

After this the Kondavidu fort was one after another, the king of Vijayanagara, Gajapati, the Sultan of Golconda and the last of the French and British went to Hato.

There were various plans for the province and fortress of all those who ruled here. But all the Hindu rulers of Yehapur made plans for the benefit of this fort and the province here. But the Muslim emperors did not do anything for the development of the province here.

History of Kondavidu fort

In 1323, a large portion of Warangal and Andhra Pradesh went under the control of Delhi's Tughlaq. Because of their plight, the people were troubled by the reason that Hindu Raja Musunuri Nayak had expelled Muslims from Warangal and in this campaign Reddy was also involved.

Reddy of Kondavidu used to be firstly valiant at Warangal king. Due to the inscriptions found here, one thing is understandable that he was contemporary of Korkunda Reddy and he changed his capital from Tagore to Kondavadhu.

Founder of this lineage was Prolaya Reddy and she was the son of Prilla. In present-day Vijayawada and Guntur, he ruled for nearly hundred years (1328-1428).

His first king, Prolaya Vaamma Reddy, who ruled till 1353, and built many forts in his time, which led to his state becoming very strong and strong. The fort which he built was also the fort of Kondavidu.

Later, he had removed Kandavidu from his place of capital Guntur. After this the Bahmani (1458), King of Vijayanagar (1516), Qutbshahi (15311537 and 1579), Mughal army of Aurangzeb, 1687, French (1752), Asafjahi King and the last British (1766 and 1788) ) Had ruled.

Architecture of Kondavidu Fort

This fort was constructed very beautifully. The architecture in which it was built is a symbol of a very beautiful architecture.

Kondavidu Fort has a total of 24 strongholds and there are 30 smaller small hills around it, then this fort was ruled by Gajapati. This fort looks great enough because of its height.

Architecture of Kondavidu Fort

There are 21 stupas in this fort which is beautiful in appearance. Here are many things to look like, such as the temple, the house of the people, the pillar and many entrances. There is also a place for trekking in the vicinity of Kondavidu Fort.

After reading some inscriptions of Yehapar, we also understand who, who, when and how it was built. Whenever you come to Guntur district, you must look at this fort.

This fort is at the top of the temple of Gopinathvami and the temple here is dedicated to Lord Krishna. This temple is made of only one stone.

This fort is also built in architecture of both Hindus and Muslims. A mosque is also built in Kondavidu Fort and it is also said that this mosque was built from the remains of the temple.

The most important thing about this Kondavidu Fort is that it has been done to meet the needs of the people of the water. But only three kwas have not been made but only three kwas have been made.

People of these wells use water. This fort is another special thing that has a large mosque in it.

But this mosque is also said to be the place where this mosque is today, there used to be the first temple at that place. This mosque is built on the remains of the same temple.