Considered as one of the seven wonders of Andhra Praesh, it is one of the
most beautiful Forts of Andhra. It can be easily reached from Hyderabad via
road as the fort is only 11 kms from Hydeabad City. It is the same city from
which the world known diamonds like KOHINOOR came from. Luxury buses and
cabs are easily avaialable to take you to the fort.
Flashback
Mankal is the other name of the place where Golconda Fort is situated. It
derives its name from the Kai Temple which to this date exists in the
premises of the Fort. And as the story goes the Fort derives its name from
the name Golla Konda, which in Telgu means The Shepherds Hill. It is so said
that a little shepheard boy came across an idol which lead to the
construction of a mud fort by the then Kaktiya Dynasty ruler of the Kingdom
which is today knowm as the Maha Kali Temple(Temple of Goddess Kali).
The fort was administered by Recherla Vellamas who ruled over Golkonda,
Rajaconda and Devarconda. Their capital was Rajaconda. After the defeat of
the Recherla Velamma kingdom, the three forts were ruled by the Bahamani
Kings (1364). When the Bahamani Kingdom collapsed, Golkonda rose to
prominence as the seat of the Qutb Shahi dynasty around 1507. Over a period
of 62 years the mud fort was expanded by the first three Qutb Shahi kings
into a massive fort made up of Granite. It remained so until the capital was
shifted to Hyderabad. The qutab Shahis were then blown over by Aurangzeb in
1687 who eventually took over the Golconda Fort.
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