Krishnagiri's History

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Krishnagiri is a Town & district headquarters of Krishnagiri district in Tamilnadu, India.

It is said that this area is once ruled by the King Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagar empire, hence the town got the name “Krishnagiri”(Krishna-From the king's name and Giri means hill, Krishnagiri is surrounded by many hills).

Krishnagiri fort and the surrounding areas came under the rule of Hoysalas, Chattrapathi sivaji, Nawab of cuddapah, Wodeyars of mysore, Bijapur sultan and Aurangzeb one after the other.

Krishnagiri was ruled by Hyder ali and Tipu sultan of Mysore in the 18^th century. The krishnagiri fort was under their control. In 1768 this fort came under british control for a short period of time.

But Hyder Ali retained the krishnagiri fort with him shortly after war with british. At the end of Third Anglo-Mysore war, by the Treaty of Srirangapatna in 1792 the krishnagiri fort & the surrounding areas then called as Barah mahal(Barah mahal means twelve forts, the surrounding areas has twelve forts) was surrendered to the british forever.

Krishnagiri became the headquarters of barah mahal country or area after british took over it.

Some historical places in krishnagiri district are,

     Forts:-

      

  1) Krishnagiri fort(Krishnagiridurgam,Kistnagherry, Kistnaghurry)

  2) Rayakotta fort

  3) Jagadevi fort (Jagadevidurgam or Jagadevigarh or Jagdeo, Capital of Hoysala king  

             “Jagadevarayan”)

  4) Kenilworth fort,Hosur

  5) Anchetty fort(Anchettidurgam)

  6) Nilagiridurgam fort(Nilagiridurg or Neeldurg,  3 miles from anchettidurg)

  7) Turnacoonda hill fort(A hill-fort between Anchettidurgam and Nilagiridurgam)

  8) Virabhadradurgam fort(Verapadurg or Varanagarh)

  9) Hudedurgam fort(Ooria Durgum) 

10) Maharajakadai fort(Maharajgarh)

11) Gaganagiri fort(Gaganagarh or periyamalai)

12) Tattakaldurgam fort

13) Warrangur hill fort

14) Other forts-Mallikarjunadurgam, Kundukote(Kundu kota konda), Ratnagiri, Kundanimalai,Ankusagiridurgam, Balakondarayandurgam, Nagamalai, Mallapadi

15) Other small forts-Hosur, Bagalur, Soolagiri

16) Sudarshangad

     

Pre-historic sites:- 

  1) Mallachandiram near Krishnagiri(Megalithic burial site which is largest in Tamil Nadu)

  2) Paleolithic sites:-

       Near Barugur, Near Kappalavadi, Varatanapalli.

  3) Neolithic sites:-

      Krishnagiri taluk (Gollapalli and Togarapalli)

      Modur, Vedarthattakkal and Kolahattur

  4)Agalakottai- Denkanikottai- Memorial stone

  5)Anachandram- Hosur- cairn circle, capstone had cup marks

  6)Anandur- uthangarai-  Memorial stone

  7)Andimalai – krishnagiri- cairn circle, rock paintings

  8)Baleguli-  krishnagiri - Megaliths

  9)Bannellipudur-  krishnagiri - cairn circle

10)Bargur- krishnagiri - Neolihic, cairn circle

11)Belur- Denkanikottai- cairn circle, Memorial stone

12)Bettamugulalam- Denkanikottai- cairn circle

13)Bhastharapalli- Hosur- Dolmen

14)Bilalam- Denkanikottai- cairn circle

15)Bodammani- Denkanikottai- cairn circle

16)Enusonai- Hosur- Cairn circle

17)Gangadevanahalli- Denkanikottai- cairn circle,menhir(7ft), memorial stone

18)Gangaleri-  krishnagiri -  Dolmen,cairn circle

19)Gangavaram-  krishnagiri - cairncircle,memorial stone

20)Gidlur-  krishnagiri -  cairn circle

21)Gollapalli-  krishnagiri -  Neolithic, habitation mound, Megaliths

22)Kurubarahalli-  Hosur-  Cairn circle

23)Lakshachandram- Denkanikottai- cairn circle

24)Maharajakadai-  krishnagiri - Dolmen, Rock paintings

25)Marireddipalli-  krishnagiri - Neolithic, Habitation mound, cairn circle

26)Mariyalam- Denkanikottai- cairn circle

27)Marudepalli-  krishnagiri - Megaliths

28)Mayiladumparai-  krishnagiri -  Neolithic, Habitation mound, cairn circle, Rock paintings

29)Nataranalavam- Denkanikottai- Cairn circle, Memorial stone

30)Oblesapalli-  krishnagiri - cairn circle

31)Oddampatti- Uthangarai- Memorial stone

32)santhanapalli- Denkanikottai- cairn circle, Memorial stone

33)sappamuttulu-  krishnagiri - cairn circle

34)sembadamuthur-  krishnagiri -  cairn circle

35)sengodachennanahalli- Denkanikottai- cairn circle

36)sevvampatti-  krishnagiri -  Memorial stone

37)sikaralapalli-Hosur- cairn circle

38)sokadu- krishnagiri - Megaliths

39)soolagiri- Hosur- cairn circle, Memorial stone

40)Sulamalai-  krishnagiri - Dolmen

41)suligunta- Denkanikottai- cairn circle

42)sundekuppam-  krishnagiri - Habitation mound, Rock paintings

43)Tandarai- Denkanikottai- cairn circle, Memorial stone

44)Thadikallu- Denkanikottai- cairn circle

45)Thalapalli-  krishnagiri - Dolmen, Rock paintings 

46)Thavalam-  krishnagiri - Dolmen, Memorial stone

Rock art paintings:- 

1)  Krishnagiri taluk (Thalapalli, Oppathavadi, Oramanakunta, Myiladumparai, Mallapadi)

     Hosur taluk(Mudippinayanapalli)

     Paintings on dolmen(Mallachandram, Maharajakadai, Malththampatti, Kuruvinayanapalli, Oramanakunta)

2)  Plough Rock art paintings(Location - Melpallam of Melumalai range in ChinnaKothur 

     of  Veppanapalli  union in Krishnagiri District)

     For further information regarding this you can visit www.scribd.com and search for 

     “Plough rock  art” and download the file. 

3)  Human and bird figures painted in white colour.(Location- Krishnagiri fort, Krishnagiri).

     To view the photo of this visit the following website,

     http://ignca.nic.in/asp/showbig.asp?projid=rock

Miscellaneous:-  

            

      1)  Sati stone dating back to the vijayanagar period in the premises of a shiva temple   
            in Krishnagiri.To view image for this visit the following website,

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattavilasa/2139993119/in/photostream

2)  Chandra sudeshwarar temple, Hosur(Built by hoysalas,12^th century)

3)  Ruined jain temple, Hosur(nearly 800 year old)

4)  Bettaraya SwamyTemple,Denkanikottai 

5)  Hanuman theertham temple(10 km from uthangarai) 

6)  Rajaji  memorial,Duraipalli, Hosur

7)  Subramanya siva memorial, Pochampalli  

8)  Kundani(Capital of Hoysala king “Veera Ramanathan” , 13th Centuty AD)  

9)  Rayakota minar

http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/14/stories/2010021456940500.htm 

Don’t miss the below Paintings and drawings of Krishnagiri.

Painting 1:-

This Painting is done by an artist Sir Alexander Allan(1764-1820) in the year 1794 shows the Krishnagiri fort

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Painting 2:-

This Painting is done by an artist Justinian Gantz(1802-1862) of  Austria and it shows the “view from the governor's camp near kistnagherry”

Drawing 3:-

This drawing shows the Krishnagiri fort  is an illustration for the book “A Comprehensive History of India” by Henry Beveridge (Blackie, 1862). 

Painting 4:-

This Painting is done by an artist James Hunter and it shows an east view of the hill fort at Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu.

Painting 5:-

This Painting is done by an artist James Hunter and it shows the hill fort at Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu.

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