The hill fort near Dharmastala known as Narasimhagad, also called Jamalagudda under Tipu Sultan. The black rock monolith has steep faces and accessible only by steps which have been hacked out of the rock itself. First half of the the climb is easy but the second half is steep. The steps are high & narrow, hardly enough space for an adult foot. Ascending was one thing but descending was scary, one slip and that's it!
These pictures were taken sometime December 2002, during a visit to Dharmasthala with Amma, Deepak and Praveen. Deepak and I had climbed the hill while Amma and Praveen waited at the base. The top was full of tall grass, we could hardly make out what lay ahead of us.
The first time I saw this place was sometime 1992 with Anish. Jamalabad (that's the other name) is about 22km from Dharmastala. We climbed one third way and gave up. Somehow the same had happened with Anish at Shivagange and Savandurga.
Narasimhagad is almost as tall as Shivagange with ruins on the top. The summit is small in area bit offers a fantastic view of the surrounding forest covered hills. Deepak had shot better pictures, may be sometime I'll get them from him and post them in this blog.
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These pictures were taken sometime December 2002, during a visit to Dharmasthala with Amma, Deepak and Praveen. Deepak and I had climbed the hill while Amma and Praveen waited at the base. The top was full of tall grass, we could hardly make out what lay ahead of us.
The first time I saw this place was sometime 1992 with Anish. Jamalabad (that's the other name) is about 22km from Dharmastala. We climbed one third way and gave up. Somehow the same had happened with Anish at Shivagange and Savandurga.
Narasimhagad is almost as tall as Shivagange with ruins on the top. The summit is small in area bit offers a fantastic view of the surrounding forest covered hills. Deepak had shot better pictures, may be sometime I'll get them from him and post them in this blog.
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