Tag: Pavagada
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Unraveling the Mysteries of the Pavagada Hill Fort: The Enigmatic Ghee-Storing Granaries
The Pavagada Hill Fort is renowned for its unique cylindrical granaries, locally referred to as “Thuppade Dhone/Thuppada kolada batthery” (ತುಪ್ಪದ ಕೊಳದ ಬತ್ತೇರಿ), meaning “ghee-storing granaries.” These granaries have sparked various historical debates regarding their original purpose. Some historians assert that these masonry structures were designed to store ghee for long periods. This old ghee, combined […]
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Exploring the Enigmatic Petroglyphs of Pavagada
Since my schooldays, Pulikonda Hill in Pavagada has held a unique allure in this region Its distinctive feature—a black strip of small rocks crowned its summit—captivated my attention. Later, as I ventured to the Sanganakallu hills, I couldn’t shake the resemblance between the dolerite rocks I saw in Pavagada and those here. This realization ignited […]
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Visited 200-year-old, Glass bangle manufacturing site
Bangles are a symbol of prosperity and prosperous according to Hindu culture. Whether it’s marriage or any other women-associated functions these bangles are traditionally immersed in our culture. Its belief that the jingling sound of bangles drives away the negative energy of the surrounding. Since from Mohenjo-Daro period the usage of Bangles […]
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Nidugallu(Nidugal) – The unparalleled Ancient fort monument stood since the Iron Age …
Nidugallu is located in the Pavagada taluk in Tumkur District, state of Karnataka and it is approx. 180 km from the state capital, Bengaluru. The history of Nidugallu dates back to the Iron age of medieval timeline, later it was ruled by the Gangas, Chalukyas, Cholas, Hoysalas and the Vijayanagara kingdom, Hyder Ali & Tippu […]
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Folk sagas of heroic women from our past ….
Like in Hampi, every stone there will narrate a story about it, likewise I encountered a peculiar strange folk story of a bastion constructed by sacrificing a pregnant woman(Human sacrifice) for the built-up fort in Pavagada. Likewise, there are similar folk stories related to two other pregnant women who were sacrificed at different stages during […]