Gadwal Fort — Attraction in Telangana

Distance (From Mahabubnagar): 78 Kms Visited From: Mahabubnagar Trip Duration (Including Travel): 4 Hours/Half Day Transportation Options: Bus / Cab Website: NA Phone No: NA Address: NA Travel Tips: None At a distance of 1 km from Gadwal Bus Station, 78 km from Mahabubnagar Bus Station and 188 km from Hyderabad, Gadwal Fort is situated in Mahabubnagar district of Telangana. Gadwal is one of the popular historical places to visit around Hyderabad.

The most famous ruler and strongman of Gadwal called Peda Soma Bhupaludu (Somanadri) built this fort during 17th century. The Fort was constructed with huge walls and moats around the fort which made the Gadwal Fort very strong and impregnable.

The fort has three temples called Sri Chennakesava Temple, Ramalayam, Sri Venugopala Temple among which Chennakesava Temple is grand with large temple tower, stone mandapa and beatiful carvings. Sri Pedda Soma Bhupala has defeated the Nawab of Kurnool and brought 32 feet long Cannon which was the biggest in the country which can be still seen in the fort. Gadwal is also famous for silk sarees. The weavers are known for weaving smallest Silk Saree which can be kept in a match Box.

Presently Telangana Governmant has taken so many steps to renovate the heritage of the Gadwal Fort and make it a major tourist destination of Telangana. Presently part of the fort houses the college of Maharani Adi Laxmi Devamma (wife of...

Gadwal fort is such a splendid construction which is built only with mud cubes. It stands out at the height of forty feet high. About 350 years ago a king called Nalla Somanadri who was from the near by village named Poodoor happened to visit this area which then a densest forest. He was amused by the natural beauty of this area and wanted to settle down here. As he was searching for a suitable location , he found an eagle flying down at the same place where he later built his gigantic forte. Somanadri well known for his fighting spirit.He waged wars against Kurnool and Raichoor Navabs successfully. As the memory of the might of the King there is a huge missile launcher is present in front of the municipal office at...

THERE IS NO FORT HERE !! It might be advisable to consider renaming the site, as numerous visitors have expressed confusion, leading the temple authorities to repeatedly address inquiries about the fort's whereabouts.

Currently, the only remnants of the old fort consist of a deteriorated compound wall near the car parking area.

Additionally, there is a Chennakesava Temple at the site, which, although originally very old, has undergone recent modernization. There is also a College at the site. We are totally shocked to see these when we reached the site expecting to...