Visit to Warangal Fort: Day Trip from Hyderabad
Warangal Fort is an easy day trip destination from Hyderabad. The fort is an architectural splendor of 13th century; I got to see its ruins and remains. The Kakatiya dynasty king Ganapati Deva undertook the construction of this fort, his daughter Rani Rudrama completed it.
This tremendously strong and powerful construction, result of the combined effort of this father daughter duo boasts of the workmanship of those artisans centuries back whose only tools were the chisel and hammer.
The architectural brilliance is still visible in the eroded, broken and damaged sculpted pieces. The pic above is of the Nandi idol, one of the structures in a better off condition than the others. The macro shots below, the actual size of the sculpted pieces are as less as one cm.
The “Swayambu Devalayam” temple is surrounded by four tall gateway carved out of stone. These are called the Keerti Toranas. It is made from one single stone. The efforts to keep them standing and defeat the weathering effects of time are visible.
Kakatiya Kala Thoranam Warangal
In ruins today, yet these mute sculpted pieces stir my heart. I roam around aimlessly among these propped up structures clicking away at my pace and will. I focus one for Skywatch post and my 14 year old pops in, “Mama, take my shot.”
Hey, this is on my list of next few trips…good to see it here
Warangal district has many architectural treasures ,I hope Telangana govt does something for promoting it ,nice pics Indrani
Looks like a great place. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Very nice photography. These images makes me very happy. I love ancient temples and technology.
Just beautiful
After seeing the pics I am like “Wow! I wanna be there!”
The artisans have done a brilliant job! Super 🙂
Beautifully captured as always 🙂 You make the Indian architecture alive
incredible… how I love Indian architecture…
Wow, these structures are exquisite! I love ruins and remains and would love to visit such a place.
Intricate, Square pillars are something we see in temples of Gadag
Loved the Thoranas.
That is a beautiful stone gateway. I've never seen anything like that. Amazing.
What a wonderful place, fabulous monuments! I enjoy these pictures!
Fantastic workmanship. I also wonder how in the world did they place those massive stone pieces.
and although i can only see a vague figure of your daughter, i still think it's a gr8 photograph.
the ruins are an interesting sight to see and fascinating to discover its history.
Very interesting! I like ruins.. And your photos are so very lovely! Fun to see your daughter poping in on the last photo, great!! :))
I would love to know the secrets all of these stones hold from years ago. This is an phenomenal architectural accomplishment. Thanks so much for sharing and including all of the interesting history. Your shots tell a wonderful story.
It must be wonderful to see these in person. The details in the photos are fascinating, and I love that the daughter finished the fort.
If you must live inside a fort, lovely walls help.
Wonderful
work
good creations
Incredible place and stunning monuments! Good job.
good one! I esp loved the last! my son did the same thing at Aurangabad!
So amazing what beautiful work they could do so long ago with such primitive tools. Nice post.
Wonderful shots. This architectural marvel is definitely on my wish list.
Ancient ruins seem to touch some kind of cellular memory in people.
Beautiful photos of a wonderful place, Indrani. Thank you for sharing them with us.
— K
Kay, Alberta, Canada
An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel
The last shot is delightful. I also like the shots that show the fort and ruins both in detail and wider shots. It's incredible to me that so much detail could be achieved on such large works with a hammer and a chisel.
What architectural wonder. I like the last photo especially. Lovely trip for the whole family. Happy Sky Watch!
magnificent! the artisans did an excellent job—the details are just stunning.
Just trying to take in the size of this beautiful place. The magnitude. Wow. I am always awed by the lyrical, graceful movement of the carved figures in these decidedly firm structures.
The stone carvings, the temples, all beautiful!
Fascinating place indeed…
Great shots, Indrani! The gateway is cool looking. Amazing structures, thanks for sharing!
Exotic carving and structures!
Thank you for sharing.
Happy SWF.
Have a great weekend.
Regina
Looking at the sky through the arch–what fun!
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The sky-seekers, some people say,
Do not favor night over day;
They always look up,
The sky is their cup,
And keeping it full’s their cachet!
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The beauty of the Indian people, and you have added your photography, brilliant.
Wow that's incredible detail.. just amazing!
Wow – fascinating place and so old… I can feel the history!
The gateway is absolutely gorgeous. It's difficult imagining something that beautifully intricate being created with hammers and chisels. But the detail in those small sculptures are also hard to imagine.
I like the photo of your 14-year old!
Marvelous, fascinating post as always, Indrani! And, as always, your photos are superb! I'm sure your 14 year old will be another great photographer!! Hope you both have a wonderful weekend!
Sylvia
As always very nice and interesting, well done indrani.
warm greetings from Holland, Joop
could never get enough of all the architectural treasures in india.