Stars blanket at Gummanayaka Fort
Date: 09th and 10th March 2019 Whenever I drove over north of my house towards Chikkabalapura and beyond, I always had a question, whats inside the hill ranges that lies to the east of Bagepalli town. I was invited by our civil engineer and construction partner Mr. Venkataramana many times to witness the development of a temple on a small hillock at his village Nallasanampalli. This time he had a concrete work for staircase that provides steps to the temple structure and called me for a visit, I took the maps and other forest department information to learn more on the geography and wildlife of this area and identify a suitable place for camping and small hike. Bagepalli taluk of Chikkaballapura district had a history of rulers related to Vijayanagara Empire and Tippu sultan that gave details of place called Gummanayaka Palya and a fort in it. Seeing on the maps, I could locate the Gummanayaka fort with difficulty and found that most of the North, West and South portion surrounding ...