#barkur

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Barkur Fort

Entrance to the fort

“kote katti meredavarella yenaadaru,

Mishe thiruvi kunidavarella, mannaadaru” is the lines from the ditty in a Rajkumar movie. It translates to whatever happened to those who built those glorious empires, even those who were powerful, are all dead and gone, back to dust. Nothing emphasizes this more than the Barkur fort. Great expanse of neglected terrain. The archaeological…

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Kalluchappara

the stone structure as you enter the town of Barkuru is the Kalluchappara, it is the sole witness to the stories of justice meted out in the town that houses the legendary.(vetala) and the Mahasthree (https://parwatisingari.wordpress.com/2015/01/29/bennekudru-mulamahastree-ammana-gardi/).

The Kalluchappara is stone shade, with a central stone slab for seating. At one corner is the pond around it…

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fort at Barkuru

Entrance to the fort

“kote katti meredavarella yenaadaru,

Mishe thiruvi kunidavarella, mannaadaru” is the lines from the ditty in a Rajkumar movie. It translates to whatever happened to those who built those glorious empires, even those who were powerful, are all dead and gone, back to dust. Nothing emphasizes this more than the Barkur fort. Great expanse of neglected terrain. The archaeological…

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Bennekudru – Mulamahastree – Ammana gardi

The river sita

. The Justice deliverer of the Mogaveeras.

The legends say that Parashurama, the sixth incarnation of Vishnu reclaimed the land from Sagara the Sea God to carve out Parashurama Kshetra.  He got the Brahmins of Aichatra to reside here. He gave them a boon of abundance and got them married to the local fisherwomen. Thus emerged the brahmanical cult of the west coast.  The Brahmins it…

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