Chitradurga
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- Settlement.name
- Chitradurga
- Settlement.nickname
- Fort City (Kote Nadu)
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- GALIMANTAPA.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Historic temple in Chitradurga
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 6
- Settlement.map_caption
- Chitradurga in Karnataka
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Karnataka
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Chitradurga
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1465
- Settlement.founder
- Thimmanna Nayaka
- Settlement.governing_body
- City Municipal Council
- Settlement.leader_title
- MP
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Chitradurga district
- Continent
- Asia
- Area
- 21.57
- Elevation
- 732
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Chitradurga district
- Dialing code
- 8194
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- Chitradurga
- postal code
- 577 50x
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Legend of Onake Obavva
- Geography
- Geology: National Geological Monument
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Administration
- Renewable Energy
- Historical places
- Chitradurga Fort
- Chandravalli
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Chitradurga is a city and the headquarters of Chitradurga district, which is located on the valley of the Vedavati river in the central part of the Indian state of Karnataka. Chitradurga is a place with historical significance and a major tourist hub of Karnataka. The city is renowned for its 15th century Kallina Kote or Stone Fortress. This is formed from two Kannada words: ‘Kallina’ means "Stone's" and Kote means "Fort". Other names used in Kannada are ‘Ukkina Kote": "Steel Fort" (metaphorically used to mean an impregnable fort) and ‘Yelusuttina Kote’: "Seven Circles Fort".
==Etymology== Chitradurga gets its name from Chitrakaldurga [meaning picturesque fort, in turn "Chitra" (Picture), "Kala" (Art) and "Durga" (Fort)]. Chitradurga was also known by the names Chitradurg, Chitrakaladurga, and Chittaldurg. Chittaldrug (or Chitaldrug or Chittledroog) was the official name used during the period of British rule.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chitradurga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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