Dindigul Fort

The Dindigul Fort or Dindigul Malai Kottai and Abirami amman Kalaheswarar Temple was built in 16th-century by Madurai Nayakar Dynasty situated in the town of Dindigul in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. The fort was built by the Madurai Nayakar king Muthu Krishnappa Nayakar in 1605. In the 18th century the fort passed on to Kingdom of Mysore (Mysore Wodeyars). Later it was occupied by Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan the fort was of strategic importance. In 1799, it went to the control of the British East India Company during the Polygar Wars. There is an abandoned temple on its peak apart from few cannons sealed with balls inside.

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Dindigul Fort ranks #1,919 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #94 of the 156 mapped in India. Founded 1605, it is older than 35% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 350 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. See how India compares in the castle statistics.

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