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Naggar Castle

India · 15th century

Founded
c. 1460
Location
Kullu district
Coordinates
32.112°, 77.165°
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Naggar Castle in India
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Description

Naggar Castle is a medieval castle, located in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, India. It was built by Raja Sidh Singh of Kullu around 1460 AD, it was taken over by the Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (HPTDC), to run as a heritage hotel, in 1978.

It was the official seat of kings for centuries. According to a legend, Raja Sidh Singh used stones from the abandoned palace (Gardhak) of Rana Bhonsal to build the castle.

Text adapted from “Naggar Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Naggar Castle ranks #6,404 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #197 of the 223 mapped in India. Founded c. 1460, it is older than 46% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. See how India compares in the castle statistics.

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