Raichur Fort                                                                                                                                                   

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The Raichur Fort is the most popular attraction of Raichur city. The fort was built by the Kakatiya rulers in 1294 AD. It is surrounded by double rows of massive low circuit walls on its three sides and is built on an 88 m high hill. Its inner wall is constructed by huge blocks of stones that are attached together without any cementing material. However, the main attraction of this fort is a large stone slab having a length of 41 ft. This slab carries records in Telugu along with a scene where huge slabs are hauled up a hill with the help of buffalo driven carts. Other outer fortifications of this structure include five massive gateways namely the western Mecca Darwaza, the northern Naurangi Darwaza, the eastern Kati Darwaza, and the southern Khandak Darwaza. Its fifth...More »The Raichur Fort is the most popular attraction of Raichur city. The fort was built by the Kakatiya rulers in 1294 AD. It is surrounded by double rows of massive low circuit walls on its three sides and is built on an 88 m high hill. Its inner wall is constructed by huge blocks of stones that are attached together without any cementing material.

 

However, the main attraction of this fort is a large stone slab having a length of 41 ft. This slab carries records in Telugu along with a scene where huge slabs are hauled up a hill with the help of buffalo driven carts. 

Other outer fortifications of this structure include five massive gateways namely the western Mecca Darwaza, the northern Naurangi Darwaza, the eastern Kati Darwaza, and the southern Khandak Darwaza. Its fifth gateway lies in its south-east direction and is known as the Doddi Darwaza. Its inner walls also have two gateways known as the Sailani Darwaza, situated in its western direction and the Sikandari Darwaza situated in its east.

This fort is also popular for its stone inscriptions in Persian and Arabic. These inscriptions are said to belong to Ali Burj. In the premises of this fort, several tanks and ruins of ancient temples are also seen.

Country
State	Karnataka
Region	Bayaluseeme
District	Raichur district
Government
• MLA	Dr. Shivraj Patil
Elevation	407 m (1,335 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,32,456
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	584101
Telephone code	91 8532
Vehicle registration	KA-36
Website	raichur.nic.in

Climate data for Raichur
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	31.9	34.8	37.2	39.5	39.2	34	31.8	31	31.1	32	30	30	33.54
	-89.4	-94.6	-99	-103.1	-102.6	-93.2	-89.2	-87.8	-88	-89.6	-86	-86	-92.38
Average low °C (°F)	18.5	19.7	23.6	25.5	27.5	23.5	22.8	23	22.7	22.8	18.7	17	22.11
	-65.3	-67.5	-74.5	-77.9	-81.5	-74.3	-73	-73.4	-72.9	-73	-65.7	-62.6	-71.8
Rainfall mm (inches)	3.6	2.1	12	7	18.2	41.1	61.1	102.5	78	65.6	36.2	9.5	436.9
	-0.142	-0.083	-0.472	-0.276	-0.717	-1.618	-2.406	-4.035	-3.071	-2.583	-1.425	-0.374	-17.202