Jaladurga is a fortified village in

Raichur district Raichur District is an administrative district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located in the northeast part of the state and is bounded by Yadgir district in the north, Bijapur and Bagalkot district in the northwest, Koppal district ...

in the

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n state of

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

, about 20 km northeast of

Lingsugur Lingasugur is a municipal town in Raichur district in the Indian state of Karnataka. There are many Temples, hills and forts (Quila). The festivals of Muharram and Maha Shivaratri are important here. Mudgal in Lingasugur taluk has a very ancie ...

town. The

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Kings of Bijapur built the fort.

Jaladurga Fort Grand Canyon Of Raichur

The Krishna River cascades down here and is known as the Jaladurga Falls. This is a tourist destinations in this region. Jaladurga has the unique island Fort on a hill, literally means in Kannada ''fort on water''. it is 13 km from

, the Krishna river flows east side around the hill and the approach from surrounding areas is difficult and ideal place for a Fort. There were seven gates. Actually there are no particular record to prove that the fort was once a stronghold of the

Adilshahi The Adil Shahi or Adilshahi, was a Shia,Salma Ahmed Farooqui, ''A Comprehensive History of Medieval India: From Twelfth to the Mid-Eighteenth Century'', (Dorling Kindersley Pvt Ltd., 2011), 174. and later Sunni Muslim,Muhammad Qasim Firishta's T ...

s of Bijapur. The fort is in ruined status. on the top of the fort once had a palace and a cellar. There are a few tombs of the kings, no identification, there is Sangameshwara Matha, temple of Yellamma. The sides of the river Krishna is not sandy, it is full of smooth boulders and it is called as ''Mandhana Maduvu''. At Jaladurga there is a small stone inscription written in

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script. Quilla is at one side, which used to watch enemies track. Also for punishment and all there was burza, which was in ruined nature. To go to Jajadurga, people will use Halabhavi route.

Mythology

According to local belief, there is a box like stone hidden in the river, which contain a lakh of the verses of the great saint

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and are hidden secret from the rest of the world.

Jaladurga forest

There is a view point built by the forest department, it is under the Jaladurga reserve forest, the forest is home to wildlife, such as the fox, hyena, hare and mongoose.

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