Kenilworth Fort or Kenilworth Castle
is situated in
Hosur
Hosur is an industrial city located in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Hosur is one of the municipal corporations in Tamil Nadu. It is located on the bank of the river River Ponnaiyar, southeast of Bengaluru and west of Chennai, the state ...
in the present day
Krishnagiri district in the state of
Tamil Nadu in
India. Its architecture is based on that of
Kenilworth Castle in
England, making it probably the only fort in India built to resemble an English castle.
Mr. Brett, the collector of Salem between 1859 and 1862, built this at his wife's request to be their residence, hence it is also sometimes called Brett's Fort. It was purchased by the government in 1875.
References
Forts in Tamil Nadu
Krishnagiri district
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