Ranjankudi Fort : Ranjankudi Fort is located 17 K.Ms. North of Perambalur,8 km from Tholudur.
The Fort was built by a Jagirdar under Nawab of Carnatic in 17th century A.D. The Fort walls are built with neatly cut stone blocks. There are three fortification walls at different heights and the bottom most is the main rampart. It is oblong on plan with semi circular bastions and encircled by a moat fed by a tank on the Southern side. The fort contains a palace, residential buildings, underground chambers, mosque and flag mast. The fort was the scene of the battle of Valikondah between the English and Mohammad Ali on one side and Chanda Sahib and the French on the other side in 1751 AD. This fort is under protection of the Archaeological survey of India.
But with poor maintainance from ASI. Even villagers dosn't know much about the history of that port. can any one from our group can give details. We got facinated experience there.
1. Dindigul Malakottai also known as Umaithurai Kottai ... Legend says Umaithurai was hiding in this fort for some time. Also the Abirami Amman was also there up in the fort before she was taken down to Kalahateeswara swami temple. The latest generation know this temple by name Abirami Amman Kovil, but for records it is Gnananbiga Samedha kalahateeswara Swami temple (shh Included my native also in the list)
Nice welcome effort. Please start a new thread only for the addition of forts. Later on it can be easily converted to a database as all info will be available in one place. Sampath
Palayamkottai Vattakottai Fort - Near Kanyakumari (Circular Fort) Salem Fort Tippu Sultan's fort, Namakkal Omalur Kottai, Omalur
Kottai (Fort) in just name (no known forts in the place): Kottaikkadu, Tuticorin district PALAYA KOTTAI, Kangeyam Erode Mud Fort (leveled in the past 200 years) Pattukkottai Kottai Medu, Near Kalipatti/Mallasamudram Tiruchengode Taluk, Namakkal district Kattu Kotai near Attur Kottai Theru, Aragalur, (Magadai Mandalam) Salem District Kottai-malai, near Narthamalai, Trichy Aranthangi, Pudukkottai Thirumayam, Pudukkottai Panchalamkurichy fort
Curious: If pudhukottai is 'new fort' what/where/who/when was the 'old' fort? (Is palaya kottai near Kangeyam the place?). Does the ruins of the old fort still exist? Is the old fort gone over time/human activities? Wouldn't there be some records (Literary, Archeological, Epigraphical, Numismatic).