Chitradurga
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- Settlement.name
- Chitradurga
- Settlement.nickname
- Fort City (Kote Nadu)
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- City
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- GALIMANTAPA.jpg
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- Historic temple in Chitradurga
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- yes
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- 6
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- Chitradurga in Karnataka
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
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- Karnataka
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- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Chitradurga
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1465
- Settlement.founder
- Thimmanna Nayaka
- Settlement.governing_body
- City Municipal Council
- Settlement.leader_title
- MP
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- Etymology
- History
- Legend of Onake Obavva
- Geography
- Geology: National Geological Monument
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Administration
- Renewable Energy
- Historical places
- Chitradurga Fort
- Chandravalli
- Gallery
- See also
- References
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Chitradurga is a city and the headquarters of Chitradurga district, which is located on the valley of the Vedavati river in the central part of the Indian state of Karnataka. Chitradurga is a place with historical significance and a major tourist hub of Karnataka. The city is renowned for its 15th century Kallina Kote or Stone Fortress. This is formed from two Kannada words: ‘Kallina’ means "Stone's" and Kote means "Fort". Other names used in Kannada are ‘Ukkina Kote": "Steel Fort" (metaphorically used to mean an impregnable fort) and ‘Yelusuttina Kote’: "Seven Circles Fort".
==Etymology== Chitradurga gets its name from Chitrakaldurga [meaning picturesque fort, in turn "Chitra" (Picture), "Kala" (Art) and "Durga" (Fort)]. Chitradurga was also known by the names Chitradurg, Chitrakaladurga, and Chittaldurg. Chittaldrug (or Chitaldrug or Chittledroog) was the official name used during the period of British rule.