Hosadurga
Sign in to saveHosadurga is a town and a taluk in Chitradurga district in the Indian state of Karnataka. The name "Hosadurga" translates to "New Fort" in Kannada as it was built around the hill fort. Hosadurga is known as land of Coconuts (ಕಲ್ಪವೃಕ್ಷದ ನಾಡು) and recently promoted as land of millets (ಸಿರಿಧಾನ್ಯದ ನಾಡು).
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hosadurga
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- Kannada
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
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- Hosadurga-AerialView.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view of Hosadurga in 2008
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- India Karnataka
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- right
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- Located in Karnataka, India
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Karnataka
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- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Chitradurga district
- Elevation
- +739
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Hosadurga-AerialView.JPG
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Hosadurga is a town and a taluk in Chitradurga district in the Indian state of Karnataka. The name "Hosadurga" translates to "New Fort" in Kannada as it was built around the hill fort. Hosadurga is known as land of Coconuts (ಕಲ್ಪವೃಕ್ಷದ ನಾಡು) and recently promoted as land of millets (ಸಿರಿಧಾನ್ಯದ ನಾಡು).
==History== Not much about Hosadurga is documented in the history. The name 'Hosadurga' should not be confused with similar named places such as important fort city of Kampili kingdom , 'Hosamale-durga' or 'Hosa-vidu' which as later named as Anegundi. alt=Hosadurga Taluk Map|thumb|Hosadurga Taluk Map|359x359px Hosadurga, as part of Chitradurga was ruled under Vijayanagara Empire and subsequently ruled by the Nayakas of Chitradurga in the late medieval period. The hill fort of Hosadurga on the surrounding hill (ಭೈರಪ್ಪನ ಬೆಟ್ಟ) was built by Chikkanna Nayaka in 1676. According to B.N. Sri Sathyan, a Jangama priest took refuge under the chitradurga Palegars and was commissioned to build a pete below the hill. Eventually this settlement, Hosadurga was taken over by Hyder Ali. During the British rule, the Chitradurga province was included in the Kingdom of Mysore.