Chandragiri Fort – Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

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Chandragiri Fort – Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
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There are some locations that are presented to us on a platter, as in the director takes the pains to show the name of the place as part of the song sequence. The song below is one such instance where there are 2 locations where the song has been filmed primarily and the Chandragiri fort is just one of them. The other one is the popular shore temple in Mahabalipuram and we will get to that another day.

About the location (from Wiki):
Chandragiri is a suburb located 14 km South of Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh. Chandragiri is famous for the historical fort, built in the 11th century, and the Raja Mahal (Palace) within it. In 1646 the fort was annexed to the Golkonda territory and subsequently came under Mysore rule. It went into oblivion from 1792 onward. The fort encircles eight ruined temples of saivite and vaishnavite pantheons, Raja Mahal, Rani Mahal and other ruined structures. The Raja Mahal Palace is now an archeological museum. The palace is three storeyed, is an example of Indo-Sarcen architecture of Vijayanagar period. The crowning towers represents the Hindu architectural elements. The palace was constructed using stone, brick, lime mortar and devoid of timber.

Movies shot at this location:
Unnarugaiyil Varugaiyil from Kalloori

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  1. PRASANTH says:

    December 12th, 2010 at 1:24 AM (#)

    To know about the chandragiri fort in kasaragod, kerala click this link

    http://colours-artofnature.blogspot.com/2010/11/chandragiri-fort.html

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