Madhugiri Fort - Karnataka
Madhugiri, or also known as Maddagiri, is located around 43 km north of Tumkur town, and 107 km north-west of Bengaluru city. The monolith and the surrounding greenery of Madhugiri are the main attractions. The place has old temples of Venkataramanaswami and Malleshwara built by the Vijayanagara feudatories in the Dravidian style. Madhugiri trek is named after the Madhugiri hill which translated to the Madhu (Honey) + Giri (Hill): Hill of the honey. Madhugiri Fort Madhugiri fort - Trekking: Madhugiri fort trekking time is within 2 hours. However, the trek is little technical and steeper than most of the treks around Bangalore. Its a monolith trek and for regular trekkers would take about an hour to reach the top. It becomes slightly difficult at times when the hand-railing is not available at the steep incline. Its breezy and beautiful on the top with panoramic view of the landscape below. View from 100 meters There is...