Jamalabad Fort (Belthangady) Dakshina Kannada
If you have stamina and vitality, then you have to visit Jamalabad Fort - an old hill top fortification in Belthangady , Dakshina Kannada District . It is located in the Kudremukh range of hills. It is also referred locally as ‘Gadaikallu’ and ‘Narasimha Ghada’ I first visited this fort in 1990 and a lot sure had changed in the past 32 years. But I digress…let’s continue with the description. The first thing that strikes you is the sheer steepness of the fort and it makes you wonder how to climb it. Once you encircle it, you realize that it is not all that steep. Also, with the exception of the initial climb, where you have stones placed as steps, the rest of the path has steps cut out of black granite. ☝ ...