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As a facelift to the Udayagiri Fort, Deer park, Small pond for ducks and swans, Children's Park have been established










With inputs from
Historian Benny Sir
The Hindu dated 3 march 2007
Family & Friends
Degaulle

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Greenery inside the forest

Fort in Ruins








Recently, officials of the Department of Archaeology have found a tunnel (an underground passage) within the fort.



Front view of the underground passage

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360 degree view from the top of the hillock (Udayagiri)

National Highways - 47 passing amid green paddy fields

Wetern Ghats view




Noorul Islam college of Engineering (NICE), now a deemed University as seen from the hillock (Udayagiri)

Kumaracoil - a worship place for Lord Muruga seen in these pictures

Kumaracoil Tank seen from the hillock (Udayagiri)

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Watch Tower in Ruins ?




Move towards the south, you can see the Tomb of De Lannoy.


De Lannoy Tomb 's as seen from the top of the hillock (Udayagiri)

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Top of the hillock (Udayagiri)

If you are hale and healthy & want to have a aerial view of the greeneries, trek to the top of the hillock (Udayagiri)

Stepping stones to the top


On the way to the top - Nature at it's best

The Path inside the Fort as seen from the stepping stones

For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green

tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.

Martin Luther King

View of the Wetern Ghats

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Different views of the chapel

Udayagiri ( Hillock) as seen from the entrance of the chapel

Right Side of the chapel