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  • Gingee Fort
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  • Gingee Fort also known as Chenji or Jinji or Senchi in Tamil Nadu, India is one of the few surviving forts in Tamil Nadu, India. It lies in Villupuram District, from the state capital, Chennai, and is close to the Union Territory of Puducherry. So well fortified was this place that Shivaji ranked it as the "most impregnable fortress in India" and it was called the "Troy of the East" by the British. The nearest town with a railway station is Tindivanam and the nearest airport is Chennai (Madras), away.
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Built
  • 9
Partof
  • Tamil Nadu
map size
  • 300
Events
  • National Monument
Name
  • Gingee Fort
Type
  • Forts
Caption
  • Throne on the Krishnagiri , Gingee
  • A panorama of the Gingee fort with the Kalyana Mahal visible just right of centre
Coordinates
  • http://wikimapia.org/1558528/Gingee-Fort-Raja-Desing
Condition
  • Ruins
Image
  • 300
Latitude
  • 12.263900
map type
  • India Tamil Nadu
Longitude
  • 79.044400
controlledby
Builder
  • Initially Chola Dynasty and later Vijayanagara Empire
Materials
  • Granite Stones and lime mortar
Location
  • Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu, India
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  • Gingee Fort also known as Chenji or Jinji or Senchi in Tamil Nadu, India is one of the few surviving forts in Tamil Nadu, India. It lies in Villupuram District, from the state capital, Chennai, and is close to the Union Territory of Puducherry. So well fortified was this place that Shivaji ranked it as the "most impregnable fortress in India" and it was called the "Troy of the East" by the British. The nearest town with a railway station is Tindivanam and the nearest airport is Chennai (Madras), away.