Manjarabad Fort

The first place of visit was Manjarabad Fort, 57 Kms from Hassan (near Sakleshpur). We reached the fort at 1-30pm. Harisha immediately hid himself in one of the caves, making animal-like noises, and began scaring away the ladies, but most of his acts were futile. The fort, built by Tipu Sultan in 1782, was magnificent, and surprisingly clean. We were the only visitors there, apart from a guide, whom we simply called 'Guideshwar'. That was also our place of lunch - 'Puliyogare, Kesari Baath and Mosaranna'. After playing around for sometime, the 'Guideshwar' spent about 15 minutes with us explaining the significance of the Fort. What must set an example to the youngsters was Raadhathhe who had absolutely no problems walking up and down the fort with ease!! She was also given titles 'Senior Citizen', 'Freedom Fighter' and 'Radhabhai Naoroji' by Harisha, which became the reference names thereafter. After a round of tea-coffee in the petty shops below the fort, we left the place at 3-45pm.