Place · Gajapati hill citadel · India
Udayagiri Gajapati Fort, Nellore
Also known as Udayagiri Fort, Udayagiri Durg
Udayagiri Fort, 100 km north-west of Nellore in Andhra Pradesh — a Gajapati citadel on a 900-metre sandstone cliff, built in the 14th century by the Reddi kings and captured in 1512-13 by Krishnadevaraya as the opening engagement of his first great southern campaign against the Gajapatis of Odisha. The spoils of the siege included the Bala Krishna icon that Krishnadevaraya installed at Hampi in his new Krishna Temple (1513), with the dedicatory inscription naming Udayagiri explicitly. The fort has nine gates, eight gardens, and a Chennakeshava Temple at the summit; much of the circuit wall survives.
- Date
- 1350–1800
- Periods
- Gajapati, Vijayanagara
- Function
- Military & resistance
- Patron dynasty
- Gajapati|Vijayanagara
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 14.882, 79.327
Connections (1)
- Spoils fromKrishna Temple Complex, Hampi
The Bala Krishna icon enshrined in the Krishna Temple at Hampi was captured by Krishnadevaraya in 1512-13 at the siege of Udayagiri Gajapati Fort in Nellore district — the opening engagement of his first southern campaign. The dedicatory inscription in the Hampi temple's pavilion names Udayagiri explicitly as the icon's provenance and the consecration as the victory offering.