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'''Kabbaldurga''' is a ruined fort located in [[Ramanagara]] district, [[Karnataka]]. It is at a distance of 75&nbsp;km from [[Bangalore]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Trek Hills |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/travel/Trek-thrills/article14082578.ece |agency=The Hindu newspaper |newspaper=The Hindu |date=16 February 2016}}</ref> [[Murari Rao]] Ghorpade, 18th century Maratha chieftain who controlled [[Gooty]] was defeated by [[Hyder Ali]] in 1776 AD and kept in Kabbaldurga fort till death.<ref name="sugatha">{{cite news |last1=Srinivasaraju |first1=Sugatha |title=Monitor's Hold |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/monitors-hold/266263 |accessdate=1 August 2018 |agency=Outlook |publisher=Outlook magazine |date=26 July 2010}}</ref> Murari Rao surrendered and sent to this fort along with his family members.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mythic society |first1=Bangalore India |title=The Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society (Bangalore, India)., Volume 94 |year=2003 |issue=2006 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yQFuAAAAMAAJ&q=kabbaldurga+murari |accessdate=2 August 2018}}</ref> During [[British Raj]], convicts were thrown off the cliff of this port, as a punishment.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.citykemp.com/2017/11/25/the-miracalous-shakthi-goddess-of-kabbalu-village-shree-kabbalamma/ |website=citykemp.com |publisher=news site |accessdate=2 August 2018}}</ref> As it is near Bangalore, it is a favourite trekking destination, which is a relatively easy trekking and night trekking is also undertaken by private groups.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Datta |first1=Sravasti |title=Trek Thrills |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/travel/Trek-thrills/article14082578.ece |accessdate=2 August 2018 |agency=Newspaper |newspaper=The Hindu |date=16 February 2016}}</ref> Old and crumbling buildings on top of the fort represent a prison, garrison, ammunition storage godown and there are small temples of Bheemalilngeshwara and Kabbalamma temple.<br />
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