📍 Fort📍 Heritage

Medak Fort

Medak, Telangana, India

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Overview

The Kakatiyas' Methuku durgam on a 90-m crag — triple gateways, a mosque, granaries and a giant cannon over Medak town.

Why visit: Gate-by-gate climb through Kakatiya and Qutb Shahi layers.

Things to do

›Elephant gateway
›17-ft cannon
›Town panorama

Heritage WalkTrekking

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Feb

Entry fee

Free

Est. budget

₹100–300

Duration

2 hrs

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Within

1 km

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