Kurnool Fort

Kurnool Fort is located in the heart of Kurnool, the headquarters town of Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh in India.

It was believed to be built by Achyuta Devarayalu, belonging to Vijayanagar Empire and stands even today as the splendorous examples of the architecture of those times.

Konda Reddy Buruju is a part of Kurnool Fort and also the only part left out of the magnificent fort. There was a tunnel across the River Krishna to Alampur. This was the prison where Konda Reddy had his last breath and hence the tower was named in his memory. The bastion is in the shape of a huge pillar and has two storeys. The first storey has an underground passage about 25 km long, which leads you to Alampur, a town in Mahbubnagar District. Many treasure hunters tried to dig this through passage. Some were successful and the fate of others is not known. Recently after an attempt by a well known person of Kurnool to take the treasure, this passage is closed permanently.