Laxmangarh Fort
Laxmangarh Fort लक्ष्मणगढ़ किला | |
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Town or city | Laxmangarh, Sikar |
Country | India |
Coordinates | 27°49′26″N 75°01′29″E / 27.823829°N 75.024841°E |
Laxmangarh Fort (Hindi: लक्ष्मणगढ़ किला) is a ruined old fort on a hill in the town Laxmangarh of Sikar district of Indian state Rajasthan. Situated 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Sikar, it was built by Rao Raja of Sikar, Lakshman Singh in 1805, who also founded a village in his own name as Laxmangarh in 1805.[1][2]
The most imposing building in this Laxmangarh town is its small fortress (owned by the Jhunjhunwala Family) which looms over the well laid out township on its west side. Laxman Singh, the Raja of Sikar, built the fort in the early 19th century after Kan Singh Saledhi besieged the prosperous town. The fort of Laxmangarh is a unique piece of fort architecture in the whole world because the structure is built upon scattered pieces of huge rocks. The nearest thikana is Hameerpura and thakur sahab of Hameerpura was Late Thakur Pal Singh Shekhawat .[3]
In popular culture[]
- The Laxmangarh Fort is a prominent symbol in Aravind Adiga's debut novel The White Tiger, which won the Man Booker Prize in 2008.
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- Forts in Rajasthan
- Archaeological sites in Rajasthan
- Infrastructure completed in 1862
- Tourist attractions in Sikar district
- 1862 establishments in India