Vijaygarh Fort

Vijaygarh Fort is a ruined fort located 30 km from Robertsganj in south east direction in Mau Kalan village in Chatra block near Dhandhraul Dam on Chatra-Siltham road, in Robertsganj in the Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, India. The vijaygarh fort was ruled by the chandels of vijaygarh ( a branch of chandels of agori barhar). The vijaygarh raj became a zamindari under the British era amd had around 350 villages.

Vijaygarh Fort
Vijay Garh Fort on the Hill
Location	Sonbhadra
Coordinates	24.577708°N 83.180845°E / 24.577708; 83.180845

History

The vijaygarh fort was ruled by the chandel rajputs of vijaygarh (a branch of chandels of agori barhar). In the late C17th the fort was attacked by the Raja of varansi, who bribed the gatekeeper. The fort was captured by balwant Rai, the Raja of Varanasi. Later the British restored half of the estate and gave it to the chandel ruler of vijaygarh in form of zamindari. The chandel zamindar of vijaygarh had 350 villages during British era .

Attractions

Vijaygarh Fort contains several old temples and red stone pillars bearing inscriptions of Vishnuverdhan feudatory of Samudragupta. The fort is famous for its rock inscriptions, cave paintings, many statues and its perennial ponds. There are four ponds inside the premises of the fort which never dry. More than half the area of Vijargarh is covered by the steep and rugged hills of the Kaimur Range. Between the two tanks there was a palace known as Rang Mahal (Hindi: रंग महल) which had artistic rock carvings and assumed as palace of Princess Chandrakanta.

There is a fair (Urs) organized every April, and people from different religions and sects attend.

Vijaygarh fort has both historical and archaeological importance. The fort and Princess Chandrakanta were pertinently described in the novel Chandrakanta by Devaki Nandan Khatri

In the Hindu month of Shravana, Kānvarias (Kanwar Yatra) collect water from Ram Sagar and then start their holy journey to the Shivdwar.

Gallery

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  Ganesha statue at Vijay Garh Fort
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  Entrance at a ruined building at Vijay Garh Fort
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  Entrance of Vijay Garh Fort
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  Lake 1 on Vijay Garh Fort
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  Lake 2 on Vijay Garh Fort
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  View from the top of Vijay Garh Fort
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  Ruined Building at Vijayagarh Fort
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  Shivalingam and Goddess Parvati's Statue at fort
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  Walls of Vijaygarh Fort
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  Broken rooms at Fort
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  Ruined building complex
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  Pillars of ruined building at Vijaygarh Fort
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  Wall of Fort and Dhanraul Dam in background

See also

• List of forts in Uttar Pradesh
• Chandrakanta a novel by Devaki Nandan Khatri