Mulangur Fort

Mulanguru or Molangur village in Kesavapatnam mandal lies to the south-east of Karimnagar at a distance of about 30kms. It is about 13 kms from Huzurabad and 16 kms fromJammikunta railway station. It can be reached easily by B.T.road from Kesavapatnam.

Mulanguru is a proto historic sitecontaining a few megalithic burials. There is an old hill fort builtin stone beside the village. This is a strong medieval fort builtby Oragiri Moggaraju the Mandalika of the place and asubordinate of Kakati Prataparudradeva (A.D. 1295-1323).

Thefort is constructed in such a way that it occupies the summit of agreat isolated granite hill. On the way to the top of the hill, aninscription carved on a boulder mentions that there are two waysto the hill. At the entrance of the fort there is a Dargah of Malang Shahwali, which is held in high esteem by the Muslims andHindus alike.

It is reported that the original name of the village wasMudugar. It appears to have been renamed as Mulanguru afterthe name of the Muslim saint Malang Shah Wali. There is a Bavior big well on the hill, while there is another Bavi (big well) atthe foot of the hill. It is very curious to mention that there is awell known Doodh Bawli or a well of milky water at the foot of the hill inside the fort. The water of the well is found pure aswhite as milk even today. Doodh in Hindi or Urdu means milkand Bawli means a well. This water is said to have medicinal value and it is drawn by means of a rope and small bucket continuously and carried away by the people of this place andsurrounding villages for drinking purpose as well as for curingthe diseases.

The villagers worship the deities here in the Sivalayamand Virabhadralayam. The ruined walls, gates, bastions, moatsculptures and several other remains in the fort still attract the attention of the visitors. This is a strong medieval fort ofprominence as it lies on the way leading from the Elagandal fortto the Warangal fort.

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