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View of Nandi hills from Nandi town at the base. Nandi Hills or Nandidurg is a hill fortress of southern India, in the Kolar District of Karnataka state. It is located just 3 to 5 KM from Chickballapur Taluq. It is 4851 ft. (1478 meters) above sea level. Nandidrug hill, known commonly as Nandi Hills, is the source of the Penner,Ponnaiyar and Palar rivers. Nandi Hills gets its name from an ancient Nandi temple situated on this hill. This temple has a thousand year old sculpture of Nandi. An ancient lord Shiva and Parvati temple also adorns this hill. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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KarnÄtakÄ (Kannada: ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ) (IPA: ) is one of the four southern states of India. ...
The Penner (also Pennar or Penneru) is a river of southern India. ...
The Ponnaiyar is a river in southern India. ...
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An idol of Nandi in a Chennai temple The largest idol of Nandi is at the Dodda Ganeshana Gudi, Bangalore. ...
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Nandidurg was traditionally held impregnable, and its storming by Lord Cornwallis in 1791 was one of the most notable incidents of the first war against Tipu Sultan of Mysore. It was formerly a favorite resort for British Raj officials during the hot season. Francis Cunningham built the summer residence here for Sir Mark Cubbon. Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (December 31, 1738-October 5, 1805) was a British general and colonial governor. ...
1791 (MDCCXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Portrait of Tippu Sultan, 1792 Tippu Sultan (full name Sultan Fateh Ali Tippu), also known as the Tiger of Mysore (November 20, 1750, Devanahalli – May 4, 1799, Srirangapatna), was the first son of Haidar Ali by his second wife, Fatima or Fakhr-un-nissa. ...
Flag of former princely state of Mysore. ...
The flag of British India British India, circa 1860 The British Raj (Raj in Hindi meaning Rule; from Sanskrit Rajya) was the British rule between 1858 and 1947 of the Indian Subcontinent, which included the present-day India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Burma (Myanmar), whereby these lands were under the colonial...
Francis Cunningham (1820-1872) was an officer in the Madras Army, member of the Mysore Commission, and Literary Editor. ...
Tourism
The hills are now a popular tourist spot during summer. The state horticulture department maintains a garden for the tourists. The pressure of tourists on the environment here is great with a considerable problem of litter, noise and physical disturbance.
Biodiversity The vegetation of the hills is typical of high hills. Inside the fort at the summit, many of the large trees are planted exotics such as Eucalyptus and the undergrowth consists of Coffea arabica along with some native species. The forest acts as a substrate for cloud condensation and every morning the trees are covered in water. This allows for many moist forest species of plants and animals. The hills are very rich in birdlife making it a very popular location for birdwatchers and bird photographers. The evergreen forest patch on top of the hill being a favoured wintering location for many migrant species of warblers, flycatchers and thrushes. The forest patch is also home for a relict population of the Nilgiri Woodpigeon. A breeding pair of Shaheen Falcon, the resident race of the Peregrine Falcon is also often seen at the Nandi Hills. The Malabar Whistling Thrush, Uropeltid snakes and Pill millipedes which are otherwise known only from the Western Ghats ranges are also found here. The hill slopes are the home of the Yellow-throated Bulbul, a species endemic to the hills of peninsular India. Binomial name Columba elphinstonii (Sykes, 1832) The Nilgiri Woodpigeon (Columba elphinstonii) is a bird endemic to moist deciduous forests and sholas of south India. ...
Binomial name Falco peregrinus Tunstall, 1771 Global range (shaded green, dark dots on islands) The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), formerly sometimes known in North America as the Duck Hawk, is a medium-sized falcon about the size of a large crow: 380-530 millimetres (15-21 in) long. ...
Binomial name Myophonus horsfieldii Vigors,, 1831 The Malabar Whisting Thrush, Myophonus horsfieldii, is a whistling thrush in the thrush family Turdidae. ...
The Uropeltidae or shieldtail snakes are a family of small burrowing snakes containing 8 genera and 44 species found only in the southern part of India and Ceylon. ...
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The Agasthiyamalai range of the Western Ghats The Western Ghats are a mountain range in India. ...
Binomial name Pycnonotus xantholaemus (Jerdon, 1845) The Yellow-throated Bulbul is a species of bulbul endemic to southern peninsular India. ...
Tourist Attractions 1. Tippus Drop the place from where Tippu made his prisoners fall . 2. Tippus Summer Residence a beautiful palace on top of this hill. This palace is closed to the general public . 3. Temples There are temples dedicated to Sri Bhoga Narasimha, Sri Ugra Narasimha and Sri Yoga Narasimha . 4. Rivers The rivers Pennar, Palar and Arkavati originate from these hills.Most of the sources have dried up . 5. Brahmashram It is said that Sage Ramakrishna Paramhamsa meditated here.Its a cool cave . 6. Muddenahalli The home town of Sri M.Visveswaraya, the architect of modern Karnataka. Muddenahalli is just a few Kilometers from Nandi Hills. The house of this genius is now a museum.
Nandi Hills in pictures
 Panorama from the base. The main fort hill is to the right |
 A panoramic view from Nandi Hills |
 A view from a cliff at Nandi Hills. |
 Sunflower garden near Nandi Hills |
 The foundation stone of the waterworks at Nandi Hills. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...
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Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 545 pixelsFull resolution (858 × 584 pixel, file size: 48 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Nandi Hills, Bangalore. ...
| The foundation of the road to Nandi Hills. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
| Watercolor view by Colin Mackenzie of the fortress of Nandidrug during the British siege of 1791. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 785 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (932 × 712 pixel, file size: 198 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Watercolor of Nandidrug Hill (Nandidroog) in 1791; painted during the October 1791 siege by Colin Mackenzie, then a British officer in the Third Anglo-Mysore War. ...
Colin Mackenzie (born 1754, Stornoway, Scotland, died 1821, Calcutta (India) Colonel and surveyor in the British Raj, also an art collector and orientalist. ...
| Northern view from Nandi Hills Image File history File links Download high resolution version (864x576, 32 KB) Summary A view from Nandi Hills, near Bangalore India. ...
| View of the forest patch from above. This is the habitat of the Nilgiri Wood Pigeon. A Peninsular Rock Agama basks on the rock in the foreground. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
Binomial name Columba elphinstonii (Sykes, 1832) The Nilgiri Woodpigeon (Columba elphinstonii) is a bird endemic to moist deciduous forests and sholas of the Western Ghats in southwestern India. ...
Binomial name Psammophilus dorsalis (Gray, 1845) The Peninsular Rock Agama Psammophilus dorsalis is a common species of agama found on rocky hills in south India (Malabar, Mysore, Nilgiris, S Arcot, Nallamali Hills). ...
| In the early mornings, cloud condensation brings in water, increasing the growth of mosses and lichens. Here a millipede feeds on the detritus on the tree. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
| The scrub covered hill slopes, habitat of the Yellow-throated Bulbul. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (640 × 853 pixel, file size: 97 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Nandi hills. ...
Binomial name Pycnonotus xantholaemus (Jerdon, 1845) The Yellow-throated Bulbul is a species of bulbul endemic to southern peninsular India. ...
| The steps leading from the fort entrance to the summit are surrounded by vegetation that forms ideal habitat for various species of wintering thrushes and warblers. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (640 × 853 pixel, file size: 97 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Steps going up Nandi Hills, Bangalore File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed...
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