Ramagiri Fort

Ramagiri Fort, or Ramagiri Khilla, crowns the Ramagiri hills near Begumpet village in Peddapalli district, Telangana, about 22 km from Peddapalli and 2 km from the village, near the Peddapalli–Manthani highway. The Kakatiyas of Warangal built it in the 12th century. The Qutb Shahis held it from 1518 to 1687, and in 1656 Abdullah Qutb Shah handed it to his son-in-law, a son of Aurangzeb; the British took control in 1791. Tradition links it with Kalidasa's Meghaduta, although the poet is thought to have lived centuries before the fort was built.

The stone fort spreads over a few square kilometres, with many octagonal bastions and battlements 12 m high on which four forge-welded cannons were mounted. Some structures bear thick plaster of mud, lime, reeds and animal hair. A Hanuman statue stands on the hill, and the surrounding forest is an important source of medicinal plants.