Golconda Fort

Golconda is one of the wonderful forts of India, just 11 km from Hyderabad.

The name originates of this Fort Originates from the Telugu words Golla Konda meaning Shepherd’s Hill.

The origins of the fort can be traced back to the Yadava dynasty of Deogiri and the Kakatiyas kings of Warangal.Golconda was originally a mud fort, which passed to the Bahmani dynasty and later to the Qutub Shahis, who held it from 1518 to 1687 A.D. The first three Qutub Shahi kings rebuilt Golconda, over a span of 62 years.

The fort is famous for its acoustics, palaces, ingenious water supply system and the famous Fateh Rahben gun, one of the cannons used in the last siege of Golconda by Aurangzeb, to whom the fort ultimately fell.

The glorious past of Golconda Fort is narrated effectively with matchless Sound and Light effects. The unique Sound & Light Show takes you right back in time, when Golconda was full of life, glory and grandeur.