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Chitradurga-fort, an unplanned visual story

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A cloudless sunny sky welcomed us to Chitradurga, a fort city located in the central Karnataka.The fort is in the heart of the city. The entrance of the fort wi th huge & aged rock walls made us feel so tinier in the time-space continuum. Looking at the rocks helped to push me into a deep contemplation. Further ahead, we had the opportunity to see Mr.Kothiraj climbing those invincible rocks. Perplexed with his ability & courage I managed to take a picture of him. And the man with the orange turban was a luck by chance. I have tried to relate the curving turban with the groovy rocks both symbols of a bygone era. Sun & we were in a race, one to climb up and another to race down. I managed to make a wide frame with Jokali Kamba & deepa sthamba with the sun to create a backlit image. The further climb was difficult as the steps vanished. A little but a steep climb to the top led us to beautiful approaching dusk, On the way i tried to capture a cactus with the dry rock and