Uchangidurga

Uchangidurga is a hill fort south of the Tungabhadra, known in older records as Uchchangi or Uchchashringa. The stronghold was a centre of the local Pandya dynasty, which ruled in this part of Karnataka before the rise of Vijayanagara. Its steep hill carries a shrine of the goddess Uchangamma as well as fortifications and palace remains. Earlier Kadamba rulers also valued the site, and a Hoysala general captured the fort in the twelfth century.