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Bobbili Fort

The fort of the 1757 battle and the town of the veena

October to Marchbest timeDay tripideal₹200–800per person / day

About Bobbili Fort

Bobbili's fort-palace was the seat of the Ranga Rao rajas and the scene of the 1757 Battle of Bobbili, still sung in ballads. A museum inside holds the family's collection; in the town, veena-makers carve the Bobbili Veena — a GI-tagged instrument — from a single block of jackwood.

Why visit

  • Palace museum of a princely family
  • Watch a Bobbili veena being made
  • Ballad history of the Bobbili war

Things to do

01Fort and palace museum
02Veena workshops in Gollapalli
03Venugopalaswamy temple