Gooty

Gooty (/ˈɡʊθɪ/ GUUTH-ee; Telugu: గుత్తి, transliterated as Guththi) is a town in Anantapur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

Eight inscriptions have been found on the rocks close to the Narasimha temple located within the fort premises.

These inscriptions are seriously damaged, but appear to be from the reign of the Western Chalukya king Vikramaditya VI (r. c. 1076–1126 CE).

The earliest of the existing fortifications and other structures can be dated to the late Chalukya period.

During the reign of Venkata II (r. c. 1584–1614), the Vijayanagara lost the fort to the Qutb Shahi dynasty.

Around 1746 CE, the Maratha general Murari Rao captured the fort, and made it his permanent residence eight years later.

Gooty Fort far view