[1] Kurumbera Fort is situated in a village named Gaganeshwar, not serviced by any buses.

Turn to the right into a Concrete (pucca) road, Gaganeshwar village lies at about 2 km from Kukai.

Later, Mughals occupied Odisha after defeating the Afghans of Bengal in the Battle of Tukaroi in 1575.

There are no typical protective features such as a fortified main entrance, layered walls, bastions, moats, watchtowers, or secret exits.

The structure does not readily afford the possibility of hiding soldiers for self-defence, nor does it provide any obvious place to plan for a strategic attack.

It resembles a mosque, where the altar is placed at the western end such that the entire crowd may face in the same direction.