Why Indian Tourism is not getting attracted/highlighted?
Indian Ancient History and Architecture is marvelous. Deep down, you will see the sad part of Indain Tourism. We won’t protect historical places and keep them as a role model for future generations.
Here’s the small example.
This is the situation of "Madikeri Fort". We had been there on 28-11-2020.
Once you step in, security guard's take your name and address and also contact number. Once you give those information, you can go around the Fort and enjoy the history!
While I was going around this historical fort, all I have noticed is - "Writings on the Fort walls" . Please do not do this. A humble request. This is our history and pride. We need to take this and maintain to upcoming generations. Also, do not throw plastics and wrappers everywhere around. Maintain the Fort clean. Behave professionally.
I have noticed there are 3-4 watchman's/security guard's who simply sitting at one place rather than roaming around and watch what people are doing. It takes 15-20 mins to write such things on the Fort wall. If you guy's are watching strictly what tourists are doing around, you can easily catch such culprits. One should take necessary action against such culprits. Especially, Karnataka Tourism/Government should take strict action against such people. This is the reason behind why Karnataka Tourism is not getting attracted/highlighted though we have lot of historical places around. We won't preserve them! We won't respect them!!
About :
Madikeri Fort also called Mercara Fort was first founded by Mudduraja in the second half of the 17th century. He also built a palace inside the fort. It was eventually rebuilt and restructured in granite by Tipu Sultan who named the site as Jaffarabad. Mercara Fort is among the many forts, build or rebuild by Tipu Sultan. In 1790, Dodda Vira Rajendra took control of the fort. The British who added to the fort in 1834. The palace was renovated by Linga Rajendra II in 1812-1814. In the north-east corner at the entrance are two life size masonry elephants and a church is present in the south-east corner.
The museum displays weaponry used during the era of Tipu Sultan. On display are various artifacts that could give you an insight into what elapsed during the time of Muddu Raja and Tipu Sultan.
Madikeri Deputy Commissioner's Office is located inside the Madikeri Fort premises. The church building houses a museum, which contains several items related to history - mainly the British rule era, and also has a huge portrait of Coorg's eminent personality Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa. This museum is managed by the Karnataka State Archaeological Department.
Address : Madikeri Fort, Stuart Hill, Madikeri, Karnataka, India - 571201
Google Maps : https://g.co/kgs/AzqiTh
