{"id":373826,"date":"2026-10-14T13:58:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T08:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=373826"},"modified":"2026-10-14T13:58:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T08:28:28","slug":"bekal-fort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bekal-fort\/","title":{"rendered":"Bekal Fort"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> HAL, NCF and ASI signed an MoA for undertaking heritage conservation and development works at three prominent heritage sites- Hampi in Karnataka, the Taj Mahal in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, and Bekal Fort in Kerala.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About Bekal Fort<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_373827\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-373827\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-373827\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-Outlook-Traveller.jpg?resize=300%2C202&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bekal Fort\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-Outlook-Traveller.jpg?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-Outlook-Traveller.jpg?resize=1024%2C690&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-Outlook-Traveller.jpg?resize=768%2C517&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-Outlook-Traveller.jpg?w=1290&amp;ssl=1 1290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-373827\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Outlook Traveller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location: <\/strong>The<strong> Bekal Fort<\/strong> is located in <strong>Kasargod district, Kerala<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is the <strong>largest fort in Kerala<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It was <strong>built<\/strong> in the <strong>17th century<\/strong> by <strong>Shivappa Nayaka of the Keladi dynasty<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The fort has seen <strong>rise and fall<\/strong> of several dynasties and later <strong>came under the control of the Kingdom of Mysore.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>Structural features: <\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>The fort <strong>appears to emerge from the sea<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Almost <strong>three-quarters<\/strong> of its <strong>exterior<\/strong> is in <strong>contact with water<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>An <strong>important feature<\/strong> of the fort is the <strong>water-tank<\/strong> and the <strong>flight of steps<\/strong> leading to an <strong>observation tower built by Tipu Sultan<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The fort\u2019s <strong>zigzag entrance<\/strong> and surrounding <strong>trenches<\/strong> reveal its <strong>defensive strategy<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Holes<\/strong> on the <strong>outer walls<\/strong> are designed to <strong>defend the fort<\/strong> effectively from <strong>naval attacks<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>upper holes<\/strong> are meant for <strong>aiming<\/strong> at the <strong>farthest targets<\/strong>; <strong>lower holes<\/strong> below for <strong>striking as enemy nearer<\/strong> and the <strong>lowest holes<\/strong> to <strong>attacking enemy closest<\/strong> to the fort.<\/li>\n<li>The fort\u2019s <strong>solid construction resembles<\/strong> the <strong>Thalassery Fort<\/strong> and the <strong>St. Angelo Fort<\/strong> at <strong>Kannur built by the Dutch<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: HAL, NCF and ASI signed an MoA for undertaking heritage conservation and development works at three prominent heritage sites- Hampi in Karnataka, the Taj Mahal in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, and Bekal Fort in Kerala. About Bekal Fort Location: The Bekal Fort is located in Kasargod district, Kerala. It is the largest fort in Kerala.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bekal-fort\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bekal Fort<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212,12039,11211],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-373826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}