Saundatti Fort

Saundatti Taluk is located towards the southeast part of Belgaum. Taluka Head quarter is concerning 83 kilometer form the District headquarters. previously taluk was called Parasagad. the whole geographic region of the taluka is 1659.00 kms. There are 426 revenue villages and 14 hamlets. according to the 2011 Census Population of Saundatti city is 41,215. city Municipal Council Saundatti Yallamma is constituted in 1876. Saundatti is capital of Ratta (Emporar) in the period 930 to 1230. Historical Saundatti Fort is located on western part of the town.



Saundatti Fort History:
 The historical name of the Savadatti was " Sugandavarti " "Sougandipura". it was the capital of the Ratta family (from 875-1230), till the capital shifted to Belgaum.

During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, Belagaon (Belgaum) was the capital of the Rattas, the chieftains of Savadatti. This Fort was engineered by Bichiraja (Ratta Dynasty) in 1204. The Ratta clan was one of many that came out of the" Rashtrakuta family ". Rattas of Savadatti accepted the spot of Taila II (AD 973-977). Two of the pillars at Fort have South Dravidian inscriptions in Devanagari, one inscription from around 1199 is attributed to the Ratta king Kartaveerya IV.

5 kms from saundatti holly pilgrim places god  Jogalabhavi(pushkarni) temple, Sogal Someshwar temple, 2nd Kashi name of Hooli 100 Temples, 100 open wells. Shirasangi Lingaraj Desai Palace in Shirasangi. Pilgrims from everywhere Karnataka, Andhara Pradesh, Temilnadu and Goa come to Shri Yallamma temple to worship the god. From the month of October to April there’s a fair of god Shri Yallamma, a large population of devotes came here at this time. Here devotees have revered her as the "Mother of Universe" or Jagadamba.