Gingee Fort
Gingee Fort or Senji Fort in Tamil Nadu, India is one of the surviving forts in Tamil Nadu, India. It is popularly known as Great Wall of South India. It lies in Villupuram District, 160 kilometres from the state capital, Chennai, and is close to the Union Territory of Puducherry.
- Type: Castle
- Description: fort in Tamil Nadu, India
- Also known as: “Gingee fort”, “Gingee Fort: Rajagiri Fort”, “Senji Fort”, and “פורט ג’ינג’י”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gingee.
Gingee Fort
- Categories: fortress, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Gingee, Viluppuram, Northern Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
12.24959° or 12° 14′ 59″ north
Longitude
79.39934° or 79° 23′ 58″ east
Open location code
7J4X69XX+RP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Assamese to Turkish—“Gingee Fort” goes by many names.
- Assamese: “জিঞ্জি দুৰ্গ”
- Catalan: “fortalesa de Gingee”
- Dutch: “Gingee Fort”
- French: “forteresse de Gingee”
- French: “Forteresse de Gingee”
- Hausa: “Ginin Gingee”
- Hebrew: “מבצר ג’ינג’י”
- Hindi: “जिंजी दुर्ग”
- Lithuanian: “Džindžio tvirtovė”
- Malayalam: “ജിൻജീ ഫോർട്ട്”
- Marathi: “जिंजीचा किल्ला”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gingee festning”
- Sanskrit: “जिञ्जी”
- Tamil: “செஞ்சிக் கோட்டை”
- Telugu: “జింగీ కోట”
- Turkish: “Gingee Kalesi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Rajagiri and Sri Venkataramana.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Gymnasium and Kalyana Mahal.
Viluppuram: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Auroville and Gingee.
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