Gingee Fort

Gingee Fort or Senji Fort in , is one of the surviving forts in , India. It is popularly known as Great Wall of South India. It lies in Villupuram District, 160 kilometres from the state capital, , and is close to the Union Territory of .
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: fort in Tamil Nadu, India
  • Also known as: “Gingee fort” and “Gingee Fort: Rajagiri Fort”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gingee.

Town
Photo: Planemad, CC BY-SA 2.5.
, also known as Senji or Jinji and originally called Singapuri, is a panchayat town in in the state of . is located between three hills covering a perimeter of 3 km, and lies west of the Sankaraparani River.

Gingee Fort

Latitude
12.24959° or 12° 14′ 59″ north
Longitude
79.39934° or 79° 23′ 58″ east
Open location code
7J4X69XX+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2154074908
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q3536493
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Gingee Fort” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “fortalesa de Gingee”
  • Dutch: “Gingee Fort”
  • Dutch: “Senji Fort”
  • French: “forteresse de Gingee”
  • French: “Forteresse de Gingee”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר ג’ינג’י”
  • Hebrew: “פורט ג’ינג’י”
  • Hindi: “जिंजी दुर्ग”
  • Lithuanian: “Džindžio tvirtovė”
  • Malayalam: “ജിൻജീ ഫോർട്ട്‌”
  • Marathi: “जिंजीचा किल्ला”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gingee festning”
  • Sanskrit: “जिञ्जी”
  • Tamil: “செஞ்சிக் கோட்டை”
  • Turkish: “Gingee Kalesi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rajagiri and Sri Venkataramana.

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