Banda Fort

**Fort Highlights (10 Min Visit)** * **Easy to Find:** The local police station operates within the fort premises. * **Entrance:** Hidden by a bastion (now an office). This and an adjoining 20-long fortification wall/bastion protect the entrance from direct attack. * **Inside the Fort:** Stairs lead up the bastion to gatekeeper porches. A path to the right goes to the fort top. * **Fort Top:** Features a temple, a fortified wall, and the riverbank (the river circumvents the fort). * **Nearby:** Two police station buildings and the renowned Pateshwar temple. Villagers hold a procession here every July 17th. * **Exit:** A small door in the wall (to the right of the police station) leads to police residential quarters. * **Outside View:** A path right of the fort entrance leads to a garden and river bank, offering views of the fort hill and wall (hidden in trees).-----**Roze Ghumat (Yadgir Khijar)** * **Location:** Behind the Mosque at the end of the road past Vitthal temple (in the market area), through a Muslim locality. * **History:** Built in the 16th century by Pirkhan, commander of Adilshah, along with a built-in pond. * **Structure:** Approx. 30' high. Surrounded by a fortified wall with an arched entrance. Inside, stairs lead to three 10' high arches, topped by another storey of arches holding the dome. * **Note:** Access to the dome is restricted due to tree growth, and the structure is weakening.**Bail Ghumat (Dome)** * Now completely ruined and disappeared.