Nice and calm place to visit. No entry. There is an Temple. We have a cave, where we go down the cave and explore. There are less than 100 steps to reach. Opposite we have a lake view. Totally we might require 1 to 1.5 hour to explore.

Didnt take guide due to lack of time. Good place. . Humid during noon even during monsoon . . Better to visit early morning or during evening . . Has steep stairs with no light so elders should be careful

One of the historical and mythological place u must visit in Chitradurga, if someone loves trekking its best place U need to visit

Historic caves where help of a guide is a must. Can be suffocating inside the caves. Worth your time and money to visit the caves. Adjacent is one of the early man made small lake abutting Haddin betta and Dhavalappana betta, both worthy hiking spots.. Monkey menace; beware if you are carrying food.

Beautiful windy place to enjoy with kids and family

Well maintained, some caves are there and one small lake, you can see peacocks here.

A great place of historical importance. Open from 7am to 6pm. Entry is free. Ample parking space available which is free. The place is right in the centre of teh city, hence there would be plenty of traffic to deal with. The roads are not great either. The place is marvelous. Great place for morning or evening walks. Calm and serene. There is a cave, 2 temples and a lake here. Great place for a family picnic. You will find many couples also. A must visit place. Sunset view must not be missed.

Chandravalli is a pre-historic site near Chitradurga in Karnataka. The temple here is semi-lunar in shape, and is around 3km from Chitradurga. This area is a valley that is formed by three hills namely Chitradurga, Cholagudda and Kirabanakallu. Excavations reveal that this area was inhabited since Iron Age.

Very beautiful place. The Shiva temple is very beautiful. Felt blessed with the positive vibrations. Must visit

Awesome place to hang out with family and friends. History of this place will make you surprise. Dont miss to visit Anakalimata (caves) Go with guide so that he can explain in detail.

Beautiful historical cave. Good inscriptions on stone. Guides explain the history well

Beautiful place to hangout.Lovely vibes and such a peaceful atmosphere with greeneries around and lake view.Old cave is awesome.must visit the cave and carry the candle or torch along with you because no ventilation inside. You can find everything inside like home which built completely by stones. You can experience how the king rescues from the enemies.You can see everything there include bed, idols, statues, rooms, etc. Must visit this place when you visit the fort .Its nearly 6 to 8 km from fort.

*Try coming here early morning or in the evening if you wish to skip the cave visit.* Too hot in the mid afternoon especially during summers* Carry water bottles but avoid food, as this place is infested with Monkeys and they are Rowdies* Cave temple information can be found on you tube. for ppl who cant bend their knees. Guide fees is 250 well a little expensive for 10 min tour in the dark.* Weekends are swarmed with people, so if you can make it during a weekday nothing like it.* Bring your own vehicle..cannot rely on public transport.

Need to hire a guide, else you will end up missing chunks of logic and history behind each level and room. The place has been maintained very neatly.

It a great experience to be at the place for fresh air. Just make sure you visit during rainy or cloudy days to avoid harsh sun

Main enterance .. Must to visit the this place.

Nice archeological place .Take the help of the guide and visit the cave which is around 18ft down . One can see the inscription (shasana) belong to king Mayura from kadamba dynasty

Chandravalli is an archaeological site located in the Chitradurga district of the state of Karnataka, India.[1] The region is a valley formed by three hills, Chitradurga, Kirabanakallu and Jolagudda.[2] It is a semi-arid region with scrub vegetation with a stream running through it.[3] Excavations at Chandravalli have revealed earthen pots, painted bowls and coins of Indian dynasties like Vijayanagar, Satavahana and Hoysalas as well as denarii of Roman emperor Augustus Caesar and a coin of the Chinese Han dynasty Emperor Wu Ti belonging to 2nd Century BC.[2][4].Government should take measures to restore this site back to its original beauty. The paintings need to restored we need to ensure the building and caves be brought back to original condition. Stop the vandalism by people

Stair, Good location

Narrow passages.Plenty of monkey around.Take 30 for seeing

Pleasing environment. Nice place to spend with family & friends. We took help of the guide there to take us inside the cave & explain the history. We can see how the saints used to live there with lamps, their secret meeting rooms, entry doors etc. Nice to explore.

Amazing prehistoric to modern dwelling site surprises everyone who visits

Amazing place!! Go Inside the cave along with a guide!! Must visit

Beautiful place for morning walk and picnic

Its a nice place, fee kilometres from Bangalore.Needs more development..

Great place for mind peace

I visited the place on July 21 2021. The lake and location was good. The cave I felt is hyped.Approach road was difficult as several roads are blocked for white topping work.

Good place to see need a day to enjoy a lot..

Amazing place. This place is underrated. There were very less people who visit there. Old cave is awesome. Its fascinating that how they build it. Must carry a light once you go inside caves. Preferably take a guide to show inside. Its just like home literally. Everything is there include idols , beds, visitors room, statues. Good for a walk also outside the caves. Can spot some old temple and other caves, ruined walls, temples etc. One should visit Chitradurga fort, must visit here also. This place is about 5 to 6 km from fort.

Historical place, but need govt intervention on developing and protecting the such historical place.

Excellent place with rich history

Its good place to go walk. And this place is peaceful. Iam happy to spend time here wid my family.

This place is also called ankalagi caves. This has a lake, cave and a small park. People often come here, cook food and roam around. Cave exploration is exciting and a guide is available for Rs 30/- per person who explains in detail about the caves and people who lived there.

Nice place

Good place recommend to go with a guide inside the cave

Wonderful place for worship and historical importance, needs more publicity

You can do photo shoot here....perfect place to visit in evening..

A good experience but everything was dark and not maintained properly

Amazing place well maintained definitely wort a visit a good place to spend vacation.

Good archeological site, cave is not very clean ...around the cave is clean ...dont carry snacks...lots of monkey around

Mysterious, you should explore this place. After visiting Chitradurga fort, go to Chandravalli caves.Hire a guide so that he can escort you through caves.

Very good and historic place...need to improve....POLITICIANS 😒

Is divine and calm place

Excellent place,the lake under the fort is v nice,free entry.temples in the site.v scenic.Good picnic place with family

I liked the Shiva temple under the rock. There was a cave which was engraved under one huge rock and you cannot go inside without a guide as you may lose your way. It is very deep inside and very hot as it is under earth. It was built for some sage to teach the royal kids. This place when viewed from the hill forms the shape of half moon and hence named as Chandravalli

Very nice place.

Great experience at chandravali and will have cool atmosphere and best place for photography environmental ♥️♥️

One of the beautiful place of Chitradurga can spend some time with nature. The caves gives a beautiful experience. finding The way to get outside when you confused its a little excited for peoplesThe guiding person are there so taking their help is very good for seeing caves

Its Really an amazing place which i have visited yet ...Its a quite large palace of ancient times ... which was inside cave ... and it have a lot of rooms , ways etc....

Beautiful Lake and theres a forest to explore. You can hear peacocks calling from wilderness and herons sitting on the banks. While the historic caves make the journey worthwhile, location is a problem start early to visit so that you have enough time to explore.

Wow.....What a wonderful architecture is of this caves. The planning, design, construction in olden days way back more than 500 years earlier. ASI is failed to keep the place clean. There are no signage, which tell the importance of the place. Once again cleaning is missing. Public should help by not littering. Better to be in groups to visit here than lonely. Not advisable to roam single. There are chances of getting lost.

Its a cave inside a huge rock. Pitch dark. U can go in and explore. We really enjoyed. It was drizzling and less crowded when we visited and so gave us a unforgatable experience . Clean maintained and no entrance fee. Well behaved monkeys roaming around. Should explore this area . Can plan 1.5 hrs here .

Its beautiful cave... Mesmerizing lake with great Davalpaana betta

Good place to visit. This is of archeological interest, and people who follow culture and history will find this very interesting. If you are visiting for the first time better hire a guide. And make sure your phones have sufficient battery to switch on the torch for at least 15 mins or carry a flashlight. It is very dark in the caves and will require some light.Sometimes the guides may not cover the area behind the caves, where there is a giant rock split into two due to lightning. You can go there yourself and visit yourself.Sadly some local people have done some damage to this site in search of ancient treasure, but its not much. Thankfully Archeological Survey of India (ASI) takes care of this site.

An amazing hidden kingdom explored underground dating of 4th century 😍😍 gifted with a beautiful lake beside

Excellent place

Chandravalli cave temple is about 3 kms from Chitradurga.  This pre-historic site, which is semilunar in shape is located between 3 hills, Chitradurga, Cholagudda and Kirubanakallu. Excavations here have shown that this place was inhabited since Iron Age. Surrounded by hills with a lake in the middle, makes it a perfect picture.The cave is between two giant single rocks. One of these rocks also used for rock climbing. It is also called Ankali matt. It is named so because saints from Ankalagi, in Belgaum, came and meditated here. Apart from its religious importance the cave offers many hair rising stories. The whole cave looks like a well maintained accommodation for Sadhus of yesteryears. You cannot feel, in any stage that you are going down the earth. This is the cave where you can pass every entrance with your head straighten up, except for a few places. Surprisingly breeze welcomes you in the cave though a ray of light is rare to see.There are corridors to ensure the ventilation in the caves and you wonder at the amazing engineering that was done under huge boulders about 120 ft high, which is standing the test of time even today after couple of millenniums. These are underground caves where one gets around 80 feet down from ground level. Better to reach out to this place with a guide as you can easily get lost inside the caves, which has a different exit route. Completely dark at any time of the day, one has to carry a source of light like torch or candle while exploring the place. Caves though dark have outlets for ventilation and comprises of anything a math could have like a place of worship with Shiva linga, visitor room, rooms for Sadhus, shelves to keep belongings, carvings and paintings on the walls.Historians claim that it is an ancient archaeological site.  They found painted pottery and coins from the Shatavahana empire and pre historic period. There is also a rock inscription of king Mayurasharma, the founder of first Kannada dynasty Kadambas, dated back to 450 CE. The rock inscription can be traced in Bhairaweshwara temple which Chandravalli houses. It is said that cave was used as place for doing Samadhi by saints. The stone carvings indicate both the Hindu and the Buddhist influence. The paintings have been done using the vegetable colours and those colors are still preserved.

Good to visit and spend time. Nothing much to see other than a beautiful lake and the majestic hill in its background. If one has energy, there is a cave atop a small hill.

Must visit place in chitradurga to get to know about the the olden days technology of architecture

This is an interesting place to explore. It is 1100 years old cave palace. Take a guide to explore the cave and we liked it.

Witness for indian culture and architect.. very interesting place with man made cave house which very confused construction builded by rajamaharajas

Nice place to visit.Also of historical significance.Place is underground goes 80feet down.Caves are made inside for important discussion for kings and also used for meditation.This was also used as hiding places for the kings.Take guide along with otherwise chamces are that youll get lost inside caves.It is very dark inside and carry torch.As per guide there used to be four entry points but three of them are closed and only one is open.There is a temple outside the cave which is believed to be constructed by Pandavas.Vehicle parking available outside and there is no entry fee.

Chandravalli caves in Chitradurga is very beautiful. No entry fees. But, take a guide to enter a cave as you might get lost inside. We can feel the real darkness inside the cave. Guide may charge upto ₹ 200. Beware of monkeys in the parking lot. Do not miss this place.

Nice tank, Good Air, 🏝🏝🏝🏝🏝

Its not a big cave. The cave area inside may be around 1200 sqft only.We cannot go inside on our own and see the cave as there is no lighting inside. We have to take a guide, who has a torch and knowledge about the cave. He has charged us ₹200.00

This place has lot of history ❤️✌️

A short drive from Chitradurga with cave formation under the rocks. Carry torch as most places are underground with darkness.

Place of historical importance. Good place to visit. Need courage too, as the caves are pitch dark inside, and it is always better to seek the help of a guide to enter the caves, who will explain the differentbsites inside the cave. You can fix the fees before entering, but its reasonable. There are beautiful carvinngs and painting inside the cave, many of them are damaged due to the lack of proper maintenance. Reach the site well in advance, entry closes at 5 pm, and from the site of parking your vehicle you need to walk about 10 minutes to reach the caves. There is a large lake, best to visit evening, after visiting the caves. There are lot of monkeys around but are harmless. There is apparently no entry fee either to cave or the lake..

Well maintained, water well stored due to recent showers.

Chandravalli is an archaeological site located in the Chitradurga.Visit before 5:30 pmYou will get local guide who are appointed by archaeological department.You will get to see peacock in early morning also in the evening (before 7am after 5pm)

The place is so peaceful with lots of caves to research on I really really like the cave in which swamiji stayed in with so much detailed work inside but beaware the caves are to small and you need to squze in. The police near the cave is not so friendly and guides are to cribbing. Dont enter Whit huge group as the O2 levels are to low and do Cary tourch than the mobile lots for better view of the structure and designs.I have posted the cave which was outside.

Should take a guided tour to understand the places inside the caves.Claims to be 1000+ year old. Pandavas built a Shiva temple here.

The site is wonderful with huge natural boulders which might have been there from millions of years of unknown geological time.The cave below the boulders underneath has massive ruins of ancient temple that have been reconverted into Islamic architecture of arches.here and there we can feel the designs, colours and elephants of ancient cave temple though its very dark. ASI has to provide some lighting system desperately to improve the overall experience of the visitors of this ancient historic land of Chandravalli.

Best place to get rejenuvated...

Nice place

Excellent Historical place.

One of the most beautiful places in chitradurga. Must visit. There is a beautiful lake and cave with a temple of lord shiva and goddess. There is no entry fee/ticket. Parking is also free.

Place is really good, but the guides out there are not so... Bargain for 200 or less... Anything more is not required

The place is beautiful. One if its kind of cave and definitely be sure that it was once used. Man made modifications of the cave makes it worth an a study.

Awesome cave and statergical structure for kings and sadhus of older days. There is lot to learn from symbols inside cave. There is a private chamber pitch dark which when i visited in 2013 was accessible now closed due to partial collapse of adjacent wall. You should guides so that they explain you also guide you thru way as path is confusing at every door. There is a lake outside beautiful one. Cool place.

Pleasant place with a green pond on the rear side of the fort. Shiva temple under the huge boulder is amazing. Its intriguing how ancient people built those beautiful cave dwellings under those rocks to have safe heavens amidst the jungle. Those dwellings are well structured and artistically decorated with stone cqrvings and mortar designs. Its exciting to descend through the dark caves led by the torch bearing guide and explore those living rooms, kitchen, boardroom and even a secret meeting room inside. Intelligently built using natural rock formations as the main structure.

Wonderful place. Best place

Very nice historical place to visit

Wonderful place to visit.experience inside the cave is amazing.

The cave is amazing nature is at its best💚

Very nice place, very much historic place you must visit this place when you go Chitradurga.

A must visit if ypu r going to chitradurga.ankali cave is a historic place.the entire cave is curved from one single rock.at a point you have to crawl to enter d door.there ia a place u can experience pitch dark.

Awsome place. Sad to see ppl writing on these cave structures. A guide is must... You may hire for 150rs. Carry torch with you. It takes around 60min to see this. Watch your head.. Some spots are too congested. Make sure you bumpup the camera iso setting to take photo in dark. Use flash and high iso setting.

Well maintained and calm place to spend good time.

Nice place near chitradurga

I am introducing to you some caves as ancient as the times of Buddha. Buddha instructed his disciples to do four month- penance during monsoon. Many of them who came southwards chose these caves of #Chandravalli ( close to present #Chitradurga, Karnataka). Many caves are interlinked going as deep as 80 feet, airy, but pitch dark. These caves below huge rocks are very cool, small tanks to collect seeping water, shelves to kep oil lamps and other things. Some unclear paintings are also visible . Archealogists have recovered from here coins of China and other countries also belonging to BC era. During later years ( 13th century)

Exciting place with great history.

Must see... Caves is a must visit and please take a guide while visiting inside the cave

One more tourism attraction of Chitradurga city. A must visit place.

We around 5 friends gone for a road trip. We visited Chandravalli Caves. It was a great experience. When we went that place, guides started following us asking you guys need guide?. We just said No. If you take guide, you wont explore anything. Be realistic. Yes, later we started entering the cave. It was totally dark. We all started following one by one. In the middle we confused where is the exit point! We didnt stop. Started moving. It was one hell of adventure. Yes, finally we came out of the cave after 42 minutes of dark side of explore!Never miss this place.Cheers!!

Awesome place behind Chitradurga Fort very few people know about this place....... Must visit.....

A cave from Satavahana period which used to be a meditation place for saints. Story tells that raja Madakari Nayaka used to visit the place for consultation with the saints. The place has a scenic lake in its vicinity.

Good place for nature and lake view. Nice for walking...

Its a historical beautiful place. It has a lake and caves up in the rock hill. Very beautiful place to visit.

Need to take a guide to visit cave. it was too dark.