My Visit to Ramnagar Fort... Not great but Good...

P.S (Pre-Script, not Post-Script): Last Paragraph is a little more interesting than the rest...

Hi guyz...

Recently I had been to Ramnagar fort which is "Rs.10" away from the BHU main gate. I don't know... exactly how many kilometres it is from BHU main gate. So I said it is "Rs. 10" away as it takes Rs.10 in a service auto from BHU main gate to Fort main gate.

It was 25th January morning...Last day at Kashiyatra'10. When there is a cult. or tech. festival taking place in campus, it's just taken for granted that those days will be holidays. So I and Venky planned to go to Ramnagar fort on 24th. But on that morning, we heard that some people left for classes. We didn't care. So we left the hostel for Fort around 11 a.m. I called Katta (my online tour guide for this one... Just kidding... My friend and collegemate ) & asked him "Hi ra, How to reach the fort?"...

He replied "Reach Lanka and then go right where you have autos leaving for Mughalsarai and Ramnagar. Rs.10 per each person ".

"Ok. Thanks mama, bye".

Note: "Hi ra", "Thanks mama". These phrases may seem awkward to you but not for Andhra People. It's our slang.

Just before we reach the fort, We go on a bridge which is very different. Different in the sense that I had never seen a bridge like that. It is supported by gigantic iron cylinders.

We reached the fort main gate with sky-high expections. There was a counter for issuing ticket to fort's museum. "Rs.15 per person" ... I thought maybe it's worth it. After going through the museum ... It was a bad idea to buy the ticket for museum. Not even one item was properly preserved. I think the last time they cleaned the antiques was before 10 years or even more.

After the museum, we went to a temple inside the fort. From the temple, there is a spectacular view of the river Ganga. We can even see the bridge (I mentioned it before) from there. After coming out of the temple, we didn't understand where to go in the fort. We asked the security guard and he said "That's it. There is nothing else to see here. Now you can go out"...... WT*!!!........ I mean to say that I didn't even see the interior of the fort or at least went to the top of the fort. The view I had at the temple is the only thing you can appreciate.

Hmm... Not so great. So I called Katta again to ask whether he had seen anything else. He said to see the ghat in front of the fort. The ghat was different compared to other ghats...in terms of no. of people over there. In other ghats, you will feel little bit crowdy but in this ghat you can hardly 10 people ... Because it's a "Dhobhi Ghat". But it was good ...not great. After some time we left for the campus. We reached the hostel by 1.30 p.m. There we came to know that no classes were held. Thank God!!!

Last Paragraph:

Recently I was watching a telugu movie "Oy !". In a scene, I saw the Ramnagar fort which I was describing here. In this scene, Siddarth, Shamilli & Pradeepravath are travelling in a Jeep on the bridge to Ramnagar fort. It's the same bridge which I described above. Click on the image below (this is the screen shot from the movie):-

Time at which frame was taken:- 2:01:47/2:40:59