Parasgad Fort - Saundatti, KARNATAKA

Parasgad Fort is located about two kilometres south of Saundatti village, and stands on the south-west edge of a range of hills.Atop the hill-fort is a small ruined shrine to the Hindu deity Maruthi. A descent of several hundred steps leads to Yadravi village. This passes by a natural spring with a water tank measuring thirty by six metres called the Ramatheertha, and a cave housing statues of Hindu deities and mythological figures including Jamadagni, Parashurama, Rama, and Sita, a Shivalinga with a Nandi. The village of Yadravi is referred to as "Elarame" in an inscription found on a platform near the Bharamappa temple of the village.