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A proposal for a commemorative postage stamp on Gooty Fort in Andhra Pradesh has been forwarded by the Department of Posts to the Union Minister of Communications for final approval.
The proposal was moved by Anantapur MP Ambica Lakshminarayana Valmiki; no commemorative stamp has been issued for the fort so far.
Gooty Fort, also called Ravadurg or Gutti Kota, is a hilltop fortress in Anantapur district and has been a centrally protected monument under the Archaeological Survey of India since 1921.
Its inscriptions date to the Western Chalukya king Vikramaditya VI, and it passed through the Vijayanagara, Qutb Shahi, Mughal, Maratha, Mysore and British hands.
The statute under which the ASI declares monuments of national importance and regulates construction around them; Gooty Fort's central protection dates from 1921, under the colonial-era predecessor law
Created the prohibited area of 100 metres and the regulated area of a further 200 metres around every centrally protected monument, and set up the National Monuments Authority
Gooty sits in the Rayalaseema region of southern Andhra Pradesh, in Anantapur district, on the rocky terrain that made hill forts the standard defensive form in the Deccan.
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A stamp issued by the Department of Posts to mark a person, event or monument, distinct from definitive stamps issued for regular postal use
A monument declared of national importance and maintained by the ASI under the AMASR Act, 1958; India has 3,698 such monuments