Thread by @ssaratht

This is the spot at Chitradurga Fort in Karnataka where Onake Obavva single-handedly killed over a hundred soldiers of Hyder Ali with an onake, a pestle, in 1779. After many days of trying to find an entry into the fort, Hyder Ali's soldiers could locate this secret narrow

passage to the fort wherein only one soldier at a time could pop up and gain entry. Every time an enemy soldier popped up his head from this passage, Onake killed him. In a few hours bodies of the dead soldiers piled up all around. Onake single-handedly defended Chitradurga Fort

for several hours until she attained Veergati. Onake Obavva was the wife of Kahale Mudda Hanuma, a guard of a watchtower at Chitradurga Fort. How could a housewife, engaged in household chores and never trained in fighting, could kill over a hundred of the enemy soldiers?

That's love for the motherland and the power of Shakti! Ontisalaga Madakari Nayaka was then the Raja of Chitradurga. He defended his kingdom twice from the attacks of Hyder Ali. It was during Hyder Ali's third attack that Onake defended Chitradurga Fort for several hours.

The valor of Onake Obavva is described in detail in Chapter 42 in Book 2 of #SaffronSwords (link: amazon.in/SAFFRON-SWORDS…) along with 51 more episodes/chapters of valor of our warrior ancestors from 8th century to independence.
Pic courtesy-January 2023 click by Smitha Setty ji

Thanks to @haris_blr for this video link. This song depicts the story of Obavva.