It's high time we talk about these unsung women warriors and Onake Obavva is one among them.
Obavva, a woman warrior who fought the forces of Hyder Ali single-handedly with a pestle in Chitradurga was not a princess, but the wife of a guard at Chitradurga fort.
She heard the muffled sounds of Hyder Ali's soldiers trying to enter the fort guarded by her husband.
She used the Onake or pestle to kill the soldiers one by one by hitting them on the head and then quietly dragged the body and hid it so that none could notice.
Obavva is said to have killed several invading soldiers of Hyder Ali's army, who were trying to capture the Chitradurga Fort in 1779, single-handedly.
For her brave attempt, Obavva is considered to be the epitome of Kannada female pride.
The hole that she guarded is now popular as Obavvana Kindi.