Kolanupaka Jain Temple (Kulpak Tirth) is an important Shvetambara Jain pilgrimage centre located in Kolanupaka village, Alair Mandal, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district, Telangana . The site has a long association with Jainism and is traditionally regarded as having more than 2,000 years of history , while the temple in its present form is more than 800 years old . The shrine is associated with Bhagwan Rishabha (Adinath), locally known as Manikyaswamy , a…

Royal Physician (Ayurveda) · Mahasamantha · Vaidyaratnakara Pranacharya · Vaidyasikhamani · 1034–1074 CE 11th Century Surgical Wizard · Early Epigraphic Evidence of Sastra-Chikitsa · Royal Physician under the Western Chalukyas · Titles: Vaidyaratnakara, Pranacharya, Naravaidya, Vaidyasikhamani Aggalayya — the 11th century surgical wizard of Telangana Aggalayya (also known as Aggalarasa) (fl. c. 1034–1074 CE) was a distinguished Jaina royal physicia…

Adavisomanapally Caves , also known as the Rock Cut Cave Temples of Adavi Somanapalli , are a remote group of ancient rock-cut cave temples located on a hillock near Adavi Somanapalli village, Malhar Rao Mandal, Jayashankar Bhupalpally district, Telangana . The four caves face west and are located near the Manair River . Published accounts have proposed different dates for the complex; an archaeological official quoted by The Times of India in 2018 …

Aggalayya Gutta – Jain sculptures carved on the hillock. Aggalayya Gutta – a hillock of important historical and religious significance near Padmakshi Temple in Hanamakonda, Hanumakonda district, Telangana . The site is associated with Jain heritage and the medieval physician Aggalayya , whose inscriptions provide important evidence for the practice of medicine and surgery in the Deccan. The hillock contains large Jain rock-cut images, including r…