Aggalayya Gutta Jain Temple
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…
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Padmakshi Temple
Padmakshi Temple – the historic hilltop shrine of 'Amma' in Hanamkonda. Padmakshi Temple , also known as Padmakshamma , is a historic hilltop shrine in Hanamkonda, Telangana . Telangana Tourism dates the temple to the 12th century during the Kakatiya period and identifies Goddess Padmakshi, locally called 'Amma' , as its presiding deity. The temple complex is particularly important for its Jain architectural and epigraphic heritage, i…
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Bhadrakali Temple
Bhadrakali Temple is a significant Devi temple located on a hillock between Hanamkonda and Warangal in Telangana . The temple is dedicated to Goddess Bhadrakali and is one of the region's important pilgrimage and heritage sites. The shrine is traditionally associated with Chalukya ruler Pulakeshin II and is commonly dated to around 625 CE . Its principal deity is a 2.7-metre-high stone image of Goddess Bhadrakali in a seated posture with eight…
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Thousand Pillar Temple : Rudreshwara Swamy Temple
One of Telangana's finest surviving Kakatiya monuments.
The Thousand Pillar Temple , also known as the
Rudreshwara Swamy Temple , stands at Hanamkonda in
Hanumakonda District, Telangana . Built during the reign of
Kakatiya King Rudra Deva around 1163 CE , it is an important
example of the architectural traditions that developed from Late Chalukyan
forms into the distinctive …
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History of Warangal District
Orugallu · Ekashila · Capital of the Kakatiya Dynasty · Land of Thousand Pillars Ancient: Orugallu · Also known as: Ekasilanagara · Capital of Kakatiyas · 51 Mandals · HQ: Warangal Name Origin & History: Warangal, originally known as Orugallu or Ekashila , was the capital of the great Kakatiya dynasty . The name "Orugallu" is said to be the correct form of "Orukal," the original designation of the old town. The region's h…
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