Neelakanteshwara Temple
Trimurti Temple – Shiva, Vishnu & Brahma together | Swayambhu Lingam | 500+ year heritage | Nagara & Kakatiya architecture | Nizamabad, Telangana Sri Neelakanteshwara Temple (Kanteshwar Temple) – an ancient temple located on the Hyderabad–Nagpur highway in the heart of Nizamabad town, Telangana . Famous for the presence of the Holy Triumvirate (Trimurti) : Lord Shiva in Swayambhu Linga form, Lord Vishnu reclining as Lord Padmanabhaswamy, an…
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Sarangpur Hanuman Temple
Sarangpur Hanuman Temple – a serene hilltop shrine dedicated to Lord Hanuman, located in Sarangpur village, about 8 km from Nizamabad town , Telangana. The murti of Hanuman is carved out of a large rock atop a picturesque hill, with the temple built around it. According to folk traditions, the temple was founded by the renowned 17th‑century saint Samarth Ramdas , the guru of Maratha ruler Shivaji and a great devotee of Lord Hanuman and Lord Sri Ra…
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Jankampet Temple
Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, Jankampet – an ancient hilltop shrine dedicated to Lord Narasimha (the man‑lion incarnation of Lord Vishnu), located in Jankampet village, Nizamabad district, Telangana . The temple features a pillared hall ( mandapa ) and a garbhagriha (sanctum sanctorum). It is especially famous for the Ashtamukhi Pushkarini (octagonal sacred pond) at the top of the hill, shaped with eight sides. Constructed during the Rashtrak…
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Mesolithic paintings of Mancherial
Mesolithic cave paintings found in Thaatimattayya hills of Buggagattu forest in Mancherial district of Telangana State.
Historian Dr Dyavanapalli Satyanarayana has claimed that he explored the site in the Buggagattu forest area with the help of the local Naikpod tribes.
He said cave paintings at Thaatimattayya are dated to be 13,000 years B.P. According to Satyanarayana, he came across the ten types of paintings drawn in five colours.
Dr Satyan…
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Ammapalli Sita Rama Temple
Ammapalli Sita Ramachandraswamy Devasthanam – a unique and ancient Rama temple located in Ammapalli village near Shamshabad, Rangareddy district, Telangana . Believed to have been built by the Vengi (Eastern Kalyani Chalukya) kings in the 13th century , this temple is famous for its seven‑story gali gopuram (80 ft tall) that incorporates Rajasthani architectural elements. The sanctum holds the idols of Sita, Rama, and Lakshmana carved from a singl…
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Alvanpalli Jain Temple
Alvanpalli Jain Temple (Gollathagudi / Gollatha Gullu) – an exceptionally rare brick‑built Jain temple located in Alvanpalli (Gollathagudi) village, Jadcherla Mandal, Mahabubnagar district, Telangana . Dating to the 7th–8th century CE , this is the only surviving brick temple of the Jain faith in India. It is one of only two ancient brick structures remaining in the country – the other being the Gupta‑era Hindu temple at Bhitargaon, Kanpur, Uttar …
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