Kurnool is a beautiful district in Andhra Pradesh. The district have numerous temples and monuments .  The world famous pilgrim spot ‘ manthralaym’ is a part of this district . Ahobilam is another pilgrim spot. Here you can see three ancient temples . This district is also blessed with nature. Nallamali forest , a beautiful landscape is a part of kurnool.  The historically  important  places such as manthralaaym, srisailam, mahanandi etc are also in this district.

It is about 360 km away from Hyderabad and 74 km from Nandhyal.  The place is also know by the name ‘singavel kundram’ . here you can see an ancient temple , it is dedicated to lord narasimha. , a variation of lord Vishnu.

Alamapuram

Alamapuram is located on the banks of river Thungabadra.  The temple here is known by the name Nava Brahma.  The temple reflects Chalukyas architecture.

Mahanandi

It is about 320 km away from hyderabad city.  The temple here is dedicated to Mahanandeswra., a form of lord siva. Mahanandi is the divine bull of lord siva. Five water springs can be seen  near to this temple.

Manthralayam is a sacred place located on the banks of river thungabadra. It is a part of kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh . The famous saint Ragavendra spent his last days here.  The mortal remains of him are kept here .  A lot of devotees following the life of saint Ragavendra.

How to reach Manthralayam ?

Manthralayam is well connected by roads. Buses are available from major cities.  The nearest railway station is at Manthralayam road about 15 km away .

Srisailam is a famous pilgrim spot located in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh.  It is about 232 km away from Hyderabad city.  Srisailam is an ancient city situated on the banks of river Krishna.  The temple here is dedicated to lord siva. The Siva linga here is named among 12 jothirlingas in India.  Goddess mahakali is also seated in this temple.

Another attraction in srisailam is srisailam wildlife sanctuary.  A rare species of animals and plants are seen here.

Warangal is a beautiful district in Andhra Pradesh .  the district have beautiful temples, monuments, forts etc. The monuments here have high historic value.  Most of the forts and monuments  were built in Chalukya architecture.  The famous Warangal fort built by kakatiya ruler.  Another attraction is thousand pillar temple. Badrakali temple and Ramappa temple etc are very much famous among pilgrims.

Vemulawada is a famous pilgrimage in warangal district of Andhra Pradesh. The ancient temple here is dedicated to Lord  Raja Rajeswara , a form of lord siva.  The temple is located about 35 km away from karimngar.  A sacred lake namely ‘dharama gundam’ is associated with this temple, the devotees believed that the lake have ability to cure diseases. The annual festival here is Maha sivarathri .

Kolanupaka site museum

Kolanupaka museum have more than 100 ancient images.  These images will give information about  chalukyan rulers.

Someswara temple

The temple is located at kolanupaka . It was built by somswara 111.

Jain temple

It is also located in kolanupaka  . the temple have images of Thirthankaras.  This is an ancient temple dedicated to saint mahaveera.

Kolanupaka

This place have very much historic importance. The legends says that it was religious centre of jains . the battle between chola and chalukya take place here.

The temple is in between warangal city and Hanamkonda .  the temple dedicated to goddess badrakali, godess of bravery . The ancient temple built in chalukyan architecture.

Thousand pillar temple

This is a star shaped temple with three shrines. The temple is dedicated to lord Vishnu, lord siva and lord surya.  As the name indicate the temple have thousand  pillar, that are beautifully carved . The temple is made attractive by means of sculpturing.  It was built in Chalukya architecture.  The legends says that it was built in 1163 by Rudra deva .

Ramappa temple

The presiding deity of the temple is lord siva.  The temple is about 70 km away from warangal city . This ancient temple was built in 1213 AD.  The inscriptions in the temple said that it was constructed by Rudra swami.

Warangal fort is a huge fort located in warangal district of Andhra Pradesh. This fort was built by  Ganapathi Deva , a Kakatiya ruler . it is believed that , the fort constructed in 13 th century .  it have two walls , the inner wall is made up of stones and the outer made by mud . In order to provide extra security , the fort is surrounded by a moat.  The exquisite carvings and excellent sculptures are attracting thousands of tourists.

Hampi is a part of northern Karnataka . Hampi was serves as the capital city of vijayanagar empires.  Now hampi is a quaint village with remainings of  past history.  The ruins includes more than 500 monuments. It is a world heritage site.  The famous picnic spots in hampi are – monolith bull, virupaksha temple, vithala temple, queen ‘s bath, lotus mahal , zanana enclosure. Etc.

Mahabalipuram is a famous tourist destination  in tamil nadu . This town is situated near to sea shore.  It serves as a port city during the time of  Pallava rulers. Mahabalipuram is a world heritage site. The prime attractions here is beautiful rock structures.  Another attractions is Pancha Rathas , five temples .  it is believed that the temples were built by Narasimhavarman and Rajasimhavaraman.  Now it is a famous tourist spot with rich cultural value.  An annual festival Mamallpuaram dance festival attracts thousands of tourists.