It was a holiday, Sunday. I and my friend Fayaz Baig decided to go and spend in Kurnool Town on a motor bike for a day. while we reached Alampur X Roads suddenly he told me now we should go to Alampur and want to see Alampur Temples and Dargah. so we moved to Alampur and visited their temples and Archaeological Museum as well as Hazrat Syed Shah ali Pailwan Sarkar Dargah.
Fayaz Baig |
Alampur is a heritage destination in Mahabubnagar District of Telangana State. where there are regular tourists that visit the famous Jogulamba and Sangameshwara Temples as well as Hazrat Syed Shah ali Pailwan Sarkar Dargah.
Alampur was under the rule of shatavahana Ishvakus of Nagarjuna Konda, Badami Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Kalyani Chalukyas, Kakatiyas, Vijayanagara Empire and Qutb Shahis of Golconda.
Alampur Temple |
Alampur Dargah |
AJ at Historical Alampur Temple |
In the cultural history of south india Badami Chalukyas are important particularly in the field of art and architecture. They caused the excavations of rock cut temples and construction of structural temples having made use of the locally available red sand stone.
Alampur Museum :
It is located in the premises of the temples and maintained by Archaeological survey of India. It has a collection of large and varied sculptures. The most of the specimens are from the 7th century Chalukya period and some of the stones from the 12th century kakatiya period.
Where to stay:
The Haritha Hotel close to Tungabadra River is maintained by the Tourism department and there are adequate A/c and Non A/c rooms for catering to the tourists. This Haritha Hotel, Alampur is the best place to rest tourists whoever wants to visit this place.
How to Reach:
City Distance
Hyderabad 220 kms
Mahabubnagar 90 kms
Anantapur 172 kms
Kurnool 28 kms
Gadwal 55 kms