One of my favourite travel place - Jurala Dam

        Hello Guys I am posting my another new post after long time due to my busy work schedule. After Ramdan Festival on 27th June 2017. We are the group of friends Azam, Mujeeb, Ghouse, Afzal and Mujahid has decided to go Jurala dam which is very near to our home town Gadwal and we want to celebrate this holiday with full of joy and lot of enjoyment.

             Actually several times we have been visited this destination since our childhood. Finally we started our journey from Fathima ITI College, Gadwal at 2:30 pm on three two wheeler bikes by road. further we reached Jurala Dam within 30 minutes.

               There is dam with full of backwater, greenery and so many visitors. While we are watching dam it looks so beautiful and blessed with perfect climate.

             

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Playing Cricket

       

        In our Today's enjoyment we have played cricket after long time and wandered around the dam on bikes.

About Jurala Dam :

             The Jurala Praject which is known as Indira Priyadarshini Project laid over the Krishna River which is enters through the Jogulamba Gadwal Dist. It is 16 Km away from Gadwal and 14 Km away from Atmakur. 

Hydro Electric Project

                     This dam has water throughout the year. So hydro electric project was built on this dam. It is a one of the biggest dam in the country and constructed in the year 1995. It has a full reservoir level of 1045 feet and has a full capacity of 11.94 TMC. The length of the project is around one kilometer.Power is being generated through this hydro electric project which is shared with Karnataka state.

This Project has right and left canals for supplying water to thousands of acres of agriculture lands and also drinking water to many villages and towns.

This is a major tourist attraction for visitors through out the year and attracts large number of tourists from hyderabad, Mahabubnagar, Kurnool, Raichur and other places during monsoon season when the water is released from the dam.

           Near tourist attractions are Ramalayam temple is located int he project colony, Parthasarathy Temple, Korakonda Ghattu temple, Chintarevula Anjaneyaswamy temples.

Fish Market :

         In Jurala dam a big fish market is available beside of the major canal. here all types of fishes are available which are very cheap in cost and also some fisherman conducting own shops and they also prepare and serves variety of fish dishes to visitors in reasonable cost.

         
Accommodation :

 The visitors can have comfortable accommodation at Haritha Hotel which is maintaining by state tourism near RTO Office, Gadwal Town, Jogulamba Gadwal district. contact # 9494421852. which is 2 km away from Jammulamma Temple.

How to reach Jurala Dam :

By Train : 

           One can reach the place by boarding train and reaching till Gadwal. which is  16 km from the destination. Next one may take up any transport facilities for visitors.

By Road :

          One may start from Hyderabad, one has to get down at Yerravalli X Road on NH- 44. which is 16 Km away from Gadwal then after 16 Kms through Shetty Atmakur, Peddapadu, Chintarevula villages finally you should reach at your destination.

One day Trip to Mallelatheertham Waterfalls

Mallelatheertham Waterfalls

            After Ramdan Festival we are Group of friends Azam, Mujeeb, Ejas, Chand, Afzal, Mujahid, Gouse started searching for a tourist destination which is near to Gadwal and which should be one day trip for weekend enjoy between us. after discussion finally we decided to go to Mallelatheertham Waterfalls and Amrabad tiger reserve point. 

           We started our journey on 10th July 2016 at 6:30 pm from Gadwal on four wheeler vehicle. In this throughout day journey we are blessed with perfect climate. The sun hid himself behind the thick clouds and it was perfect weather which we seen just before it rains. 

             After 28 Kms of journey we take a break for Breakfast in a hotel at Pebbair. We started our journey through Wanaparthy,  Nagar kurnool, Achampet and reached Munnanur. It is a good spot for take a break for tea and also there is a check point to entry in to forest area. After 25 km of journey we arrived at Vatavarlapally village and we ordered food for lunch.

Mallelatheertham Waterfalls:

           Mallelatheertham Waterfalls is 8 Km away from Vatavarlapally Village as well as 58 Km away from Hyderabad. You will have to get this place through muddy and uneven roads. Mallelatheertham Waterfalls are located in the Nallamalla Forest in Mahabunagar Dist,Telangana State. River Krishna flows through this forest.

" Mallelatheertham  is one of the best place to enjoy nature and forest  and the view of nature was good, we took some snaps and had fun "

Azam at entrance of Waterfalls

             Once  you reach this place you need to get  250-350 feet down on stairs to access the waterfall. After reaching this place the Important thing is you should be very careful at this place like down stairs, while trek into the rocks and way which is beside of waterfall. because it is very slippery. If you have careless attitude then you have to face many incidents.

Mujeeb at Nallamalla Forest

               

                    There is a toll before u need to get down the waterfall stairs. They collected Rs.10/- per head and Rs.50/- for our vehicle and entrance time is 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. This waterfall is 150 ft height and it has picturistic srroundings,scenic beauty for tourists as well as it is a best picnic spot.

The water culmination of flow of small streams flowing from different parts of Nallmalla forest area. The fall of water takes place from a wide rock.  when the water falls from full width it looks like a water curtain. 

" Best time to watch this Mallela theertham Waterfalls  is October to March." 

                   There are other activities that can be taken up to make the trip more enjoyable and exciting is River crossing, Trekking, sliding are a few such activities. Tourists who come here generally combine their trip with the Srisailam Temple and Umamaheshwaram visit and make the entire trip is a one day trip.

" This is a good place to hangout for a weekend to enjoy with family and firends"

" I really enjoyed this trip alot"

My friends are enjoying at Waterfall

I and Ejas at Waterfall

With my uncle Mujeeb

                Afternoon we returned to Vatavarlapally village and had Lunch in Ruchi Restaurant. The food which is already ordered by us before we leave this village.   Alter lunch we spent more time along the roads and beside the forest area to enjoy the nature in cloudy climate.

                            We waited a hour at Tiger Project Point to see the animals in the forest but badly entry was timed out. their authority was not accept to visit that forest area. In this point they collect Rs.800/- per 6 members and they show a small one hour trip in their forest vehicle. After some time we started our returned journey to Gadwal and we reached around 9:45 PM.

My friends with me at Tiger Project Point - Srisailam Forest

Chand and Afzal Bhai with me

AJ - On the Srisailam Forest Road

Down Stairs at Mallelatheertham Waterfalls

Mallelatheertham Road Trip Photos

Road Trip to Srisailam on the Bikes

             Hello guys this is the my another post. I hope It will also helps to know a another beautiful adventures place in South India.

Srisailam is a holy town in the Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh. It is on banks of the Krishna River. Sri Sailam Dam constructed across the Krishna River in the border of Mahabubnagar District. Telangana State. and Kurnool Dist, A.P It is the 3rd Largest capacity hydro electric project in the country. Srisailam temple and town located on a 452 meters high hill in the Nallamalla forest. 






A Group of Eight friends Azam, Narendhar, Ravi, Samar, Fayaz, Athiq, Raghavendra, Raghu are decided to take a road trip on four Bikes from Gadwal to Srisailam. It is about 230 km from Gadwal, Mahabubnagar Dist. The road to Srisailam is peppered with small towns and villages.we also planned to stay one night there.

We started our journey from Gadwal at 2:30 pm. After just 28 km we taken a break for lunch in a Restaurant at Pebbair. Because some of my friends had not lunch. Then we started our road trip to Wanaparthy. we crossed this and entered Achampet via Bijinepally and Nagarkurnool towns. At Achampet we have taken a  Tea Break around 6:00 pm after half an hour journey through Nallamalla Forest we again stopped our Bikes at Munnanur. There is a Museaum which maintained by the  Government of A.P. There we had some snacks and tea after these we continued our drive to down the winding ghat roads to the lower bridge.

" The Drive was amazing , the Dam site and valley view points are very Good"

Finally at 9:30pm we reached Srisailam at that time all of us are hungry. we find a hotel and had dinner with tasty food. The quantity was enough for us. we made our first halt and we planned for one night stay at hotel rooms so we drive another 10km for best hotel. after pay the room rent we check in in two rooms for eight members.

          On early morning we checkout our hotel rooms and we reached in the premises of the temple. Our friends went for Darshan and came out from temple with Prasadam.

        
 After having light tiffin we started our drive for local sight seeing. sometimes we stop our bikes at ghat roads of Dam and tried to capture the beauty of Dam from different angles. At Paladhara Panchadhara only I am and Ravi, Fayaz, Narendhar down the stairs and saw a natural  waterfall. this place is very beautiful with plenty of banyan trees all around these waterfalls. A place where it is said that Adi Shankaracharya meditated for a year.

Further we drives  to  Mahabaleshwaram Temple which is on the way of our trip. we spent one hour on the premises of Anjaneyaswamy temple. This temple located on the exactly center of the hill. From here we can saw this beautiful greenery and wild animals also.

we made our return journey to Gadwal. At evening we taken a small break at Wanaparthy and reached directly to Gadwal.

 

















"This is the first time I have visited a place on the bike. It was pleasant experience. It seemed to me that this journey pressed the refresh button of my life and bring back the freshness. It is a must visit place for adventure seekers and nature lovers."

Travel to famous Alampur Temples and Dargah...

            

                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

A Chola's Historical Architect Wonder - Brihadeeswarar Temple

 Brihadeeshwarar Temple Premises

           It was the winter of February 2015. I planned to go Thanjavur, Tamilanadu. Becuase I have completed my Master of Philosophy from Prist University, Thanjavur. Now this is the time to receive my degree convocation on 5th February 2015. So I started my journey from Gadwal, Telangana State. First I reserved Tatkal Train ticket on 4th February from Gadwal to Tiruchirapalli by Nagarcoil Express.

                At Evening 7:00PM I get in in the train and find out my berth. I traveled 18 hours in this train up to Tiruchirapalli. It's a long journey as well as I found some good and talkative new persons in this train. Along my entire journey  mainly I contact with  three persons whose are very helpful and zovial. Further I had dinner and breakfast with them in this train. 

                  At afternoon I reached the Tiruchirapalli station. At Bus stop Immediately I find a bus for my University. Within 45 minutes I reached my University Campus. After waiting an one hour I received my Degree Convocation with more honor by the Director of Prist University. At 3:00pm I had lunch in campus canteen and turned to Thanjavur Town. 

            I find and check in a Hotel Room then taken rest for 1 hour . In the evening before sunset at 5:00pm I went to Brihadeeshwara Temple. This is very peaceful, looks very beautiful with stoned architecture and breath taking. 

                  " This Historical Place is looks amazing for my Wandering Mind at this time"

             In temple premises two foreigners whose are from London are introduced themselves to me and we have seen whole temple with in an one hour  at this time I also taken some pictures with them in and out side of the temple. Further I went to Thanjavur Palace. Whenever I entered in to the  palace there is a Art Museum before the main gate. It has maintained by Archaeological Society of India. In this museum I have seen hundreds of Statues and Sculptures which are more valuable with indicates south Indian culture.

              In this museum they have also kept a display of skeleton of 92 feet Whale. After this I have seen Saraswathi Mahal Library which is established around 1700 and located in the premises of the Palace and also seen Art Gallary, Serfoji Memorial Hall.

Finally by the time I came out from palace because it was night time. At opposite of the temple they setup a night bazar also. So many people purchasing some goods which are only available in Thanjavur. I stayed overnight in a Hotel room and after morning Breakfast I chekout the room. consequently I stayed up to evening in Thanjavur due to my some work. Finally I stated my return Journey by Bus from Thanjavur to Thirupathi and Thirupalthi to Gadwal.

" All in all, this trip was the most memorable. I saw paradise on the Architect of the Brihadeeshwarar Temple"

About Brihadeeshwarar Temple: 

It is a big Temple, this is truly an Architectural marvel, which has now been included in the list of World Heritage Structures. This Temple attracts you with its stone spire reaching to the sky. It is even more impressive with the knowledge that the top of this Gopuram is made with a single stone, which was carted to its place with much effort and ingenuity.

About Thanjavur:

Thanjavur is a south Indian city situated in Tamilanadu State. It is a center of Art and Architecture. It is an Important piligrim center and major tourist destination. In the most visited monuments in Thanjavur are  first one is the Brihadeeshwarar Temple build in 11th century by the Chola King Raja Raj Chola (985-1014). This temple was designated an UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987 and another one is Thanjavur Maratha Palace.