Kolanupaka Jain Temple (Kulpak Tirth) is an important Shvetambara Jain pilgrimage centre located in Kolanupaka village, Alair Mandal, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district, Telangana . The site has a long association with Jainism and is traditionally regarded as having more than 2,000 years of history , while the temple in its present form is more than 800 years old . The shrine is associated with Bhagwan Rishabha (Adinath), locally known as Manikyaswamy , a…

Bhuvanagiri Fort (historically recorded as Tribhuvanagiri and now commonly known as Bhongir Fort ) is located in Bhongir, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri District, Telangana . The fort crowns a massive, oval or egg-shaped monolithic rock rising to about 610 metres above sea level . Located approximately 47–48 km east of Hyderabad along NH 163, it is one of Telangana's most distinctive medieval hill forts. Inscriptional evidence from 1106 CE identifies Bhuv…

Taramati Baradari — the historic 12-arch pavilion of Hyderabad Taramati Baradari is a historic Qutb Shahi-period pavilion located in Ibrahim Bagh , Hyderabad, Telangana. Telangana Tourism currently attributes the monument to the reign of Abdullah Qutb Shah , the seventh Qutb Shahi ruler. The historic Ibrahim Bagh setting is also associated with the Qutb Shahi period, although the precise relationship between the earlier garden and the present Barad…

Golconda Fort , located in the western part of Hyderabad city, is one of the most significant historic fortress complexes in India. Situated approximately 9 km from Hussain Sagar Lake, the outer fort is commonly described as occupying about three square kilometres with an outer circumference of approximately 4.8 kilometres . Traditionally associated with Mankal (1143 CE) Golla Konda – "Shepherd's Hill" Acoustic marvel – Fateh Darwaza His…