Manjeera Dam

Manjeera Dam is located on the Manjeera river at Kalabgur, Sangareddy District, Telangana State, India.

This is an ideal picnic spot. One can spend quality time with family or friends at the Environmental Education Centre here.

Another main attraction of this place is the crocodile-breeding pond, which has been set up for rehabilitation of crocodiles.

The glistening waters of the reservoir and the wildlife around make it an ideal picnic spot in an unspoilt and serene environment.

Manjeera, a major source of drinking water for Hyderabad in a good year with rains, spreads over 10 square miles at its full capacity.

Located at a distance of about 70 kilometers from Hyderabad

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Manjeera Wildlife Sanctuary

Mangeera or Manjira wildlife sanctuary is located on the Manjeera river at Kalabgur,  Sangareddy District, Telangana State, India.

The charming part about this sanctuary is that one can take an adventurous boat ride for Bird watching in the Manjira Wildlife & Bird Sanctuary.

 

Originally a crocodile sanctuary, today more than 70 species of birds are spotted here and is home for the vulnerable species mugger crocodile. 

This man-made reservoir provides drinking water to Hyderabad and Secunderabad.

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Sangareddy Kasi Visweshwara Temple

Sri Kasi Vishweshwara Temple is situated in Kalpagooru village close to the Manjeera Barrage near
Sangareddy town in Sangareddy District, Telangana State, India.

The history of the temple dates back to the era of the Kakatiya rulers from 11th century A.D.

The temple complex is also home to two other temples, they are Sri Anantha Padmanabha Swamy temple & Sri Venugopala Swamy temple. Hence it is also called as Trikootaalayamu. 

Sri Kasi Vishweswara temple is seen towards the southern portion of garbhaalayam while Sri Venugopalaswamy temple is seen near the northern portion of garbhaalayam. 

According to legend, this temple was built on water stream coming from holy Kasi. It is said that in case if you drop a coin in garbhaalayam of Sri Venugopala Swamy temple, then you can hear a sound similar to that of a coin being dropped in water. Sri Anantha Padmanabha Swamy temple is located towards the west side of garbhaalaya. 

The temple resembles Thousand Pillar Temple in Warangal in terms of architecture & construction style. 

The beautiful temples are adorned by regular pujas & abhishekam every day. 

Thanks to the Bathukamma festival, an 11th century village – Kalabgoor – located a few kilometres away from the district headquarters got a place for promotion under rural tourism

It is only four Kms from old Bus Station of Sangareddy and is located at a distance of 60 Km from Hyderabad and 71 kms from Medak.

Sources

http://www.telanganatourism.gov.in/partials/destinations/divine-destinations/medak/kasi-visweashwara-temple.html
http://chowdampurushotham.blogspot.com/2011/02/kalpagur-vilage-sangareddy-medak.html

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