Nizamabad, Telangana

NIZAMABAD

Visiting Places

There are many tourist spots in district, prominent among them are Nizamsagar, Pochampad, Pocharam, Alisagar and Nizamabad Fort etc, apart from places of religious prominence like Limbadri Narsimhaswamy temple, Lingappa Swamy Temple, Peddagutta etc. Nizamsagar project is constructed at Achampet village on the river Manjeera, a major tributary of Godhavari. Beautiful flower gardens are grown on both sides of dam with dakbunglow facilities. A hydroelectric power station is also established near Hassanpally villege of nizamsagar Mandal.

Contents

1. Alisagar
2. Nizamsagar
3. Yemcha
4. Nizamabad Fort
5. Sarangapur Temple
6. Mallaram
7. Tilak Garden in Nizamabad town
8. Dichpally Ramalayam
9. Archaeological and Heritage Museum
10. Kanteshwar Temple
11. Siddula Gutta, Armoor
12. Sriram Sagar Project
13. Asok Sagar - An ECO-FRIENDLY Tourism Project
14. Ashtamukhi koneru
15. Sri Dattashram
16. Badapahad
17. Kandakurthi
18. Tadpakal
19. Sri Ramalayam, Bodhan
20. Sri Mahankali Temple, Domakonda
21. Shiva Temple, Domakonda
22. Domakonda Fort

1. Alisagar

Alisagar Reservoir is situated at a distance of 13Km from Nizamabad which is another important picnic spot, close to Nizamabad. A beautiful garden raised here attract picnickers from Nizamabad.

   

Alisagar Reservoir

Nizamabad Fort was developed on an original temple of Ram Mandir constructed by Raghunath Das, who had also constructed a big tank which, is the main water source for Nizamabad town till today. Later the temple was developed into a fort.

Alisagar is the beautiful garden developed by Nizam of Hyderabad. This is under the control of Irrigation Department as the Garden is under the bund of Alisagar Tank maintained by Irrigation Department. The Garden is in (33) acres with fountains and has lot of flowers, Deer Park, Tree House. The Garden is very poorly maintained due to insufficient funds and non-availability of technical no-how in garden maintenance. There is an island inside the Alisagar lake. Boating facility in the tank has been introduced recently. About 1000 to 2000 people visit the Alisagar garden on Sundays. Alisagar is situated about (10) K.Ms. away from the Nizamabad town and (2) K.Ms. from Nizamabad-Basar route.

  

ALI SAGAR GARDEN

2. Nizamsagar

There is a beautiful garden under Nizamsagar Project. This is in the Sangareddy - Nanded - Akola Road about (150) K.Ms. from Hyderabad. There is a garden, swimming pool and Guest Houses are all in poor maintenance. During rainy season many people visit from Karnataka, Maharashtra and neighboring districts like Medak, Karimnagar and Hyderabad. Boating facility has been introduced.

   

NIZAM SAGAR DAM

BOATING AT NIZAM SAGAR

Nizamsagar dam was constructed in 1923 by the rulers of the erstwhile Hyderabad State, Mir Osman Ali Khan. It is made by making over 40 villages empty.It is one of the biggest in the world.Best Place to visit. Mahatma Gandhi & Jawaharlal Nehru visited this place in early 1940s.

3. Yemcha

Yemcha village in Nizamabad district is just (4) K.Ms. from Basar temple on the Bank of Godavari. It is on the road side of Hyderabad - Basar route. There is a big Drinking Water Scheme constructed under the centrally sponsored Water Supply scheme provide drinking water to (77) villages. There is a summer storage tank storing water from Godavari.

4. Nizamabad Fort

There is a Jagannath Temple at Quilla (port) on the south-west corner of Nizamabad town. This port is said to be built by Rashtraputha kings in the 10th Centaury. At top the Quilla at about 300' height there is a Rama temple built by Ramdas Mantra of Chatrapathi Sivaji. This is the huge temple with Corridors, Muntaps, Mahamuntaps and large Kalyana Mandapam of about 2000 sq,feet. Area.

      

NIZAMABAD FORT

The Rama temple can be develop as a place of religious importance. TTD has been requested to help under Annamacharya project. The Collector has also taken the Executive Officer, TTD for inspection of site on 5.7.2001. The temple has been renovated recently, the stair case to Garba Gudi has been constructed. The temple is adjoining the Jail which is presently host in the port. The temple is under management of local committee and should be handed over to Endowment Department for further Development.

2) The waste expense place below the port can be develop into a beautiful garden. An open air auditorium can be constructed for cultural performances, Musical fountains can be established drawing water from nearby Raghunath Tank. The port can be eliminated using focus lights, from the hill very beautiful view of Nizamabad town and hence view point can be developed.

5. Sarangapur Temple

      

Sarangapur is temple is located (7) K.Ms. from North-East of Nizamabad town abating Alisagar. There is a Hanuman temple located on a hill top. These temple is constructed by Ramdas. This temple as 1400 acres of land. There is a tremendous scope for develop site on hillock along with Alisagar Project. (10) acres of land on Hillock is being developed into a garden. Thereis (33) acres of land available near Sarangapur that can be developed into Eco-tourism by providing slab trails for walking.

6. Mallaram

Mallaram forest is located (7) K.Ms. of South-West Nizamabad town. In the forest there is very suitable to develop for Eco-tourism. There is small hillock on which hut is being built. There is a beautiful Mallaram cheruvu.

7. Tilak Garden in Nizamabad town

Tilak Garden.

Tilak Gardens

8. Dichpally Ramalayam    

DICHPALLY RAMALAYAM

The Dichpally Ramalayam or Khilla Ramalayam is believed to have been built around the 14th Century A.D during the Kakatiya times. The temple is small and does not have the usual grandeur of South Indian temples.

   

An unfinished temple?

The Ramalayam must have been an unfinished one because it seems the temple did not have idols till the late 1940s, several centuries after it was built ! A local devotee installed marble idols of Rama, Sita, Lakshmana and Hanuman in 1947. So what could have been the story of the Dichpally Ramalayam?

There is an old watch tower adjacent to the temple, another view point. We caught this lonely ancient mandapa in the middle of a nearby tank.

  

Was there a fort here in ancient times? Is that why the Ramalayam is also called Khilla (Fort) Ramalayam?

9. Archaeological and Heritage Museum

During the 8th century, the town was under the reign of Indra Vallabha Panthya Vasrha Indra Som who belonged to the Rashtrakuta Dynasty. The place was named Indhrapuri after the king. However, with the construction of a railway line between the cities of Secunderabad and Manmad, a new railway station was added – the Nizamabad railway station. The station was named after Nizam-ul-Mulk who was the then ruler of the region. Since Nizamabad was an important railway station connecting Hyderabad with Mumbai, the name of the place was changed from Indhrapuri to Nizamabad.

Nizamabad enjoyed its golden period during the reign of Nizam-ul-Mulk who ruled the region for long years. He was a great patron of art and architecture and consequently built many religious institutions in the area including mosques and Hindu temples.

There are many towns and villages that come under the Nizamabad district including Armuru, Bodhan, Banswada, Kamareddy and many more. Located in the town of Bodhan is the Nizam Sugar Factory that was once known as the biggest such factory in the whole of Asia.

10. Kanteshwar Temple

At the entrance of the city is the Kanteshwar temple, a 500 year old Shiva temple.

   

Neelakanteshwara Temple Nizamabad, Kanteshwar associate ancient temple of Lord Shiva “Neela Kanteshwar” with beautiful design is located attracting a large variety of devotees in the city of Nizamabad. This temple was constructed by the Satavahana king, Satakarni-II for the Jains. The structure resembles the North Indian form of architecture. The festival of Rathasapthami is annually celebrated on a grand scale during this temple.

11. Siddula Gutta, Armoor

From Dichpally, the NH7 goes straight towards Nizamabad, instead, we took a deviation towards Armoor. Armoor, is 25 kms from Dichpally and 27 kms from Nizamabad. On the map, Dichpally, Armoor and Nizamabad form a triangle!

Armoor, a small town, has some very interesting hills. The hills look like massive pile of black rocks ! There are some deep caverns between these rocks. The place is also called Siddula Gutta (Sages’ hillock) because it is believed sages meditated in those caves.

The Siddeshwar temple is a small temple with Lord Shiva as the presiding deity. The history of the temple is unknown but it has been renovated completely and the present structure is relatively new. A word of caution, beware of monkeys !

More than the temple, the most interesting part of Siddula Gutta is a cave inside which there is a Siva Linga.

12. Sriram Sagar Project

Pochampad project is constructed at Pochampad Village on the River Godhavari. This is also a place of Tourist interest. The foundation was laid on 26 July 1963 by the late Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India.

POCHAMPAD DAM

     

The Sri Rama Sagar Project (Telugu: శ్రీరాంసాగర్ ప్రాజెక్టు), also known as the Pochampadu Project is an Indian flood-flow project on the Godavari River. The Project is located in Nizamabad district, 3 km away from National Highway 44. It has been described by The Hindu as a "lifeline for a large part of Telangana".

Sriramsagar is an irrigation project across river Godavari in Telangana to serve irrigational needs in Karimnagar, Warangal, Adilabad, Nalgonda, and Khammam districts. It also provides drinking water to Warangal city. There is a hydroelectric plant working at the dam site.

Sriram Sagar Reservoir's capacity is 75 billion cubic feet, and it has 42 floodgates. It also includes Kakatiya Canal covering 284 km, Laxmi Canal, Sarswati Canal, and Flood flow canal. Construction of this dam was started in 1957 and is not yet completed.Most of the catchment area upstream of this dam is located in Maharashtra

This project is also locally known as Khustapuram dam. The Khustapuram project proposal was first mooted/investigated by erstwhile Hyderabad state under Nizam rule to utilize 227 thousand million cubic feet (tmc) of upper Godavari river water. This dam site is located in the Nizamabad district of Telangana State after the confluence of Manjira river with Godavari. Under stage I of this project nearly 1 million acres (4,000 km2) irrigation facility is created to utilize 140 tmc water. Stage II of this project is under advanced stage of construction to irrigate 440,000 acres (1,800 km2) using 25 tmc water. The flood flow canal project is also under implementation to irrigate 200,000 acres (810 km2) using 20 tmc water available at Pochampadu dam site. The live storage capacity of SS dam is limited to 90 tmc to reduce submergence area in Maharashtra up to FRL level 1,091 feet (333 m) above mean sea level as per the agreement between Maharashtra & Telangana. As of August 2013, the project has an estimated capacity of 80.66 TMC.

13. Asok Sagar - An ECO-FRIENDLY Tourism Project

Located about 7 K.Ms. away from Nizamabad town, the old Jankampet cheruvu (lake) with its foreshore covered with jungle growth, infested with rodents, snakes, filth and garbage has now been converted into an attractive destination. This is situated on the route to the famous Saraswathi temple at Basar from Hyderabad. The transformation in just (6) months from November 2001 to a beautiful rock garden with illuminated rocks and boating facilities by May,2002 has been phenomenal. Asok Sagar now boasts of excellent boating facilities with two (18) seater boats, two (4) seater speed boats, four (4) pedal boats, a restaurant, beautiful rocks, exquisite landscapes and excellent garden.

  

The old polluting environment has been converted into an aesthetic place blending harmoniously with the beautiful natural settings of huge rock boulders. The fifteen feet marble statue of Godess Saraswathi, in the middle of the lake, gives a breath taking view in moon lit nights. This unique statue kept in a unique location has won many admirers. The pagoda topped, octagonal shaped "Asok Sagar Restaurant" is beautiful because of its shape, size and color! It is a three tier restaurant-- open air restaurant on the top; cozy, glass paneled formal restaurant in the middle and the "water level"  restaurant at the bottom.

         

 The swing rope way  entry is another USP of the area. There is an amphitheater, with huge rocks forming a magnificant back drop. The Childrens' park  is a huge crowd puller.

  

Before November 2001

After November 2002

   14. Ashtamukhi koneru

The ancient Laxmi Narasimha Swamy temple at Janakampet, about 10 km from here, is getting a facelift.

The `Ashtamukhi koneru' at the Laxminarasimha Swamy temple at Jankampet near Nizamabad.

The temple constructed during the 18th Century by Samarth Ramdas, guru of the Maratha warrior, Chhatrapati Shivaji, was almost in ruins when the devotees of Laxmi Narasimha decided to take up renovation works.

The devotees used to visit Dharmapuri in Karimnagar district where the famous Laxmi Narasimha temple is located on the banks of Godavari. The businessmen from town then approached the Assistant Commissioner, Endowments, E. Srinivas, and urged him to take steps to retain the temple's past glory.

The historic temple has the unique distinction of having the `Ashthamukhi koneru', the only one of its kind in entire south India. The district administration has released Rs. 5.40 lakhs to lay a cement concrete road up o the temple.

The business community of Nizamabad town pooled money to the tune of Rs. 3 lakhs to take up renovation of the temple, lay new tiles, strengthen the temple walls and clean the `Ashthamukhi koneru'. The devotees and the Endowments Department are making arrangements to organise a jatara from January 24 to February 6.

15. Sri Dattashram

Temple around 40 kms from Nizamabad, and 190 kms from Hyderabad via medchal towards Nizamabad diversion near Dichpalli.

16. Badapahad

Badapahad Dargah or Peddagutta is one of the oldest Muslim Pilgrim Centers of the region. Built in the memory of the Saint Hazrat Syed Sadullah Hussain, the mosque is built on top of a hillock near Jakora in the Varni Mandal of Nizamabad district.

       

The Dargah is located at a distance of 38 km from Nizamabad town.There are around 1000 steps to reach the summit of the hill where Dargah is located.Where it is visited by many Muslim devotees as well as Hindu devotees every year. The three day annual festival of Urus at Badapahad will be celebrated on September of every year. Devotees from Telangana,Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka thronged the place for the festival.

• Dargah being held under the aegis of Wakf Board.
• It is the only place where old coins distribution is still happening.

17. Kandakurthi

Also popular as the entry point of river Godavari, in the state Telangana, which originates at Triombakeshwar of Nasik in Maharastra state.   The Triveni Sangam and Wriveni Sangam  is the confluence of river Haridra, Godavari and Manjeera.  This village has a great historical background and believed that the Skandaashramam was also here.  During the period of Vanavasa, Lord Sri Rama came here and done pujas.  The village is also the birth place of the founder of R.S.S. Dr. Keshav Rao Balirao Hegdewar and lot of people including pilgrims / scholars and political leaders visit this place.

Late Dr. Keshav Rao Balirao Hegdewar, RSS founder

          The inter stage bridge that was built on river Godavari, which joins Telangana state with Maharastra is the focal point to eye   the picturesque view of   confluence of three rivers namely Godavari, Manjeera and Haridra.   On the banks of Godavari an ancient  Shivalaya temple, built with black stone is existing.  Apart from this, in the  village Ramalayam, Keshava smruthi mandiram, Scanda mataalayam are the holy temples.  People believe that if any individual takes a dip in the Godavari river all his sins would be washed away  and he becomes a purified soul.  It is also believed that  Kandakurthi has the holiness equalient to Kashi in the North and Rameshwaralyam in the South.  Pilgrims who visit Kashi will have to visit Rameshwaralaya or  else they will not be relieved from the sins.  But for any reason if a pilgrim fails to visit one of  the above temples he can visit Ramalyam and Shivalayam in Kandakurthi village to wipe out their sins.  People also believed that not only they get rid of their sins if they take a dip in  Godavari river but also believe that they will be relived from various types of diseases.

 

Skandadevi Alayam

   

Old Shivalayam on Godavari river bank

Newly Constructed Shivalayam

18. Tadpakal

This is an important place for pilgrims who regularly come here to worship in Sri Rama temple and bathe in river Godavari located in the lower flow of Sri Rama Sagar Dam.   It is a serene place for the pilgrims.    

Ramalayam

                                       

Inside view of Ramalayam

19. Sri Ramalayam, Bodhan

The Sri Ramalayam built on a three-acre site during the Nizam period at Shakkar Nagar in Bodhan town is worth a visit. A feature of this temple is its main entrance which is from the western side and not the normal east.

In the heyday of the Nizam Sugar Factory a number of devotees used to visit the temple daily but now it has fallen on bad days and it was now surviving on hundi collections. Weddings are performed at the Kalyanamandapam attached to the temple. The garden spread over one acre is also a special attraction here.

The garden adds additional charm to this temple where Sri China Jeeyar Swami performed his hundredth Mahayagnam some years ago. A plaque is there reminding his ‘yagnam'. There is a mosque right opposite the temple, but there has never been any communal tension. The temple is reminder of the religious tolerance of the then rulers.

20. Sri Mahankali Temple, Domakonda

Sri Mahankali is similar to Ujjayini Mahakali in Madhya Pradesh. It was built more than a hundred years ago. The Telangana Festival "Bonalu" is observed only in Secunderabad and Domakonda Mahakali.

21. Shiva Temple, Domakonda

Shiva Temple was built by kings in the Kakatiya Dynasty.The Shiva Temple is one of the many Temples in Bangalore India. You will find a Shiva Lingam, the projection of Hindu Lord Shiva. The temple also has a statue of lord Shiva in a yoga posture that is 65 feet high.] It is dedicated to Lord Shiva and was built in the Kakatiyan style of architecture. The temple stands on a 3-foot (0.91-metre) platform. An intricately carved statue of Nandi, the vāhana or mount of Lord Shiva, stands outside the temple in an open area. Unlike other temples, there is no flag mast in front of it because it has no gopuram (temple tower).

     

Very recently, the stone temple was completely disassembled and restored. It has a large shiva lingam, considered an embodiment of Lord Shiva, with its guarding presence by the Nandi (Bull). The lingam was carved from a single stone. The temple is elevated from ground level by many rock beds beneath it. The temple roof stands on eighteen carved stone pillars.

22. Domakonda Fort

The Domakonda Fort stands as an example of the defensive architecture of its period. The fort was constructed 400 years ago by Kamineni Vamsam; it blends Muslim and Hindu architecture. The arched gateway of the entrance is an example of the Asaf Jaahi style of architecture. The fort has a number of tall, round, and square fortresses running over its compound walls. There are two palaces and a temple complex inside the fort.

The fort was built in the 18th Century, is something you will find at this place. A huge elevated compound of granite rocks becoming a fort wall, with a wooden door that’s spiked with iron rocket head’s on its face making it an entrance door to the beautiful two storied Mahal which is worth praising to the great stucco work that’s eye catchy even today.

 

This fort is more popular as “Gadi Domakonda” also “Killa Domakonda” and this once palatial mahal inside is populary known as “Addhala Meda” (Glass house). The courtyard of this beautiful bungalow is graced with a masonry water garden pond and iron hooked rounded granite pillars drilled into earth around its circumference as a guard to this pond.

The ground floor has arched pillars with finely done stucco work, illustrating its influenced design to the Mughal architecture. The first floor perching on the ground floor is modeled with round pillars and above it a flat ceiling, borrowing its design from the Western architecture. The ceilings of the floor are done with wood supported by rectangular wooden beams. Notably, Umapathi Rao is the official owner of Domakonda fort. The shiva temple and lotus pond in the fort were built during the Kakatiya period

    Nizamabad Indhoor Tourism Places...

    There are so many places for tourism in the district.

1. Hanuman Temple, Sarangapur (Built By Sri.Samartha Ramadasu, Chatrapati Shivaji’s Guru 500 Years Ago).
2. Khilla Raghunatha Temple, (Built By Sri.Samartha Ramadasu Chatrapathi Shivaji’s Guru 500 Years Ago).
3. Neela Kanteshwara Temple, More Than 1,000 Years Old.
4. Nimbachala Sri Laxmi Narasimha Swamy Temple (Limbadri Gutta), Bheemgal, Nizamabad District 55 Km From Hq.
5. Nizamsagar Project, 90 Km From Hq.
6. Sriram Sagar Project, 60 Km From Hq.
7. Mashrrom Rock Mallaram Forest, 10 km away from Nizamabad. 
8. Khilla Ramalayam, Dichpally, 15 Km From Hq.
9. Domakonda Fort, 70 Km From Hq.
10. Saraswathi Temple Basara (Adilabad District) 35 Km From Hq.
11. Csi Church, Nizamabad 100 Yrs Old.
12. Telangana University, Dichpally, 15 Km From Hq.
13. Kandakurthy, Thriveni Sangamam (Godavari, Manjeera And Tapathi Vagu) And *Birth Place Of Sri Hegdewar, Founder Of RSS.
14. Alisagar Lake, 10 Km From Hq.
15. Bada Pahad Darga, 35 Km From Hq.
16. Koulas Fort, 50 Km From Hq.
17. Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Temple, Bhiknoor, 70 Km From Hq.
18. Siddhula Gutta Or Navanatha Hill Or Black Rock Hill Armoor, 25 Km From Hq.
19. Sirnapally Waterfalls in Sirnapally Village, Dharpalle Mandal
20. Pocharam Dam
21. Nizam Sagar Dam
22. .Anksapur Mercury Shivalingam Temple (second temple in india)
23. Bodhan 100 pillar temple
24. Tadpakal village (Morthad Mandal) Godavari Pushkarams
25. Ankapur (Ankapoor) Agriculture -A Model Village in India.
26. Anksapur Mercury Shivalingam Temple (second temple in India)
27. Sai Baba Temple, Madhava Nagar, Nizamabad
28. Hanuman Temple, Gole Hanuman, Nizamabad
29. Janda Balaji Temple, Gole Hanuman, Nizamabad
30. Perkit – Kota, 2kms to Armuru