Umamaheshwaram [part 3]

Umamaheshwara Swamy Temple

Umamaheshwara Swamy Temple, Umamaheshwaram, Mahabubnagar, Andhra Pradesh

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Narasimha Swamy, Umamaheshwaram

Narasimha Swamy lives in Umamaheshwaram. He makes ‘taayattulu’ (talismans) and herbal medicines.

Umamaheshwaram [part 2]

Parvathamma - Umamaheshwaram Local

Parvathamma is a local. Umamaheshwaram temple and Nallamalla forest mountain ridge in the background.

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Rangapur Local Children - Umamaheshwaram

Lambada Children from Rangapur village. Photo taken in Umamaheshwaram.

Umamaheshwaram [part 1]

Beautiful Shiva temple, a perennial water-hole that is fed from small streams in the mountain cracks, cool environs and breathtaking scenery of the Nallamalla forests all around. This is the view of surrounding hills of Umamaheshwaram from the top. It is situated at the very start of the Nallamalla hill range. Seen in the picture is the gopuram at the base of the hill from where the ghat section of the road starts to ascend.

Close-up of the gopuram.

Manyamkonda History

This is a scanned article in Telugu about History and Importance of Manyamkonda Sri Lakshmi Venkateshwaraswami Kshetram by ALahari Naarayanaswami.

It is from a magazine called “Visalandhra” – from its special edition on Temples.

credits:

Vangipuram Ram Mohan (Teacher: Koilkonda Government High School)

Manyamkonda Dwaram

The archway entrance to the Manyamkonda Temple, Mahabubnagar (State: Andhra Pradesh).

From left to right:

Tumbura, Hanuman, Vishnu and his consorts (Sri Devi, Bhu Devi, Nila Devi), (in the lotus emerging from Vishnu’s belly is) Brahma, Shiva, Garuda, Narada.

About Mahabubnagar

It is also fondly called by its old name Palamoor. It is house to some of the very beautiful temples and landmarks of Andhra Pradesh. The largest district in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh, India, it has also its major share of problems. This land has borne the brunt of all the ill effects of water mis-management and cultivable land sustenance failure.

This blog is intended to bring forth such issues and also help in throwing light on the numerous tourist spots, temples, local culture, language, ways of people.

Here is a map of Mahabubnagar.