Medak - Tourist Spots

Tourist Spots

• Sai Baba Temple- Karnal Pally, Chegunta mandal

The Temple, which is recenrly build by the sai baba devoties of Karnal Pally villager's and other... There also located famous temple-"Renuka Yellama Devi Alayam" and "Anjaneya Swamy-Temple" Build by Karnal Pally people...

• Medak Cathedral - Church of World’s Second Largest Diocese

The church, the single largest diocese in Asia and the second largest in the world after the Vatican, is built in solid white granite. The tower is 173 feet high, with four pinnacles.

• Gottam Gutta (GottamGota)

Its 25 km from Zaheerabad, the place with broad & thick forest, hills, big lake and historical temples.

Route: Zaheerabad -> Mogadam Palli ->Chunnam Batty Thanda -> Gottamgotta Forest.

• Pocharam Forest & Wildlife Sanctuary It was the favorite hunting spot of Nizam kings. This sanctuary is home to black bucks, leopards, bears, and crocodiles.

• Singur Dam

30 KM from Sangareddy

• Medak Fort. This Citadel was first built by Kakathiya king Prathapa rudra. This citadel boasts of iron pipe water supply system spread all over the fort.

• Nizam Sagar

Nizam Sagar dam, 50 KM from Medak, was constructed across the Manjira River, a tributary of the Godavari River. The site is noted for its splendid scenic beauty. The most outstanding feature of the project is the gigantic masonry dam sprawling across the river for 3 km with a motor able road of 14 ft width over it.

• Manjira wildlife & bird sanctuary

comprises nine small islands which are home to a number of resident and migratory birds in addition to Marsh Crocodiles and Muggers.

• Sri Saraswathi Kshetramu, Anantha Sagar, Siddipet division

Shri Saraswathi Skshtramu (Telugu: శ్రీ సరస్వతి క్షేత్రము,Hindi: श्री सरस्वती क्षेत्रमु) is a famous Hindu Temple of Goddess Saraswathi located in the Ananthasagar, Siddipet Division, Medak district of Andhra Pradesh. The temple is built from 1980 to 1990 built by Sri Astakala Narasimha Rama Sharma(Astavadhani).

"Velupugonda sri tumburunatha devalayam"- built by rastrakuta kings, is one of the rarest temple in India with prisiding deity as sri tumburunatha swamy(god of music).This temple consists of fine stone sculptures dipicting men and women singing and dancing. His temple is situated at velupugonda village in tekmal mandal 35 km from Medak town.

"Edupayala Durga Bhavani gudi"- It is a highly revered shrine of goddess Durga bhavani in Telangana and adjacent states of karnataka and Maharashtra. Edupayalu is a peculiar place with natural stone formations. Here Manjeera river splits into seven streams and unites into one,hence this place is called EDUPAYALU means Seven streams. Story of the place goes back to time of Mahabharata. It is believed that king Janamejaya (grandson of Arjuna) performed "sarpa yagam(sacrifice of snakes into the holy fire)" here to save his father Parikshith from a curse. recently while constructing a bridge, it is found that `a layer of ash is there below the Manjeera river bed. Jatara(fair)is celebrated on the day of Shivarathri and Maagha Amavasya. Edupayala jatara attracts lakhs of devotees from telangana, adjacent states of karnataka and maharashtra.

Sri ranganatha swamy temple at Rangampet village, Narasimha swamy temple at Jakkannapet, Sidha rameshwara temple near Medak (2 km from Medak) are other noteworthy temples.