Temples, forts and monuments
This path visits the great buildings of the Telugu land in the order they were built, from Buddhist stupas to the palaces of the Nizams. It has 15 pages and takes about 2 hours to read.
- ThemesTemples & architecture
The big picture: stupas, caves, temples, mosques, tombs and palaces, and how they were built.
- ThemesForts & warfare
Hill forts, city walls, armies and the battles that changed who ruled the region.
- MonumentsAmaravati Mahachaitya
The great Buddhist stupa of Amaravati on the Krishna and its carved limestone rails.
- MonumentsUndavalli cave temple
The four-storeyed rock-cut temple opposite Vijayawada, and the debate over who cut it.
- MonumentsAlampur temples (Nava Brahma temples)
The early stone temples of Alampur, with inscriptions of the Chalukyas of Badami.
- MonumentsBhimesvara temple, Draksharama
The two-storeyed Shiva temple of Draksharama, one of the five Pancharama shrines.
- MonumentsThousand Pillar Temple
The triple-shrined temple at Hanamkonda consecrated by the Kakatiya Rudradeva.
- MonumentsRamappa Temple
The Ramappa temple, with its bracket figures, carved pillars and light brick tower.
- MonumentsWarangal Fort
The round fortified capital of the Kakatiyas and its four carved stone gateways.
- MonumentsKondavidu fort
The hill fortress of the Reddi kings, whose walls run for miles along the hilltops.
- MonumentsVirabhadra temple, Lepakshi
The Lepakshi temple, its great hall of carved pillars and its painted ceiling.
- MonumentsGolconda Fort
The walled hill fortress of the Qutb Shahi sultans.
- MonumentsQutb Shahi Tombs
The royal burial ground with the domed tombs of seven Qutb Shahi kings.
- MonumentsCharminar
The gateway monument with four minarets built when Hyderabad was founded.
- MonumentsChowmahalla Palace
The main palace of the Nizams in the old city of Hyderabad.