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Nagulapadu

Village on the east bank of the Musi south of Suryapet, once a walled town, with ruined Kakatiya-period temples and inscriptions of Ganapatideva's and Prataparudra's reigns.

Close view of the outer wall of the shrine of the northern temple at Nagulapadu, densely carved in projecting pilasters, small figures and horizontal mouldings under a deep eave.
Close view of the outer wall of the shrine of the northern temple at Nagulapadu, densely carved in projecting pilasters, small figures and horizontal mouldings under a deep eave. · Archaeological Department, H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions (G. Yazdani, Director) (opens in a new tab) · Public domain

Nagulapadu lies on the east bank of the Musi river, 16 miles south of Suryapet in the old Nalgonda district.1 See the Nagulapadu temples.

Footnotes

  1. G. Yazdani (Director), Annual Report of the Archaeological Department of H.E.H. the Nizam’s Dominions, 1336 F. (1926–27) (1929), p. 1 (archive.org (opens in a new tab)). ↩

Photos

Monuments

Temples of Nagulapadu

c. 1234 CE

Two richly carved temples in the deserted walled town of Nagulapadu on the Musi, south of Suryapet. Members of the Recherla family built them in the reign of the Kakatiya king Ganapatideva. Inscriptions in them are dated 1234 and 1258, and a pillar before them names Prataparudra in 1303.

References

Sources (1)
  1. Archaeological Department, H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions (G. Yazdani, Director), Annual Report of the Archaeological Department of His Exalted Highness the Nizam's Dominions, 1336 F. (1926-27) (opens in a new tab), H.E.H. the Nizam's Government, 1929, pp. 1, 4–6, plates VIII–IX. [Public domain]

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