Karimnagar District
Population :35,75,543
Area :10,93,010
hectares
Collector
Office
: (08722)2265206 / Home : (08722)2242828
Brief
about District
Karimnagar
District forms the part of theTelangana(Northern)
a region which finds mention in Hewitts's references
in his "Ruling Races of Pre-histric Times",giving
an indication that this part of South India was by
no means unimportant in the ancient world.The District
derived its name 'Karimnagar' by Qiladar late Nizam
,Syed Karim Uddin.
The
district lies on the northern part ofAndhra Pradesh
approximately between the latitudes 18 deg and 19
deg and longitudes 78 deg. 30 mn and 80 deg 31 min.
The district is bounded on the north by Adilabad district,on
the west by Medak District,on the North West by Nizamabad
on the South by Warangal District and on the East
by Godavari River.
Karimnagar
District forms the part of theTelangana(Northern)
a region which finds mention in Hewitts's references
in his "Ruling Races of Pre-histric Times",giving
an indication that this part of South India was by
no means unimportant in the ancient world.The District
derived its name 'Karimnagar' by Qiladar late Nizam
,Syed Karim Uddin.
The
district lies on the northern part ofAndhra Pradesh
approximately between the latitudes 18 deg and 19
deg and longitudes 78 deg. 30 mn and 80 deg 31 min.
The district is bounded on the north by Adilabad district,on
the west by Medak District,on the North West by Nizamabad
on the South by Warangal District and on the East
by Godavari River.
Forest
The forest in the district are grouped into two divisions
viz. Karimnagar East Division and Karimnagar West
Division. The east division consists of four ranges
viz. Azamnagar, Bupalle, chintakani and mahadevpur
while the west forest conatins five ranges viz Jagitial,
Raikal, Koidmial,Manthani and Sircilla. The forest
of this district fall under Tropical dry deciduous
and Tropical thorn forest types consisting of mixed
teak and miscellaneous type of corporation
Irrigation
Project : Sreeeram Sagar Project
Medium Irrigation Projects : Shanigaram, Boggulavagu,
Kalvala Project
Tanks : 5,830
No.of
holding :
No. of Marginal holding : 3,40,023
No. of Small holding : 1,10,971
No. of Medium holding : 80,147
No. of Large holding : 2,444
Area: Gross
cropped Area : 5,72,714 Hectors
Net cropped Area : 4,15,429 "
Gross irrigated Area : 4,19,920 "
Net irrigated Area : 2,92,454 "
Adminstrative
Set Up:
On
reorganization during 1986 the 14 revenue talks have
been
divided into 56 Mandals.Recently Elagiad Mandal is
carved out taking some villages of sultanabad and
some
villages of Julapally mandal making total number of
mandals to 57.
Revenue Divisions :-
There were 5 revenue divisions namely
Karimnagar
Jagtial
Peddapalli
Manthani
Siricilla
Tourism
VEMULAWADA
Vemulawada
is situated at about 11 kms to the NorthEast of Sirsilla
and 36kms from the Karimnagar on the Karimnagar, KamaReddy
bus route. Buses ply regularly from Karimnagar, KamaReddy
and Hyderabad. This place owes its importance ti the
sacred and famous temple of Sri Rajarajeswara, an
incarnation of Lord Siva. There is a Koneru known
as Dharmagundam, the waters of which have some curative
properties thousands of piligrims from all parts of
the state congrgate here especially during Mahasivaratri
and Kalyanotsavam of the deity. The income of the
temple is said to exceed 3 to 4 lakhs of rupees every
year. A great part of it is derived during the course
of these festivals. The other shrines of importance
are that of Anantha Padmanabha Swamy, Bhimeshwara
Swamy, Kodanda Ramaswamy, Kasi Visweswara and Rajaswari.
Apart from these there is a tomb of Muslim saint.
How
far : 150 km from Hyderabad
What
to see : Sri Rajarajeswara Swamy temple and the Mosque
inside the premises Vemulawada, located 150 km from
Hyderabad is known for Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Temple.
It is one of the very few temples devoted to Lord
Siva. Popularly known as Dakshana Kashi (Benaras of
South India) the temple attracts lakhs of devotees
from all over the country. The Sri Raja Rajeshwara
Swamy Temple is a fine example of communal harmony
where both Hindus and Muslims offer obeisance to Lord
Siva and Allah. The temple at Vemulawada is next only
to Tirupati in terms of its revenues. The temple contributes
Rs. 8 lakhs anually to the gram Panchayat for developmental
activities in the pilgrim town. Special arrangements
are made for the pilgrims during the festival. Several
cultural and social activities are also organised
by the authorities. Free boarding and lodging is provided
to the students. Besides, the temple also offers donations
for other small temples. On the Sivaratri day, a record
three to four lakh pilgrims through the sacred temple
at Vemulawada. Special poojas and darshans are held
to mark the festivity. Mahalingarchana is performed
by about hundred archakas. At midnight Ekadasa Rudrabhishekham
is performed to the deity. The temple is brightly
illuminated in the night, presenting an aesthetic
look.
LEGEND:
The puranic version has it that Lord Siva after having
stayed at Kashi, Chidambaram, Srisailam and Kedareswaram
chose to reside at Vemulawada. History records that
Vemulawada was ruled by successive dynasties - the
Ikshwakus, the Satavahanas and later by the Chalukyas
who made it their state capital. The presiding deity
is Sri Raja Rajeswara Swamy, also called Rajanna.
To the right of the presiding deity is the idol of
Sri Raja Rajeswari Devi and to the left is the idol
of Sri Laxmi Sahitha Siddi Vinayaka. In the temple
premises there is a holy tank called the Dharma Gundam.
Three mandapas were constructed on it and the statue
of Lord Eshwara resides in the middle. The Lord is
seen in a meditation posture with five lingas surrounding
the holy tank. The lighting of the holy lamp or Ganda
Deepam is also considered auspicious by the devotees
visiting the shrine. Although devotees make offerings
to the presiding diety in different ways, the most
important one is Kode Mokku (offering of bull to God).
The devotees who bring the bull take them round the
temple and tie it somewhere in the temple complex.
The significance of this ritual is that devotees will
be cleansed of their sins and they can beget children.
This temple attracts followers of both Vaishnavism
(worshippers of Vishnu), and Saivism (worshippers
of Siva), and is also being frequented by Jains and
Buddists. The sculptures on the temples also depict
the cultures of Jainism and Buddhism. A unique feature
of the temple at Vemulawada is that it also houses
a 400 year old mosque inside its premises. It is believed
that the mosque was built as a tribute to a muslim
devot
DHARMAPURI
Dharmapuri is situated at a distance of about 48kms.
from Jagityal town and 51 Kms. from Peddapalle railway
station on the Kazipet_Balharsha Section of the south
Central Railway. Dharmapuri attained religious importance
owing to the existence of the shrine dedicated to
Narasimhaswamy, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Siva
With Dakshinamurthy, Vinayaka and Sapitha Mathrukas
carved on a single slab of stone and Mahishasuramardhani,
the sixty pillared temple, Mahalakshmi temple and
Akkapalle Rajanna temple are the other temples of
importance that heighten the sancity of the places
of tourist interest in the State and the kalyanotsavam
of Lakshminarasimhaswamy celebrated during February-March
attracts nearly a lakh of piligrims.
KALESWARAM
(Mahadevpur Mandal)
This village lies in thick forest surroundings, at
a distance of 16kms from Mahadevapuram and 32kms from
Manthani at a picturesque spot where the river Godavari
receives into its stream another small river called
the Pranahitha. The place is considered to be sacred
not only on account of it being a confluence but also
due to the existence of many ancient temples. Among
these temples, the one dedicated to "Mukteswara
Swamy"is the mostimportant. special signi ficance
attatched to these shrine owing to the eistence of
two Sivalingams on one Panivattam. The Sivalingam
in this place is considered to be one of the three
Jyothirlingams of Lord Siva which constitued the three
corners of the Andhra Desha, the other two being at
Srisailam in Kurnool and in Draksharama in East Godavari
districts. There is also a temple dedicated to Brahma
here, a rather uncommon feature. Mahasivarathri festival
cele brated here for two days during 'Magha' attracts
a very large number of devotees.
KOTHAKONDA
(Bheemadevarpalle Mandal)
This village is situated at a distance of 35kms from
Huzurabad. As it surrounded on all sides by hills,the
only means of convayance to the village is by bullock-cart.On
a hillrock at the place,there are ruins of big fort
with huge gateways bearing beatiful architecture resembling
that of the Kakatiyas. There are five ponds on the
top of the spacious hill.Of these, two are reported
to contain water even under severe drought conditions.The
temple of Veerabadraswamy at the foot of the Kalyanotsavam
celebrated in honour of the deity for 10 days from
Pushya Bahula Panchami attaccts about 50,000 pilgrims.
ELGANDAL
FORT
(Karimnagar Mandal)
It is situated on the banks of the Manair river amidst
palm groves at a distance of 10kms from Karimnagar
on the KamaReddy road. This place is historically
important because 5 important dynamic sites ruled
over this place. The antiquities of the place worth
mentioning are 1.A fort on a hill.2.Brindavan tank
on the outside of the eastern gateway of the fort
by Zafar-ud-Doula in 1754 A.D. with minarets that
oscillate when shaken and toms of the Muslim saints
like syed Shah Munawar Quadri saheb, Doola Shah saheb,
syed Maroof Saheb, Shah Talib Bismilla Saheb and Vali
Hyder saheb. On the 11th and 12th days of Moharram,
and annual Urs of these saint's is celebrated by the
Muslims and Hindus alike with great reverence and
people from far off places participate in it. Besides,
there are temples of Nelakantha Swamy and Narasimha
Swamy.
UJJWALA
PARK
Ujjwala
Park is one among the tourist places in Karimnagar.
This was inagurated in the year 2001 by . Ujjawal
Park has an excellent atmosphere. George Fernandes
has visited the Ujjawala Park and has given the mesails
of the war ---
LOWER
MANAIR DAM
Lower Manair Dam Situated at Karimnagar District .LowerManairDam
Works will started in1974 and ending of manair dam
in 1985. In Manair Dam area at katiya Canal 146.00
km to 234 km. And Distributaries D 84 to D 94. And
D.B.M 1 to D.B.M 29. Lower Manair Dam Water will goes
up to 2,62,326 ac’s .
INDUSTRIES
There
are 228 small scale industries in the district. The
bulk of the industries is based on agriculture, engineering,
forest and mineral sectors and animal husbandry employing
more than 3000 people. These units are mostly consisting
of rice mills, saw, oil, dhall and other grain mills,
seed and other processing mills. Some important small
sector industries are of general jobbing and engineering,
like sizing of Yaukhadhl, manufacture of paper and
tiles, stone dressing and crushing, cement concrete
pipes, repairing of motor vehicles etc. The major
industries in the district are based on production
of chemicals like urea and ammonia for manufacturing
urea liquid, nitrogen, argon gas, liquid argon anf
liquid oxygen.
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