Best Places to Visit in Jangaon – Temples, Forts & Cultural Landmarks

1.Palakurthi

In ancient Indian many places were lush greenery, rivers and hills full of natural beauty. Then even the men die peacefully. Many sages spend their lives practicing spiritual thought in the mountains and in the wilderness. There is too many incidences where the Lord has seen some of them, they are there, and so on their desire. Such wonderful places have grown in so many ways, and they have enjoyed patronage by the many kings and these have faded in popularity with time.These are fading in time Visiting such magnificent temples, we can learn many things about history One of them is the ruler of Jangaon district.

According to the saying the Rishis performed here penance 1200 and 1300 years back. Another one is that Someshvara was revealed here on the wish of the Sapt -Sages. The cave can also be visited by sellers At the bottom of the hill is the tomb of famous poet ruler Someshwar. This is his birthplace. His poems are entitled Dashama Purana and history of the scholars. Somesvara poet’s parents christened his son Swami when he was born. The poet’s lifespan is recorded from AD. 1160 – 1240. This poet too adored this Someshwar. It means that since the very first day Someshwaraswamy was worshiping the devotees there.

2.Bammera Pothana

Bammera Pothana
The Indian Telugu poet (1450–1510) was best known for his Telugu translation of the Bhagavata Purana from Sanskrit. He was a Telugu and Sanskrit Scholar.His Pothana Bhagavatam, Andhra Maha Bhagavatamu ,is popularly called in Telugu.

Pothana belonged to a Niyogi Brahmin family that hailed from Bammera Village, in the Jangaon District of the present Telangana state. His father was Kesana and his mother Lakkamamba. He was regarded to be a ‘SahajaKavi’ (natural poet), without a teacher. He was very polite, and he was an agriculturist. Though he was a great scholar, he never doubted showing up in the fields to peddle in the agricultural sphere.

In his early years, he wrote.
Bhogini Dhandakam is a poem in praise of king Sri Singa Bhoopala’s concubine Bhogini. This was his maiden poetic expedition which was the seed of his magnificent poetic gifts. Bhogini Dhandakam is the first available Dhandaka (rhapsody which uses the same gana or foot all through) in Telugu. His second book was Virabhadhra Vijayamu which tells of the exploits of Lord Virabhadhra, element of Lord Shiva. The main theme was the demolition of ‘Daksha Yagna’ offered without Lord Siva by Daksha Prajapathi.

3.Jeedikal

One of the region’s most spiritually powerful but lesser known temples — the Sri Ramachandra Swamy Devasthanam is hidden in the secluded hills of Jeedikal village, close to Jangaon, Telangana. Drenched in legends of the ancient past as well as with enigmatic description associated with its heritage is believed to date back to the Tretayuga which was era of Lord Rama. Wherever one sees a rock or looks into a pool of water, it retells the stories from the Ramayana, making this temple not a place of worship, but a living memory of divine intervention and favor.

It is, as local legend has it, precisely this point in its history the dramatic episode from the Ramayana where Lord Rama shoots the demon Maricha, who masquerades as a golden deer to trick Sita. When his tomb was hit by the arrow of Rama, Maricha reveals that he is actually Chitraradha, a celestial being cursed, and asks for apology. Moved by his repentance, Lord Rama blesses him and consents to appear here as a Swayambhu (self manifested idol) in that hillock – so this place becomes divinely selected and spiritually intense.

• Location: Jeedikal village, near Jangaon, Telangana

• Best Time to Visit: October to March pleasant and special rituals for the weather.

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