'Andhra Pradesh consists of many interesting sites and the roads are good. Hyderabad, considered for its pearls, and of the Fort of Golconde, in the immediate suburbs..
The places of visit in Andhra Pradesh being relatively very few, a well filled out page is enough, in the immediate future, to present them.
Hyderabad
Capital of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, strong of more than 5 million inhabitants, makes India proud and the Indians praise for the fast development in the fields of the high technology.
The poles of interest for tourism concentrate on the following monuments:
The Tank Minar, elegant and monumental triumphal arch of square plan, raised minarets with the angles. Reaching 56 m height, the Minar Tank was set up in 1591 by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah in recognition with Single God who had saved the city an epidemic of plague. The lanes of the neighbourhoods of the Minar Tank grouillent of the activity of the bazaars. One discovers that the jewellers specialized in the trade of the pearl for which Hyderabad is world famou
The temple of Venkateshvara (= Vishnu), known also called name of temple of Birla Temple built in white marble The Salar Jang Museum is in a large building displaying some old stone and bronze statues. In the suburbs of Hyderabad is the Fort of Golconde,. Its glorious reputation especially for the richness of the sovereigns who benefitted amply from productive diamond mines (the largest diamond of the world, Koh-i-Noor, offered formerly to the Queen Victoria ,as well as the Regent, pride of the Louvre) All close relations of Golconde, the tombs of Qutb Shahi date from 16th and 17th centuries.
Warangal et Hanamkonda
The temple of Hanamkonda, known as temple of the 1000 pillars, is at the exit of the village of Warangal, at 150 km east of Hyderabad. It is a temple of Kakatiya style (close to Chalukya in Karnataka), of the local dynasty, dedicated to the three gods Shiva, Vishnu and Surya. The mandapa makes beautiful impression with its superb black basalt columns polished to the extreme and formidably carved.
The fort of Warangal is ten
km from Warangal. It draws up its ruins within a framework full at charm.
It is said that at the end of the 13th century, Warangal was as
vast as Hampi. Of the two temples of Shiva present here, one will retain that
of Sambhu Gudi (Gudi means temple in Telugu), with his group of three splendid
Nandi in front of the entry.
Palampet
At 50km North-West of Warangal, the temple of Rāmappā, was partronised by Recherla Rudra, the General of Kākatīya Ganapati 's army in about 1213.
But the temple is especially famous for its female figures in console representing of holding up Nāginī of the snakes, and the celestial dancers (surasundarī) taking extremely gracious installations, almost unreal.
Alampur
Located at three fifteen minutes of Kurnool, the site of Alampur, on the banks of Tungabhadra, comprises a whole of nine temples of the 7 th 8th centuries, collectively indicated, although they all are dedicated to the Lord Shiva , under the name of Navabrahmā (Nava=neuf): Bāla Brahmā, Kumāra Brahmā, Arka Brahmā, Transfered Brahmā, Vishva Brahmā, Tāraka Brahmā, Garuda Brahmā, Svarga Brahmā and Padma Brahmā. From Chalukya time, like the whole of the temples of Pattadakal (Karnataka), they recall the architectural characteristics of them: will shikhara cotelée, amalaka at the top, etc.
The site of Alampur has small but extremely interesting exposing Musée of excellent parts found on the spot and around.
Srisailam
To 180 km of Kurnool, the large temple of Shiva-Mallikārjuna with Srisailam constitutes a goal of pilgrimage impossible to circumvent. It is the place of stay of the one of the 12 Jyotir Lingam of Lord Shiva.
At the exit of the temple, the village is summarized with two streets bordered of shacks selling of the religious articles, the plastic toys and food basic. Some guest houses accomodates the pilgrims. The hotel conveniences being particularly limited,
Srisailam overhangs the Krishna river on which, to a few km downstream, a large stopping (500 m length in peak, height 280 m), inaugurated in 1963 by Nehru, provides hydroelectricity and water of irrigation for the grounds located downstream. A road crosses the stopping, connecting thus easily Srisailam to Hyderabad (210 km).
The temple of Shiva-Mallikārjuna is the particularly holy center of Lingayat, a Shivaļte sect. It was built between the 14 and the 16 th century, and its overall style points out the Vijayanagar monuments. Inscriptions go up until the dynasty of Kākātīya (13th - 14th century).
Lepakshi
Place of pilgrimage extremely known, this antique temple of Shiva, Vishnu-Raghunātha and Vīrabhadra, was increased at the 16th century in the Vijayanagar style with gopuram. It is particularly famous for its sculptures of dancing characters and its superb paintings (about 1540) of ceiling. The bright colors are well preserved in the hall and the room of dance (incarnations of Vishnu, aspects of Shiva, Pārvatī, portraits of the Virūpanna founders and Vīranna, legend of king Chola Manunītikanda).
Tirumalai
Tirumalai, to 170 km of Madras, therefore in the south of Andhra Pradesh, accomodates considerable crowd of pilgrims to obtain the darshan of Lord Vishnu in his extremely venerated form of Sri Venkateshvara Perumal, the Lord of the Mountain.
One does not visit the temple like a tourist resort but , making the tail like everyone, two to four hours, is courteously requested to specify in writing that it respects the hindouism and the Venkateshvara Lord (also called Balaji). The darshan is extremely short.
In the absence of particular feeling religious, the visitor will retain a very strong environment which makes of this pilgrimage an experiment recommended.
One will reside at Tirupati, large village located at a few km of Tirumalai, with the foot of the mountain.
Vijayavada
The distances remain however significant. Relative proximity (90 km) of Amaravati, prestigious site of buddhists from the beginning of our era,remains can be seen with the Museum of Madras.