Telangana
Jogulamba Gadwal district
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Alampur Navabrahma Temples
“Hindu temples in India dating from the 7th and 9th centuries”
Alampuram Navabrahma Temples are a group of nine early Badami Chalukyan Hindu temples dated between the 7th and 9th centuries that are located at Alampuram (Hemalapuram) in Telangana, India, near the meeting point of Tungabhadra River and Krishna River at the border of Andhra Pradesh. They are called Nava-Brahma temples though they are dedicated to Shiva. They exemplify early North Indian Nagara style architecture with cut rock as the building block. The temples of Alampur resemble the style of Pattadakal, Aihole style as they were Karnata Dravida, Vesara style native to Karnataka.
Alampur Papanasi Temples
“Temples in Jogulamba Gadwal”
Alampuram Papanasi Temples are a group of twenty three Hindu temples dated between 9th- and 11th-century that have been relocated to the southwest of Alampuram village in Telangana. This cluster of mostly ruined temples are co-located near the meeting point of Tungabhadra River and Krishna River at the border of Andhra Pradesh. They are about 1.5 kilometers from the Alampur Navabrahma Temples of the Shaivism tradition, but completed a few centuries later by the Rashtrakutas and later Chalukyas.
Alampur Jogulamba Temple
“Hindu temple in India”
Jogulamba Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Goddess Jogulamba, a form of Shakti located in Alampuram, Jogulamba Gadwal district,Telangana, India. The temple is one of the Maha Shakta pithas, a group of eighteen (Ashtadasa) temples considered the most significant shrines and pilgrimage destinations in Shaktism. It is the 5th Shakthi pitha of the 18 Shakthi pithas. Alampur is located on the banks of the Tungabhadra river near its confluence with Krishna river.
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- Alampur Jogulamba Temple: రహ్మానుద్దీన్ · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons