Mahabubnagar district
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Mahabubnagar district
Mahabubnagar | |
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| Nickname: 'Rukmammapeta' 'Palamooru' | |
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| • Total | 3,513 934 |
Mahabubnagar or Mahboobnagar (Template:Lang-te, Template:Lang-ur), also known as Palamooru (Template:Lang-te) is a district in the Andhra Pradesh state of India. It is named after its largest city and district headquarters, Mahabubnagar. It is the second largest district in the state in terms of area. It is located 100 kilometres (62 mi) away from the state capital Hyderabad
Demographics
The district had a population of 3,513,934 as of 2001, of which only 10.57 percent lived in the district head-quarters. Mahabubnagar district is well known for its greater percent of rural population. This district consists of 1553 Revenue Villages, 1347 Grama Panchayatis, 64 Mandals and 4 Revenue Divisions. Mahabubnagar District has 14 Assembly Constituencies and 2 Parliamentary Constituencies. The important towns in the district are Mahabubnagar, Narayanpet, Atmakur, Achampet, Gadwal, Wanaparthy, Jadcherla, Kalwakurthy, Shadnagar, Kodangal, Amarchintha, Makhtal, Alampur, Kollapur and Nagarkurnool[1]. The district Headquarters is approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) southwest of the state capital Hyderabad.
Etymology
This district is named in honor of Mir Mahabub Ali Khan Asaf Jah VI, the Nizam of Hyderabad (1869-1911 AD). Before this the District was known as "Rukmammapeta"[2] or "Palamooru" or "Cholawadi", the land of the Cholas. The name was changed to Mahabubnagar on 4 December 1890. It is said [who?]that the famous Golconda diamonds including the famous 'KOHINOOR' diamond came from Mahbubnagar district.[3]
Geography and climate
Mahabubnagar district is located at 16.73 north latitude and 77.98 East longitude. It is bounded on the east by Nalgonda and Guntur districts, on the west by Gulbarga district of Karnataka, on the north by Rangareddy district and on the south by Kurnool district[4].[clarification needed]ple of Mahabubnagar district speak Telugu and the rest of them speak Urdu (mainly the Muslims).
History
Telangana forms the core of the Satavahana Empire (221BC-218 AD), part of Chalukya Empire in South India (between 5th and 11th century AD) and in the recent history, it formed the core of the Golconda State and Hyderabad State, ruled by Qutub Shahi Dynasty (1520–1687) and autocratic Nizam Dynasty (Asaf Jahi Dynasty) (1724–1948) until it was taken over by New Delhi in 1948. This region became independent and joined in the democratic India on 18 September 1948. The history of Mahabubnagar probably began as Buddhist, with many historic temples destroyed by the Nizam rulers. At present, not one Buddhist temple remains.
Palamoor Samasthans tell us the recent history of some parts of this region, which are still familiar to Palamoor people.
Mandals
There are 64 Mandals in the Mahabubnagar district. This is the complete list with mandal codes.[5]
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Universities
Colleges
Mahabubnagar district falls under Osmania University and Palamuru University Jurisdiction. The district has many government junior, undergraduate and graduate colleges. Apart from these, following are some of the private institutions:
- Adarsh Degree & PG College
- PHRM Degree College
- SVS Medical College
- Jaya Prakash Narayana Engineering College
- Jaya Prakash Narayan Educational Society Group of Institutions,Christianpally
- Sree visveswaraya Institute of Technology & Science
- Sri Kottam Tulasi Reddy Memorial College Of Engineering
- Sri Vasavi Degree College
- vikas junior college
- Madina Group of Institutions
- Sri venkateshwara high scholl
Religious Places
- Mahabubnagr District has got many important temples, dargas and churches
- Alampur: Famous Lord Shiva Temple in Alampur, Mahabubnagar Dt. It is the southern gate of Srisailam. and Jogulamba devi Temple one among the 18 shakthi peethas in India
- Umamaheswaram: Famous Lord Shiva temple in Rangapur, Achampet, Mahabubnagar Dt. It is the northern gate of Srisailam.
- Manyamkonda: Venkateswara Swami temple, about 10 km. from Mahbubnagar town. This is also known as "Peedala Tirupathi" (Poor People Tirupathi).
- Jataprole: Famous Lord Santhana Venugopalaswamy temple which receives thousands of the devotees every day.
- Maddimadugu: Famous Lord Anjaneya Swamy temple which receives thousands of the devotees every weekend.
- Sri Sri Sri Sadguru Avadhuth Narasimha Swami Math is located in Narayanpet.
- "Sri Shiridhi Sai Baba" Temple made of white marble is located in Atmakur
- Somashila, a religious town located 100 kilometres (62 mi) from headquarters near Kollapur has a magnificent temple complex. It is on the banks of the Krishna river.
- Kurumoorthy— which is one of the religious place in Mahaboobnagar. Jatara is special event in that place
- Sirsanagandla—famous for Gattu Jatara during the period of Sri Rama Navami.
- Saleswaram---Famous Lord Shiva or Lingamaih swamy Formation of 'shivalingam'. It is southern gatt of {Srisailam}. Temple of visit every year. once time pournami day almost all visit one lahk above Devotees.
- Sri Ranganayaka swamy Temple located at Sri rangapoor village in Pebbair mandal
- Narasimha Swami and Laxmi matha temples at Singottam village in Kollapur mandal
- Mahboob Subhani Dargah,Sri Anjaneya swamy and Venkateswara swamy Temples at Pulgarcharla village in Pangal mandal
Notable people
- Burgula Ramakrishna Rao - Former Chief Minister of Hyderabad State.
- Suravaram Pratapareddy - Social historian
- S. Jaipal Reddy - Politician.
See also
- Mahabubnagar
- Narayanpet
- Wanaparthy
- Nagarkurnool
- Gadwal
- Kollapur
- Charakonda
- Kalwakurthy
- Shadnagar
- Kothur
- Kummariguda
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