The heritage site of Alampur located in Jogulamba Gadwal district of Telangana is home to the Navabrahma temples and famous Jogulamba Temple in one complex. These are believed to be built during the 7th – 8th Centuries A.D. and a total of nine temples were built on the banks of the river Tungabhadra where Lord Shiva manifests in 9 different forms. The Jogulamba Temple, considered one of the 18 Shaktipeetas in India attracts thousands of visitors each day.

Alampur is considered historically as an important center of the Chalukyas. Goddess Jogulamba is seen her as Shakti in her “Roudra avatar”. The Goddess appears here in a seated form on a corpse with scorpion, frog, and lizard on her head, representing her fierce avatar as Yogulamba or Jogulamba.

Alampur is also the site where the historical Sangameshwara temple was relocated after its submergence by the backwaters of Srisailam dam. The appeal of this spiritual destination located on the banks of Tungabhadra river makes it quite popular with the region becoming part of a pilgrimage circuit involving Srisailam, Yaganti etc. The Alampur Site Museum here preserves the archeological remains which show a hybrid style of architecture, dating back to the 6th-7thcentury AD. It was established in the year 1952. It is surrounded by the famous Nava Brahma temples where more than 124 stone sculptures and 26 inscriptional slabs are on display. The period of these sculptures’ ranges from 6th to 16th Century AD and they belong to Kakatiyas, Chalukyas, and Vijayanagara dynasties.

How to Reach

Alampur, is located approximately 210 km from Hyderabad and easily accessible through a diversion from the Hyderabad-Bangalore highway. Alampur road is the nearest railway station located at a distance of nearly 9 km. The destination is located nearly 115 km from Mahabubnagar