Horsley Hills

Horsley Hills

Horsley Hills, elevation 1,265 m, is a famous summer hill resort in Andhra Pradesh, about 160 km from Bangalore, India and 144 km from Tirupati. Madanapalle is the closest town near the hills. Major tourist attractions her include the Mallamma temple and the Rishi valley school. Horsely Hills is the departure point for the Koundinya Wildlife Sanctuary located 87 km away.

History

The old name of Horsley Hills is Eenugu Mallamma Konda. According to the legend there used to be a little girl named Mallamma who was taken care by Elephants. She used to heal tribal people on the hills. when she disappeared suddenly people thought she was a goddess and built a temple for her. [cite web | author = Prajasakti | publisher = Prajasakti |title = Horsley hills | date =2008-05-05 | accessdate = 2008-05-08 | url = http://www.prajasakti.com/sunday/coverstory.htm]

Horsley Hills is named after a British officer named W.D. Horsley, the Collector of Cuddapah district. He visited this place around 1840-43 and was impressed by the beauty of the hills and chose this spot for his summer residence. Now the governor of the Andhra Pradesh uses this house as summer residence and hence this house is called Governors bungalow.

Tourist Attractions

The narrow road to Horsely Hills is very scenic. It is surrounded throughout its entire length with dense growths of eucalyptus, jacaranda, allamanda, and gulmohar trees. The major tourist places around Horsely hills are Lake Gangotri, Highview seeing place, Gaalibanda, Environmental park and Horsley hills Museum.

Resorts

Bans The Hotel (3 Star Hotel) with Accommodation, Dining & Water Park. 7 km to Kanipakam, 40 to Sripuram Golden Temple & 70 km to Tirupati. [ http://www.basnc.in ]

External links

New places around HH

There is a famous Shiva temple about 15 km towards Madanpalli from HH.
* [http://www.hillstationsinindia.com/south-india-hill-stations/horsley.html Horsely Hills Station]

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