Nandagiri

Nandagiri
—  town  —
Coordinates
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)

Nandagiri ("hill of pleasure" ) is the name of several places in India. It may refer to a village in Andhra Pradesh, a suburb of Hyderabad or a hill fortress in Karnataka.

Village

The village Nandagiri is in Pegadapalle mandal in Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh state. It has 3 temples nearby.

History

There are various testimonials to state the historical and religious importance of this place. It is said that King Satakarni (241 BC), the son of King Sreemukha of Satavahana dynasty, while going on Jaithra Yathra (victory lap) from Paithan (Prathistanapuram, present Aurangabad in Maharashtra state), made a halt at Nandagiri village and very much enjoyed the natural beauty of the place and constructed a Gagana Mandiram (Sky palace) on the top of the hillock. Its ruins are visible even now. Later on, it is said that the 17th king in the Satavahana Dynasty, King Hala (who wrote “Gatha Saptha Shathi” in Pyshachika language) and his wife resided at Nandagiri. Even though the Satavahana kings practiced Jainism and Buddhism, they also patronized Vedic religions. They constructed temples as per the Advaitha culture on the advice of vedic scholars.

Local traditions:

• Nandagiri Village is located 35 kilometres from Karimnagar, 30 kilometres from Jagityal, 8 kilometres from Pegadapalle and 20 kilometres from Mallial,8 kilometres from Gopalraopet .

• In olden days there is a story about this village. There were some thieves who stayed at Kotla Narasimhula Pally, a part of Nandagiri. The thieves lived on the KotaGadda (hill) and came into the villages and stole money and valuables.

• Once upon a time the village faced the problems of "Rajakarlu", an army from Nizam Navab's kingdom. In those days the people used to run away from the village

• APSRTC operates buses from Karimnagar to Nadagiri at 8:00am, 9:00am, 12:10pm, 4:00pm like Lingapoor (served by 2 buses every day)

• Nandagiri Veerabadra Swamy Temple is one of the famous Temple in Nandagiri

• Hanuman Temple in middle of Village

• Good place for a day outing

• Mr. Kasireddy Raji Reddy (Cong) is the present Serpanch of Nandagiri

• Mr. Patel Devender Reddy (Cong) is the present Co-Operative Bank Chirman of Nandagiri
• Mr. Narender Reddy (TDP) is the Present MPTC

Written By

• PATEL's

Hyderabad

Nandagiri hills (Jubilee Hills) is a suburb of the city of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Recently there has been controversy over the auctioning of plots in the hills by the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority, which apparently ignored the needs of the homeless.^[1][2]

Hill Fort near Bangalore

Main article: Nandi Hills, India

13°20′N 77°39′E / 13.333°N 77.65°E / 13.333; 77.65

Nandagiri in Karnataka is the famous Nandidroog, which was captured by Lord Cornwallis on his march to Seringapatam. From early times the Ganga Princes possessed the title of "Nandigiri Lords." The origin of this place may be found in the tradition that Vishnu Vardhana of the Eastern Chalukyas dynasty settled at Dharmapuri on the western bank of the Godavari river. Four hundred villages or towns became subject to him. His son was Nandu, who built a town called Nandagiri, in which the four castes of Hindus were located.^[3]

Nandagiri was changed into Nandi-Giri by the Cholas in the 11th century, and it means the hill of Nandi - the name of the sacred bull of Siva.^[4]

Nandagiri was ruled by a Bijialudu in the sixth century CE. He constructed the Saraswathi temple at Basar. In the 17th century, the idols of the temple were reinstated by a chieftain of Nandagiri (Nandeed) subsequent to destruction caused by the Muslim invaders.^[5]

References

1. ^ The Hindu: Left stalls HUDA auctions for two hours
2. ^ http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/29/stories/2004042911780300.htm HUDA plans fresh auction for Nandagiri plots
3. ^ Mysore and Coorg: A Gazetteer Compiled for the Government of India By Benjamin Lewis Rice Published by Mysore Government Press, 1876
4. ^ A History of Vijayanagar: The Never to be Forgotten Empire by Bangalore Suryanarain Row, 1905
5. ^ bharatonline.com: Saraswati Temple