- Umamaheshwaram
Umamaheshwaram or Uma maheshwaram or Uma maheswaram or maheshwaram or maheswaram or maheshram or umamaheshrum is a temple dedicated to the Hindu god
Shiva inAndhra Pradesh ,India . It is located in picturesque Nallamala forest range - around 100 kilometers away from Hyderabad on the Hyderabad-Srisailam highway.Umamaheshwaram is Northern gateway of Srisailam-one of the
jyotirlinga s. It is mentioned in many Vedas that visit to Srisailam sans Umamaheswaram is incomplete. It is atop the hill properly covered by huge trees. Hill ranges shields temple and 500 mtrs of stretch to PapaNasanam. So all through the day hardly any sun light falls on this stretch of 500 meters atop the hill. Thus maintaing the temperature below normal all through the year. This is the reason it is popularly known as Poor man’s Ooti.This is the perfect place to visit;if you want to combine your temple visit with picnic flavor.Papasnanam
it is around 200 meters away from the Sanctum Sanctorum- where water comes out underneath the huge rocks at the same rate all through the year. You have a rock-pot over there that gets filled with the water for every 5 minutes and overflows to water a stretch of Jasmine/other plants down the hill. It is said that all your sins would be washed away if you take a dip at this place. Water quality at this place is simply superb. Like this many water bodies are there on this stretch. However none of them is perennial like "Papa Nashanam".
Location
* It is atop the hill -4 km away from Rangapur Village, Achampet, MahabubNagar
* On Hydeabad -Srisailam highway. All the places in and around are clearly marked in wikimapia. Please use the following link to trace the temple and near by places( [http://wikimapia.org/2180811/Umamaheshwaram&m=a&v=2 Wikimapia] )Nature
* This temple is located at the start of the nallamala forest;you can njoy the nallamala beauty from this temple.
* You can also indulge in trekking,bird watching,farmingHow to reach here
* daily busservice is there from Achampet at around 9 AM and 4 PM. Mode of Transport :: Your own vehicle
* If you are coming from hyderabad and heading to Srisailam, take right diversion near Mulamalupu and head down the hill to reach Rangapur village. To your left, you will be welcome with Huge Arch called "Uma Maheswara Mukadwaram".
* If you are coming from hyderabad and heading to achampet, take left diversion near CheckPost and head down the road to reach Rangapur village. To your right, you will be welcome with Huge Arch called "Uma Maheswara Mukadwaram"
* These directions are very well mentioned in the Wikimapia link. Please follow that
Mode of Transport :: Bus
* if you are coming Hyderabad,you can get down either at Munnanuru or Achampet then take a bus to "Rangapur. From there you can take Auto Rickshaws"' to reach temple.
* If you are coming from else where reach Achampet and then take bus to Rangapur
* For every 1/2 hour you have buses to Rangapur.
Mode of Transport :: Others
* Near by railway stations are
Jadcherla, Mahabub Nagar and Hyderabad.
* Near by AirportHyderbad Accommodation
* If you want Luxury Accomidation stay neaby town Achampet
* OK kind of accomidation, temple has got guest house well next to the temple you can stay there for nominal payment of 50/-Other temples in the vicinity
* In the nearby village-Rangapur you have Famous Darga - Niranjanshalvali where every year Jan17 night you have very huge processions taken in which Lakhs of people partcipate
* 50 km from here ,enroute Srisailam you have Mallela Thirtham which houses lord shiva. Here Water falls a big attraction. To reach here you have to take diversion from OttvarlaPalli
* 80 km from here you have Maddimadugu one more famous temple of Lord Anjaneya which receives thosuand of devotees every saturday and sunday.
External links
* [http://umamaheshwaram.org/ umamaheshwaram.org hosted by Son of the soil Mr Bojja Amarender Reddy, Upper Pally]
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