Vemulawada, Rajanna Sircilla district

Vemulawada
Town Hindu Pilgrimage
Nickname:  Emulaada
Vemulawada Location in Telangana, India Show map of Telangana Vemulawada Vemulawada (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 18°28′N78°53′E / 18.467°N 78.883°E / 18.467; 78.883
Country	India
State	Telangana
District	Rajanna Sircilla district
Founded by	Chalukyas
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Body	Vemulawada Municipal Council; Vemulawada Temple Area Development Authority
Area [1]
• Total	28.89 km2 (11.15 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	33,706
• Density	1,167/km2 (3,022/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	505302
Lok Sabha constituency	Karimnagar
Assembly constituency	Vemulawada
Website	http://www.vemulawadatemple.org

Vemulawada is a census town in Rajanna Sircilla district of the Indian state of Telangana. ^[2] It is the headquarters of Vemulawada Mandal and Revenue Division. A Hindu pilgrimage site, it served as the capital of the Chalukyas of Vemulavada during the 8th-10th centuries.

History

Vemulawada was the capital of Vemulawada Chalukyas, that ruled present day Telangana, parts of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra between 7th and 10th centuries CE. The Chalukya inscriptions call the town "Lembula-pātaka"; "Lemulavada" is another historical variant of the name. ^[3]

Temples

The town is a Hindu pilgrimage site, notable for the Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy temple, which is also known as "Dakshina Kashi" ("Southern Kashi"), and which was constructed between 760 and 973 CE. It also hosts the temples of Bheemeshwara, Nagareshwara and Pochamma.

The town attracts large number of pilgrims from South India as well as Maharashtra, Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Huge number of devotees throng the place during Maha Shivaratri and Sri Rama Navami. The famous floral festival of Telangana, Bathukamma is believed to have originated from this place.

Transport

State Highway 11 passes near this town. Vemulawada is connected to Hyderabad and Karimnagar via the Kothapalli-Manoharabad railway line. Also part of the railway line are Sircilla, Siddipet, Gajwel, etc.

Notable People

• Chalukyas of Vemulavada
• Malliya Rechana
• Vemulawada Bheemakavi

References

1. "District Census Handbook – Karimnagar" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 12, 50. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
2. "District Level Mandal wise list of villages in Rajanna Sircilla district" (PDF). Chief Commissioner of Land Administration. National Informatics Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
3. Krishna Kanta Handiqui (1968). Yaśastilaka and Indian Culture. Jivaraja Jaina Granthamala (Second ed.). Sholapur: Jaina Samskrti Samrakshaka Sangha. p. xiii.