Thousand Pillars Temple

Perched elegantly on the slopes of the hills at Hanamkonda, the thousand pillars temple is fine specimen of Kakatiya Architecture and sculpture. Built by Rudra Deva in 1163 AD in the Chalunkan style, the star-shaped, triple shrine temple is dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu and Surya. The temple is notable for its richly carved pillars, preformatted screens and exquisite icons, specially impressive are the rock cut elephants and the Nandi. The Thousand Pillar Temple is located in the city of Hanamakonda. Hanumakonda is situated between Kazipet and Warangal. It is located 140 kilometres north east of state capital, Hyderabad.