Thousand Pillar Temple

Thousand Pillar Temple వెయ్యి స్తంభాల గుడి
1000 pillar temple
Thousand Pillar Temple వెయ్యి స్తంభాల గుడి Location in Telangana State
Name
Other names	1000 Sthambala gudi
Proper name	Thousand Pillar Temple
Geography
Coordinates
Country	India
State	Telangana
Location	Hanamakonda/Warangal
Culture
Primary deity	Shiva, Vishnu, Surya
Architecture
Architectural styles	Kakatiya, Chalukya
History and governance
Date built	1163 AD
Creator	Rudra Deva

The Thousand Pillar Temple or Rudreshwara Swamy Temple is a historic Hindu temple located in the town of Hanamakonda, Telangana State, India. It is dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu and Surya.

History

One of the Kirti toranas of Kakatiya Dynasty

Many Hindu temples were developed under the patronage of Ganpati deva rudra deva and Pratapa rudra of kakatiya dynasty Few temples such as the Badrakali temple at Warangal and thousand pillar temple in Hanamkonda are famous in India . The Thousand Pillar Temple was built during the period of the Kakatiya dynasty, probably in 1163 AD by order of the king,ganpati deva developed number of temples in kaktiya ruling in orugallu -hanamkonda,warangal Rudra Deva. It stands out to be a masterpiece and achieved major heights in terms of architectural skills by the ancient Kakatiya vishwakarma sthapathis.

It was destroyed by the Tughlaq dynasty during their invasion of the Deccan. It consists one temple and other buildings. There were 1,000 pillars in the structures, but no pillar obstructs a person in any point of the temple to see the god in the other temple.

Modern engineers have removed all the pillars. After they lifted all the pillars they encountered a huge mass of sand. It took nearly two weeks for them to take away all the sand. It was wet sand, because of a pipe connection from the nearby water body named Bhadrakali Cheruvu.

Temple architecture

The Thousand Pillar Temple with its ruins lies near the Hanamkonda-Warangal Highway in Telangana State, about 150 kilometres (93 mi) from the city of Hyderabad.

The temple is star-shaped with several shrines and lingams. There are three shrines inside the temple called the Trikutalayam, dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu, and Surya. The temple is surrounded by a big garden in which many small lingam shrines can be seen. There is a carving of a Nandi bull in the form of a highly polished black basalt monolith.

The Thousand Pillar Temple is constructed on a platform that is raised to a height of 1 metre (3.3 ft) from ground level. Rock-cut elephants and perforated screens in the temple are characteristic of the then prevailing dynasty. Many pilgrims visit. It is also a popular location for shooting films. The Kakatiya festival is held here.

The temple was renovated in 2004 by the Government of India.

External links

• Pictures of Thousand Pillar Temple
• Picture of 1000 Pillar Temple

year 2008 at hanamkonda,Warangal city-India orugallu technology services web site http://www.warangalinfo.co.in