Medak
District is located in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Sangareddi is the district headquarters of Medak. The district
had a population of 2,670,097 of which 14.36% were urban
as of 2001,Other big towns in the Medak district include
Medak, Siddipet, Narsapur, Ramayampet, Gajwel, Narayankhed,
Zaheerabad and Gummadidala. IIT Hyderabad is also located
in this district.
Medak district is adorned by many temples depicting fine
architectural splendours. They are located in the Bonthapally
(Veerabhadra Swamy Temple, located at 25 km to the north
of Hyderabad), Ismailkhanpet near to Sangareddy (Sapta Prakarauta
Bhavani Mata Temple, located at 35 km to the Hyderabad),
Zarasangam, Edupailu (Kanakadurga Temple, 8 km from Medak
town, on the banks of Manjira river), Nachagiri temples
(Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, 55 km from Hyderabad),
Siddipet (Koti Ligeshwara Swamy Temple)and Chegunta Sri
Kalyana Venkateshwara Swami Devasthaanam, Vasavi Kanyaka
Parameshwari Ammavari Devalayam, Swayam Bhoo Mahakali Devasthaanam,
Anjaneya Swami devalayam to name a few.sri sri chamundeshwari
ammawari temple at chitkula village of andhole mandal,nearer
to the jogipeta town. on the banks of manjira is also a
famous shakti temple which is founded by sri ramanayya garu.The
joginatha temple at jogipet & surya devalayam at dakur
village are also equally important places in the district.and
other one is kowdipally mandal tuniki village in this village
is the famous tempal is nalla pochamma.from hyd to 60 km
only.
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