KHILA WARANGAL : KAKATHIYA EMPIRE 11TH CENTURY

On Sunday 24 Jan 2010 after performing Abhishekam at Rudreswaralayam Hanumakonda, I proceeded to Warangal side.  Then, I got down at Bhadrakali Temple on the main warangal road.  About 10 minutes walk to Bhadrakali temple.  The temple  is adjacent to a beautiful lake built in the 8th century.  The face of the diety of Bhadrakali is carved on the background hill and the 20  hands are projected  in a magnificient way (made of  brass)  The Puzzle through which one can pass through resembles the chakravyuha and it is located outside the temple area.  The temple origins date back to 8th century.  After prayin to the Bhadrakali temple I proceeded to Warangal railway station by service auto.  From Warangal railway station I took auto to KHILA WARANGAL that is the Waragal Fort.  We have to ask the auto walas for Khila warangal.  No one understands if we say we want togo to waangal Fort.

Entrance  ticket is Rs.5/-, to see the excavated kakathiya samrajya monuments.  The Keerthi Thoranas are magnificient.  These are all in an area 10-15 feet deep in the excavated site.

Adjavcnt to the   secure protected site is the semi protected temple again at the same depth of 15 feet.  The temple is known as "Swayam Bhudevi Alayam".  It appeared the archakas are an old couple in the 70's and they are not having much protection to safe guard the small size idols and pooja samgris.  As thye were finding that one of the pooja samagri that has been near the diety.  I consoled them by saying that the person who does such things will be shapagrastlu avutharu by the power of godess Swayam Bhudevi. 

I  next moved to the 500 meters away Kush Mahal built around 15th century by Saitab Khan who appears to be one of the successors of the Muslim rulers who defeated Kakathiyas and ruined the magnificient empire.  Saitab Khan was ruling Warangal around 1498 period, when Krishna devaraya of Hampi defeted and killed him in a battle before he conquered Orissa.  After conquering Orissa, Krishna Devaraya took away the daughter of the Orissa Hindu king and named her Bhuvaneswari devi and married her.  

The Saitab khan Kush mahal is a vast building and the roof was rebuilt by the Archeological department.  I thought if I go over the roof I can see the surrounding circular Fort shape which is about 2  kms away on all sides.  I climbed up and I was delighted to see parts of the Fort walls here and there in a circular form.  It was about 1PM and I was getting down from the stairs made of the huge stones (un polished) and the heights of the steps in the stair is not the same.    One of the step in the middle was so different more than 2 feet thus, my right foot got sprained while getting down.(The adjacent phot is the building on the right corner are the uneven stair case. I sat down for 4 or 5 minuteson the next step  to recover from the unbearable pain.  I was unconfirtable  till I reached Hyderabad. At home around 9:50 PM I could do some massage for the pained foot and tightened it with creep bandage.  Nextday morning I was unable to attend the office.