Sri Kasi Visweswara Swamy Temple, Kalabgoor
Sri Kasi Visweswara Swamy Temple, Kalabgoor(Kalpaguru) located near Sangareddy, around 70 kms from Hyderabad is a Trikutalayam and has the idols dedicated to Lord Siva, Ananthapadmanabha Swamy and Venugopalaswamy. It is an Ancient temple built in 11th century CE during the Kakatiya period by Ontimitta Obulayya, the disciple of main Senapathi of the Kakatiya king Prataparudra and the architecture closely resembles the Thousand pillar temple in Warangal. There are three garbha grihas with the 3 idols and hence a Hari Hara kshetram where both Siva and Vishnu are worshipped.
Just after the main entrance, there is a beautiful mandapa built for the Nandi. In the south garbha griha of the main temple is the Siva linga, in the west garbha griha is the idol of Ananthapadmanabhaswamy in reclining postion alongwith Lakshmi Devi and Brahma. In the North garbhagriha is the idol of Sri Venugopalaswamy with flute and Sankhuchakra.
It is located on the banks of river Manjeera which is a tributary of Godavari river and is declared a Protected Monument. Manjeera Barrage and Manjeera wildlife sanctuary are very close to this temple
Temple timings : The temple is open from 6 am to 11 am in the morning and 5pm to 7 pm in the evening every day.
Temple Contact number: 9908744260
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