Places to visit in Mahabubabad District

Mahabubabad district has been carved out of erstwhile Warangal district. The district shares boundaries with Kothagudem, Hanamkonda, Warangal, Suryapet and Khammam Districts. The district comprises of 16 mandals and 2 revenue divisions while the district headquarters is located at Mahabubabad town.

In Telugu, the region is also known as Manukota which is derived from the word Mranukota. In Telugu, 'Mranu' means 'tree' and 'Kota' means 'fort'. Manukota later derived its name from its past ruler, Mahabub, one of the officials of the Hyderabad Nizam.

Kuravi Veerabhadra Swamy Temple

Historic Sri Veerabhadra Swamy temple is in the Kuravi mandal of the Mahabubabad district in Telangana State, India. This temple is dedicated to Lord Veerabhadra swamy,who is fierce looking Diety with three eyes and ten hands.

According to local lore, the Kuravi Veerabhadra Swamy temple was said to have been built during 900 AD by Bheema Raju of Vengi Chalukya dynasty. Later the renovation of temple was taken up by Kakatiya ruler Betharaju I.

The reference of this temple has also made by the famous traveller ‘Marko-Poli’ as it stood as the capital of Vengi Chalukya Dynasty.

As Kakatiya kings were known to be followers of Lord Shiva, they constructed several temples across the empire and improved those already existed.

Peddacheruvu is spread over on 100 acres of land and is just one kilometer to the historic Lord Veerabhadra Swamy temple. It has got excellent potential for development into a tourist spot.

Kuravi is unique for its culture. Lord Veera Bhadra Swami and Bhadrakali temple is famous in temple. So many Tribel and non-tribel people comes to temple to get blessings of the god. Maha siva rathiri festival is biggest event in Kuravi. Other festivals people celebrate in Kuravi are "Bathukamma", "Bonalu", etc. Villages under Kuravi mainly depend on crops like cotton and chilli.Every monday there will be a big cattle fair(angadi)in the village.Farmers from all places comes to purchase and sell their cattles.

Source: Telangana Tourism