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Shah Ali Banda, Hyderabad, Telangana · 17.3753°, 78.4744°
A 17th-century Mahankali temple at Shah Ali Banda in Hyderabad's old city, about a kilometre from the Charminar, associated with the brothers Madanna and Akkanna who served the Golconda ruler Tana Shah as prime minister and commander-in-chief. It is one of the principal starting points of the city's Bonalu procession.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
The brothers are remembered as worshipping here every morning before going to court, and the shrine is said to have been shut after their deaths until it was revived in the last century.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Qutb Shahi (Golconda)
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