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Nameswara Temple, Pillalamarri

Pillalamarri, Suryapet district, Telangana · 17.1692°, 79.5848°

Shiva (Nameswara)Recherla Reddi, feudatories of the KakatiyasKakatiya
Sacred since
1202 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 1202 (Kakatiya era)
Recherla Reddi, feudatories of the Kakatiyas

History & significance

A Saiva temple on the bank of the Musi built about 1202 by Namireddi of the Recherla Reddi family, vassals of the Kakatiyas, and named for him. It is one of four closely carved stone and granite temples of the Kakatiya era at Pillalamarri, its pillars finely worked but heavily defaced.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Recherla Reddi, feudatories of the Kakatiyas