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High medieval · Hindu · India

Thousand Pillar Temple

వేయి స్తంభాల గుడి

Hanamkonda, Telangana · 18.0037°, 79.5748°

Shiva, Vishnu and Surya (trikutalayam)KakatiyaVesara (Kakatiya, Chalukya and Kadamba)
Sacred since
1175 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1175–1324 (Kakatiya)
Kakatiya

History & significance

A star-plan temple at Hanamkonda ordered by the Kakatiya king Rudra Deva, with three shrines under one roof for Shiva, Vishnu and Surya and a pillared hall that gives it its name. Desecrated during the Tughlaq invasion, it was later repaired with funds from the seventh Nizam and renovated again by the Government of India in 2004.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Kakatiya