| Temples & Legends Of Andhra Pradesh |
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| Temples & Legends Of India |
YADAGIRI |
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| Yadagiri or, as it is popularly known, "Yadagirigutta", is one of the important and holy places of Nalgonda District. it is in Bhongir Taluk of that district. Bhongir was, in ancient days, called as Bhuvanagiri. Yadagirigutta is about 40 miles from Hyderabad, and is connected with Hyderabad by a very good metalled road. To reach Yadagiri one has to either travel by road from Hyderabad, or go up to Raigir R.S. on the Secunderabad Kazipet section of the Central Railway, and travel about 2 miles to reach the actual village. The temple is dedicated to Lord Vishnu as Narasimha, and is situated on the top of the hillock, which is 300 ft. high. The god here is known as Laxminarasimhaswamy. | |
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