Monday, February 22, 2010

khammam


Introduction

Tour to Khammam The most highly populated state in southern India and the land simultaneously of the Telugu and the Charminar, Andhra Pradesh on the Bay of Bengal offers a plethora of the most diverse tourist experiences. From dilapidated fortresses to untamed wilderness, magnificent monuments to rustic tribal villages, Andhra Pradesh has it all. Home also to a bipolar communal environment, Tourism of Andhra Pradesh has always been a flourishing industry and still has not lost any of the attention due to it. The name of the town Khammam derives from the name of the hill of Stambhadri(named after an old temple called Narasimha Swamy Temple on a small hill top in Khammam town believed to have existed since Treta Yuga). Later Stambhadri became kambadri, to kamba, to khammam mettu, and lastly when it became the district headquarters it came to be known as Khammam. A tour to Khammam is a trip down the lanes of ancient Indian culture and tradition and history. The forest area covers more than the fifty percent of the total area of the district which yield rich timber in the form of Teak. Coal is the chief mineral found in these lands, especially at Kottegudam, and Illendu.
How to Reach

* By Rail:

Khammam is 257 km from Hyderabad and falls on the Hyderabad-Vijaywada line.
* By Road:

Khammam can be easily reached from Hyderabad. A regular bus service connects it to the state capital.
* By Air:

Hyderabad Begumpet Airport, Vijaywada airport and Warrangal airport.

Sightseeing on Tour to Khammam

* Khammam fort
* Nelakondapalli
* Parnasala
* Kinnerasani Project
* Peratalapalli Papi Kondalu
* Palair, Somavaram
* Yanambailu
* Kothagudem Thermal power station at Palvancha
* Kinnerasani Sanctuary.

Pilgrimages on Tour to Khammam

* Bhadrachalam Sri Seetha Ramachandra swamy temple
* Jeelacheruvu Venkateswara temple
* Jamalapuram temple
* Kallur temple
* Takkellapadu Sri Lalitha Parameswary temple
* Kusumanchi temple
* Garla Sangameswara temple
* Peratalapalli Sangameswara temple
* Khammam Laxmi Narasimha temple
* Sri Ramagiri Temple