Ananthagiri Hills

Ananthagiri Hills

View from Ananthagiri Hills
Location
Ananthagiri Hills

Map of Telangana, India

Location Telangana, South India
Coordinates 17°18′43″N 77°51′47″E / 17.312°N 77.863°ECoordinates: 17°18′43″N 77°51′47″E / 17.312°N 77.863°E
Climbing
Easiest route Hyderabad

Ananthagiri Hills are hills located at [1] Vikarabad, Ranga Reddy district, TG, India.[2][3][4] The water flows from these hills to Osmansagar and Himayathsagar.

It is one of the dense forests in Telangana Ananthagiri Temple is located in this forested area. It is the Birthplace of Musi river, which flows through Hyderabad. It is 5 km from Vikarabad

Ananthagiri forest
Anantha Padmanabhaswamy Temple

It is one of the earlist habitat areas. Ancient caves, medieval fort structures and temple shows the antiquity of this area.

Musi River

Main article: Musi River

Musi river also known as Muchukunda River used to originate in Anantagiri Hills 90 kilometers to the west of Hyderabad and flowed due east for almost all of its course. It joins the Krishna River at Pangal in Nalgonda district after covering a total distance of about 240 km.[5]

Tourist attractions near Ananthagiri Hills

Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple[6]

This temple is located in Ananthagiri hills, about 75 kilometers from Hyderabad built by Nizam nawabs 400 years ago, Lord Vishnu is in the form of Sri Anantha Padmanabha Swamy and Ananthagiri is named after him.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.vikarabadonline.in
  2. ↑ http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/05/stories/2006090502460200.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/08/stories/2006090822800500.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.hindu.com/2010/11/19/stories/2010111963950300.htm
  5. ↑ Tourism destinations in AP. "Ananthagiri Hills". Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  6. ↑ "AnanthaPadmanabha swamy temple".