Panagal
Panagallu, Panugal | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Sri Chaya Someswara Temple at Panagal | |
  Panagal Location in Telangana, India | |
| Coordinates: 17°04′38″N 79°17′14″E / 17.077236°N 79.287336°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Telangana |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | TS 05 |
| Nearest cities | Nalgonda, Suryapet |
| Website | telangana |
Panagal, also referred to as Panagallu or Panugallu, is a historic town located 4 km northeast from Nalgonda city in Telangana, India.[1]
Panagal is older than Nalgonda, and was a capital of several dynasties between the 9th and 13th-centuries. The Hindu governors and kings of various dynasties, including the Kakatiyas built major public infrastructure in Panagal. This included a water reservoir called the Udaya Samudram in historic texts that has evolved into the Panagal Reservoir with the modern era Srisailam project.[2] The early dynasties also built several major temples in Panagal such as the Chaya Someswara temple and Pachala Someswara temple. These were mostly ruined during the Deccan wars between Islamic Sultanates and Hindu kingdoms. Four temples survive, while coins, inscriptions, temple parts, fort ruins and statues from other lost historic monuments found in this region are now preserved in the Panagal Museum established in 1982.[3]
By the 19th-century, Panagal had been reduced to a small village.[1][4] With the growth of Nalgonda city, Panagal has been incorporated and now a part of the Nalgonda municipal area. In state literature, it is sometimes subdivided into Panagallu (Urban) and Panagallu (Rural).[2]
- ^ a b A Chandra Sekhar (1967), District Census Handbook: Nalgonda district, Andhra Pradesh, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Chapter XIV, pages A91–92
- ^ a b V.S. Bhaskar (2004), District Census Handbook: Nalgonda District, Series 29, Census of India 2001, page 23, 684
- ^ M. Rama Rao (1970). Select Andhra Temples. Government of Andhra Pradesh. pp. 76–79. ISBN 9781340109394.
- ^ M R Sarma (1972). Temples of Telingaṇa: The Architecture, Iconography, and Sculpture of the Calukya and Kakatiya Temples. Munshiram Manoharlal. p. 84. ISBN 978-81-215-0437-9.