Tourism Minister V Srinivas Goud and Home Minister Mohd Mahmood Ali presented Kaloji Award to poet and historian Sriramoju Haragopal on 108th birth anniversary of Kaloji Narayana Rao o Friday.
Hyderabad: The Someshwara Temple, an ancient shrine dedicated to Lord Shiva at Kolanupaka in Yadadri Bhongir district, will now be housing rare inscriptions and sculptures including a recently unearthed right foot sculpture of a Jain Tirthankara. The temple complex is all set to be restored soon under the supervision of Dr. E Siva Nagi Reddy-Sthapathi, […]
Nalgonda: Some rare sculptures with unique iconographical features dating back to 8th century AD have been found at Bhattugudem village, Peddavura mandal, Nalgonda district. Noted archaeologist E Sivanagireddy found the beautiful sculptures of Brahma and Bhairava in front of the Kameswara temple of the village. When he enquired with Sriramoju Haragopal Convenor, Kotta Telangana Charitra […]
Siddipet: Historians of Kotha Telangana Charitra Brundam (KTCB) have discovered an inscription belonging to 14th century AD in agriculture fields at Dommata village of Cheriyal Mandal in Siddipet district. During exploration, a member of KTCB, Kolipaka Srinivas, found the inscription recently. Srinivas forwarded the digital images of the inscription to Sriramoju Haragopal, the founder of […]
Hyderabad: An ‘atma bali’ (ritual self-sacrifice) orthostatic sculpture was found during the exploration conducted by members of the ‘Kotha Telangana Charitra Brundam’ (KTCB) at Lingampalli village in Jangaon district. The KTCB members led by its convenor Sriramoju Haragopal found the ‘Siditala’ — a self-sacrificing ritual — belonging to the post-Kakatiya 13th Century. On the memorial […]
The group of five sculptures found, including two Devi sculptures, Chennakesava, Venugopala and Bhairava, belong to the 13th and 14th centuries representing the Kakatiya style of art
KTCB members led by its convenor Sriramoju Haragopal found ‘Saptamatrukula shilpaphalakam’ belonging to Chalukya dynasty along with ‘Shivalingas’ and the face of ‘linga’