Paper I · 14 Society, Culture, Heritage, Arts & Literature of Telangana · 14.5 Heritage, monuments and forts
14.5.1 Kakatiya heritage and forts: Ramappa (UNESCO 2021), Thousand Pillar Temple, Warangal Fort and the forts of Telangana
The Kakatiyas left Telangana its most famous monuments — the Thousand Pillar temple (1163), the Ramappa temple (1213, UNESCO World Heritage Site since 25 July 2021) and Warangal Fort with its Kala Thoranam gateways (now in the state emblem) — while hill forts such as Bhongir, Rachakonda, Devarakonda, Medak and Khammam record the rule of Chalukyas, Kakatiyas, Velamas, Qutb Shahis and Asaf Jahis.
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Key terms
- Kakatiya architecture
- Ramappa temple
- Kakatiya Rudreshwara
- Palampet
- Mulugu
- Recherla Rudra
- Ganapatideva
- 1213
- UNESCO World Heritage
- 44th session
- Fuzhou
- criteria i and iii
- sandbox foundation
- floating bricks
- madanika
- Ramalingeswara
- Ramappa lake
- Thousand Pillar temple
- Rudreswara
- Hanumakonda
- Rudradeva
- 1163
- trikuta
- Nandi
- kalyana mandapam
- Warangal fort
- Orugallu
- Kakatiya Kala Thoranam
- Kirti Thoranam
- state emblem
- Swayambhu temple
- Khush Mahal
- Shitab Khan
- Ghanpur Kota Gullu
- Pillalamarri
- Panagal
- Bhadrakali temple
- Bhongir fort
- Vikramaditya VI
- Rachakonda
- Devarakonda
- Recherla Velamas
- Medak fort
- Methukudurgam
- Elgandal
- Khammam fort
- Ramagiri
- Jagtial fort
- Domakonda
- Gadwal fort
- Koilkonda
- Nagunur
- Koulas
- Gandhari khilla
- Alampur
- Jogulamba
- Vemulawada
- Kolanupaka
- Nelakondapalli
- Dhulikatta
- Phanigiri
- Mudumal
- tentative list
- ASI
- Gollala Gudi
- monument of national importance
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