{"id":122936,"date":"2026-09-05T12:54:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T07:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=122936"},"modified":"2026-09-05T12:54:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T07:24:46","slug":"gollala-gudi-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gollala-gudi-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Gollala Gudi Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Gollala Gudi Temple Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Archaeological Survey of India recently notified Gollala Gudi Temple at Palampet in the Mulugu district of Telangana as a monument of national importance.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Gollala Gudi Temple<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>ancient temple<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located at Palampet in the Mulugu district of <\/span><b>Telangana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is dedicated to Lord <\/span><b>Shiva<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Kakatiya-era temple <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is located <\/span><b>near <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>UNESCO-listed Ramappa Temple (Kakatiya Rudreshwara) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is renowned for its exquisite carvings and architectural heritage.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> Kakatiya dynasty <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was a<\/span><b> Telugu dynasty<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that ruled most of the <\/span><b>eastern Deccan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> region in present-day India between the <\/span><b>12th and 14th centuries.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><b>territory <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">spanned present-day <\/span><b>Telangana and Andhra Pradesh,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> parts of <\/span><b>eastern Karnataka, northern Tamil Nadu,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>southern Odisha.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Gollala Gudi Temple <\/b><b>Architecture<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Built during the height of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/kakatiya-dynasty\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kakatiya dynasty<\/a><\/strong>, Gollala Gudi exemplifies the engineering and <\/span><b>stone craftsmanship typical of the Deccan era.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Like Ramappa,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it was <\/span><b>raised without binding mortar, using precisely interlocked dry masonry.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a &#8220;<\/span><b>Trikutalaya<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; (<\/span><b>shrine with three sanctums)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, comprising a <\/span><b>mandapa (pillared hall)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> facing east and<\/span><b> three garbhagrihas (sanctum sanctorums)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with the central sanctum housing a <\/span><b>Shiva lingam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><b>parapet <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is<\/span><b> adorned with sculptures, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">while the entablature and <\/span><b>doorways <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">feature rows of carved hamsas <\/span><b>with \u201cjali\u201d (latticework) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 among the temple\u2019s distinctive features.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two detached shrines stand in front, intricately carved and adorned with figures of \u201cdvarapalas\u201d (door guardians), with antechambers decorated by fine cornices and screens .<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>main temple has a portico leading to a central hall<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with three shrines and antechambers to the north, south, and west.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its walls carry niches with images of Vishnu, Lakshmi, Ganesha, and Mahishasuramardini\u2014an epithet of the goddess Durga meaning \u201cslayer of the demon Mahishasura.\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/newsonair.gov.in\/asi-notifies-gollala-gudi-temple-as-monument-of-national-importance-due-to-its-exquisite-carvings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>NOA<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gollala Gudi Temple is an ancient temple located at Palampet in the Mulugu district of Telangana. Read more about Gollala Gudi Temple, Location, Architecture, Latest News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":122997,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10034],"class_list":["post-122936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","tag-gollala-gudi-temple","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122936"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123004,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122936\/revisions\/123004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}