BaddiPadaga Village

All week I was trying to figure out what I should do this weekend. You see, when you don't know what you like to do, it's really hard to decide what to do. There are so many things I want to try. I woke up this morning and the weather was so nice I knew that whatever I was going to do, I wanted to be outside. 

On 10th June, started my trip to Ratnalayam, a famous Venkateshwara temple near Shamirpet.

Every week used to go there and get blessings of Lord Venkateshwara. Also I like the Pulihora Prasadham, it is so tasty, you can't get that taste anywhere. 

A good thing is, inside the temple, there is a children park avaialble, so kids used to enjoy there much.

After Dharshan decided to go a long drive, So we continue our tip towards Siddipet. Once crossed Siddipet, we took some different direction towards inside villages. Finally reached a place where this temple was located. Later we came to know that the place name is Baddipadaga.

BaddiPadaga Village

Baddipadaga is a large village located in Nangnoor of Medak district, Telangana. This is about 115 KM away from State capital Hyderabad. We roam around in and out of this village and mesmerized by the surroundings. Finally we reach a place where we saw a temple on top a hill. Even thought there is no proper route my talented driver safely drove the car near to the temple.

Look like this temple was very ancient one. The main god is Lord Shiva. When I checked with some elders they said it is Rajanna temple.

I don't have enough information about this place., when I checked in youtube, I found the following link. This may helpful for some tourists.

Shanigaram Village

This is one of my best and favorite place in Telengana. In my earlier visit, I stumbled upon by locality of this place., it was full of greeneries, mountains and lakes. So decided to have a second trip to that place.

Around 2.30 PM started from Bowenbally, and on the way, had enough snacks to keep my momentum in peek. The Hyderabad to KarimNagar Highway is too good, the road is very neat and smooth.

Reached Shanigaram around 5.30 PM  in short period of time (thanks to my driver., actually he is an auto driver).

Shanigaram Lake is a vast one, with the recent rain, it was filled completely. The dam on that lake was built in Nizam period and recently Telengana Government started a project called 'Shanigaram Reservoir Project'. Shanigaram Village is just 25KM away from Siddipet and 125KM away from Hyderabad.

At that time of my first visit., I don't have a good high end phone., so the pictures took from that phone don't have good clarity, so couldn't share those pics.

But now having a decent high end phone,  willing to share some pretty good quality pictures.

While roaming around that Shanigaram lake, we have noticed a small temple under a King's tree., seems it was not maintained properly. Also there is no proper way to go inside that temple.,it was partially blocked and due to fear of snakes, we didn't try to go inside.

Exact opposite to this temple., a completely destroyed mandapa was present. The pillars are carved with some beautiful designs. Not sure why the people not showing any interest to save that temple or reconstruct it.

 There are some stones have the god images which are completely abandoned. Its look like Maha Vishnu's carving.

Under this tree only the temple is located. The tree is so big one. I have asked few elders who crossed that temple., they said the main god was 'Bhimeswara'., a Siva avatar. They said that no one is willing to construct because of the bad elements are thieves around the area prohibiting those initiatives. 

The following map showing the exact location of this place. You can see that big tree in this satellite image.