Thursday, September 21, 2017

Painting by Dr K Prabhakar Rao

SIRNAPALLI FORT. ( GADI ).DIST. NIZAMABAD. . TELANGANA STATE

SIRNAPALLI is a small town today in Dist Nizamabad and is located on the broad gauge railway line Secunderabad..... Nizamabad. earlier it was metre gauge laid by Ex Nizam 7 of Hyderabad that has been converted recently. It is close to Kama Reddy city located on NH Secunderabad to Nizamabdad..... Nagpur. Kama reddy is located on the same railway line. Sirnapalli is located in thick reserve forest which is a Tiger sanctuary too. It was a Samstan during Nizams era and flourished during 6 Nizam Mahbub Ali Khan Asifjahi and 7 Nizam Osman Ali Khan Asif jha. Janakam bai the queen was the very well known ruler of this small Principality and by her noble governing and welfare activities she is well remembered . She was the daughter of Janampally Rameshwar RaoII Raja of wanaparthy and she was married at very young age to raja of SIRNAPALLI In the beginning of 20 century. During communist armed rebellion during Nizams era And after police action the communists attacked the GADI or fort of SIRNAPALLI. Ramchandra Reddy was the ruler. Today the fort is in neglected state and the main buildings like court hall Addala meda I.e glass house are still there and are required to be taken care of. The locals proudly remember the queen.The railway line in the past was deviated from Kama Reddy to reach SIRNAPALLI and later Nizamabad. There is a Rama temple at Indalvai close to SIRNAPALLI and Is very Famous. Dichhpally that  is Also close has a very famous Rama temple with magnificent sculpture of Vijaynagar era of 14 to 17 century.Sirnapalli forest area was haunted by Maoists earlier although the influence to day is much reduced.Old habits die hard.


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