Nagalooty

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  noargu

  Located in a dense forest setting, Nagalooty is of about 28 km from Srisailam. This place stands as a testimony to the ravages of time and man. Many dilapidated temples, gopuras, pushkarinies and broken idols speaks about its once glorious past. On architectural grounds and iconographical features the temple and sculpture of Nagalooty can be dated to a period between 13th – 15th Centuries. Commonly associated o Tantric, the Bhairava Cult appears to be one of the most prominent cults in the religion of Srisailam. The ancient foot path to Srisailam from southern and western sides begins at Nagalooty from where excellently laid steps of solid stone slabs can be seen and these steps were constructed by the Reddy Kings in between the period 1326-35 A.D.

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