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Telangana travel guide

తెలంగాణ

Every district of Telangana and what it is known for — 145 places to visit across 33 districts, with how to reach each one, the best time to go and where to stay.

  • Capital Hyderabad
  • 33 districts
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Before you go

Ramappa Temple (Mulugu) is Telangana's World Heritage Site. Incredible India still lists it, Laknavaram and Eturnagaram under Warangal, and Bhadrachalam under Khammam; the guides use the current districts.

Stays are TGTDC (Telangana Tourism) hotels with the tariff and phone number shown on tgtdc.in on 3 Nov 2026. April-May is very hot; waterfalls are best, and riskiest, from July to October.

Top places to visit in Telangana

One place from each district that our guide covers in depth.

  1. Kuntala Waterfalls

    Adilabad district · Lakes, falls and forests

    The Kadem drops 45 m (district portal; Incredible India gives 147 ft); both call it Telangana's highest waterfall (claim).

  2. Sri Seetha Ramachandra Swamy Temple, Bhadrachalam

    Bhadradri Kothagudem district · Temples and shrines

    Rama temple of the 17th century (Incredible India) on Bhadragiri above the Godavari (district portal).

  3. Thousand Pillar Temple (Rudreswara Swamy)

    Hanumakonda district · Temples and shrines

    Kakatiya temple to Shiva, Vishnu and Surya; on UNESCO's tentative list with Warangal Fort and the Kakatiya Kala Thoranam (Wikipedia). Incredible India wrongly calls it a World Heritage Site.

  4. Charminar

    Hyderabad district · Forts, palaces and monuments

    Built in 1591 by Sultan Mohammed Quli Qutb Shah (district portal); minarets 48.7 m high (Incredible India).

  5. Sri Anjaneya Swamy Temple, Kondagattu

    Jagtial district · Temples and shrines

    Hanuman temple among forested hills, said to be about 500 years old (district portal).

  6. Jangaon (district headquarters)

    Jangaon district · District headquarters

    Headquarters of Jangaon district (Wikipedia); district formed: 11 October 2016.

  7. Kaleshwara Mukteswara Swamy Temple

    Jayashankar Bhupalpally district · Temples and shrines

    Shiva temple with two lingams on one pedestal, at the Godavari-Pranahita confluence (district portal).

  8. Alampur: Jogulamba and Navabrahma temples

    Jogulamba Gadwal district · Temples and shrines

    Jogulamba is counted the fifth of 18 Shakti Peethas (district portal); the nine Navabrahma temples are early Badami Chalukya work of the 7th-9th centuries (Wikipedia).

  9. Domakonda Fort (Gadi Domakonda)

    Kamareddy district · Forts, palaces and monuments

    18th-century fort with a granite wall and stucco-decorated two-storey building (district portal).

  10. Lower Manair Dam

    Karimnagar district · Lakes, falls and forests

    Dam on the Manair, a Godavari tributary, part of the Sriram Sagar project (district portal; Incredible India).

  11. Wyra Reservoir

    Khammam district · Lakes, falls and forests

    Reservoir built in 1930 (district portal).

  12. Saptagundala (Mitta) Waterfalls

    Kumuram Bheem Asifabad district · Lakes, falls and forests

    Seven falls reached by a 3 km trek over rough ground (district portal).

  13. Sri Veerabhadra Swamy Temple, Kuravi

    Mahabubabad district · Temples and shrines

    Temple the portal attributes to Bheema Raju of the Vengi Chalukyas, about 900 AD, renovated by the Kakatiyas (district portal).

  14. Mahabubnagar (district headquarters)

    Mahabubnagar district · District headquarters

    Headquarters of Mahabubnagar district (Wikipedia); district formed: pre-2016 district.

  15. Gandhari Khilla

    Mancherial district · Forts, palaces and monuments

    Partly excavated hill fort in forest; Mahankali jatara each year (district portal).

  16. Medak Cathedral

    Medak district · Temples and shrines

    Church of South India cathedral built by Charles Walker Posnett's mission and consecrated on 25 December 1924 (district portal; it spells the name "Fasnet").

  17. Sri Ramalingeswara Swamy Temple, Keesaragutta

    Medchal-Malkajgiri district · Temples and shrines

    Hill temple linked by legend to Rama; busy at Shivaratri (district portal; TGTDC).

  18. Ramappa (Rudreshwara) Temple

    Mulugu district · Temples and shrines

    Kakatiya Shiva temple begun in 1213 under the general Recherla Rudra; UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2021 (Wikipedia; Incredible India).

  19. Uma Maheswara Swamy Temple

    Nagarkurnool district · Temples and shrines

    Cave shrine in the Nallamala forest with a two-coloured lingam; the portal's Mauryan date is a claim (district portal).

  20. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam

    Nalgonda district · Lakes, falls and forests

    Masonry dam built 1955-1967 with 26 gates, on the Telangana-Andhra Pradesh border (Wikipedia); the portal calls it the world's largest masonry dam (claim).

  21. Narayanpet (district headquarters)

    Narayanpet district · District headquarters

    Headquarters of Narayanpet district (Wikipedia); district formed: 17 February 2019.

  22. Sri Gnana Saraswati Temple, Basara

    Nirmal district · Temples and shrines

    Saraswati temple where children are brought for akshara abhyasam (district portal).

  23. Dichpally Ramalayam

    Nizamabad district · Temples and shrines

    Kakatiya temple in black and white basalt; the portal dates it to the 14th century (district portal).

  24. Dhulikatta Buddhist Stupa

    Peddapalli district · Forts, palaces and monuments

    Hinayana stupa with a Brahmi label datable to the 2nd century BC (district portal).

  25. Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Temple, Vemulawada

    Rajanna Sircilla district · Temples and shrines

    Shiva temple called "Dakshina Kasi"; crowds at Shivaratri (district portal).

  26. Chilkur Balaji Temple

    Rangareddy district · Temples and shrines

    Balaji temple beside Himayat Sagar (district portal).

  27. Kondapur Archaeological Museum

    Sangareddy district · Museums and culture

    Finds from the nearby Kotagadda fort mound, first identified by Henry Cousens (district portal).

  28. Siddipet (district headquarters)

    Siddipet district · District headquarters

    Headquarters of Siddipet district (Wikipedia); district formed: 11 October 2016.

  29. Undrugonda Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Devasthanam

    Suryapet district · Forts, palaces and monuments

    Hill fort the portal attributes to the Vishnukundins (5th century) with a Narasimha temple (district portal).

  30. Ananthagiri Hills

    Vikarabad district · Lakes, falls and forests

    Forest hills where the Musi rises; trekking, caves and an old temple (district portal).

  31. Pangal Fort

    Wanaparthy district · Forts, palaces and monuments

    Hill fort of the Kalyani Chalukyas (11th-12th centuries) with seven gateways (district portal).

  32. Warangal Fort

    Warangal district · Forts, palaces and monuments

    Capital of the Kakatiyas, who ruled from 1175 to 1324 CE (Incredible India); the city name comes from Orugallu, "one stone" (district portal).

  33. Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, Yadagirigutta

    Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district · Temples and shrines

    Hilltop Narasimha temple (Pancha Narasimha Kshetram); 5,000-8,000 pilgrims a day (district portal; Incredible India).

Districts of Telangana 33

33 (map under review; frozen for Census) — 33 districts; a judicial commission to review the district map was announced in Jan 2026, but boundaries are frozen for Census 2027. Guides live for all 33.

Festivals and dates to plan around

  • Bathukamma and Dasara — Statewide: September-October; 2027 dates to confirm
  • Bonalu — Hyderabad and Secunderabad: Ashada month (July-August); 2027 dates to confirm
  • Sammakka Saralamma (Medaram) Jatara — Medaram, Mulugu: Last held January 2026 (Wikipedia); next dates to confirm
  • Sri Rama Navami Kalyanam — Bhadrachalam: March-April; 2027 date to confirm
  • Maha Shivaratri — Vemulawada, Keesaragutta, Kuntala: February-March; 2027 date to confirm
  • Gangapur jathara — Rebbana, Kumuram Bheem Asifabad: Magha full moon (district portal)