Alampur, Kurnool

Hemalapuram is a town situated in Jogulamba Gadwal district in the Indian state of Telangana. Alampur is a popular Hindu pilgrimage site in Shaktism and is also home to the Navabrahma Temples, a group of nine temples dedicated to Shiva built in the seventh and eighth century CE. It is the meeting point of the rivers Tungabhadra and Krishna and is referred to as Dakshina Kasi and is also considered the western gateway to Srisailam. The sacredness of Alampur is mentioned in the Skanda Purana. It is surrounded by the Nallamala hills and is situated on the left bank of the Tungabhadra river.Alampur was ruled by badami chalukyas they built 9 cluster of shiva temples.After them rashtrakutas of manyakheta and western chalukyas of karnataka built papanasi temples. Alampur is home to hundreds of old Kannada inscirptions because it was ruled by all Kannadiga dynasties like badami chalukyas,Rashtrakutas of manyakheta,western chalukyas of kalyani etc. Alampur contains numerous Hindu temples, the prominent ones being Jogulamba temple, Navabrahma temples, Papanasi temples, and Sangameswara Temple. ()