About the Book: Heritage of the Kakatiyas: Hanamkonda, Warangal, Palampet,
Ghanpur
The kakatiyas were the most powerful kings of Telangana during the 12th and
13th centuries. The 200 or so years of their rule mark the high point in the
prosperity, culture and art traditions of this part of the Deccan. Nowhere is
this better seen than in the thousand-pillar temple of hanamkonda and the
ramappa temple of palampet, both of which preserve a profusion of elaborate
carvings. Though the great svayambhu Shiva temple in Warangal that served as a
dynastic shrine for the kakatiyas was later demolished, its four ceremonial
entrance portals, or toranas, still stand,