Panchakuta Venugopala Temple, Telangana

Address

Panchakuta Venugopala Temple, Ramanujapuram (Village), Venkatapur, Jayashankar Bhupalpally Warangal Distruct, Telangana 506345

Diety

Venugopala

Introduction

Ramanujapur village is located nearly 47 km from the district headquarters of Warangal and is accessible by road. The temple locally known as “Nancharigudi” is a rare Panchakuta type of temple built by the Kakatiyas. It has five shrines with a common rangamandapa, constructed within a rectangular stone prakara with an entrance on the southern side. A Panchakuta temple, built during the reign of Kakatiyas, now in completely ruined state, only the MukhaMandapa survives. The central shrine of the Panchakuta temple faces south, and the remaining four shrines face east and west (two on each side). The architraves of 5 shrines are depicted with Samudramadhana, Umamaheswara, Venugopala flanked by gopikas, Astabhuja Devi and Nataraja flanked by dikpalas. Though there is no presiding deity in the Garbhagriha, it seems to be that it has been dedicated to Venugopala as the architrave of the main temple is portrayed with Venugopala flanked by gopikas.