Zaffergadh

Zaffergadh జఫర్ గడ్
Town
Zaffergadh Location in Telangana, India
Coordinates: 17°46′07″N 79°29′09″E / 17.76856°N 79.48586°E / 17.76856; 79.48586Coordinates: 17°46′07″N 79°29′09″E / 17.76856°N 79.48586°E / 17.76856; 79.48586
Country	India
State	Telangana
Region	Telangana
District	Jangaon
Talukas	Zaffergadh
Population (2013)
• Total	45,096
Languages
• Official	Telugu, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	506316
Telephone code	08711
Vehicle registration	TS 27

Zaffergadh(జఫర్ గడ్) is a village and a mandal in Warangal district of Telangana state in India. Zaffergadh got its name from a Muslim ruler Zaffarudhaula who made this place capital of his dynasty. Zaffergadh Mandal (Headquarters) is 16 km from Ghanpur (Station) and well connected with roads. Zaffergadh is about 130 km from Hyderabad. From Hyderabad you can take National Highway - 202 connecting Hyderabad with Warangal City, get off this highway at Ghanapur (Station) and continue taking road to Zaffergadh.^[1]

Features

Zaffargadh is famous for its ancient history and mughal rulers who ruled this place.

Narasimha Swamy Temple on a Hill . This temple has a sacred story associated with it. According to a legend there was a pandit in this town of Zaffargadh who in his dream saw Narashimha Swamy who telling him that Lord manifested himself on this hill. Pandit was given the detailed position of manifestation by Narshimha Swamy himself and was asked to spread this to people to this town. Pandit then followed his dream and went to the location on this hill where he located Narashimha Swamy's idol at the location of manifeatation. After this, people in this town constructed a temple where they found Sawmy's idol. There is a water sources on this hill where exactly at noon Narashimha Sawmy takes dip in the water and does Surya namaskara by standing at the same place every day. You can see Swamy's footprints at this location. You can actually hear the sound of Swamy taking the dip at noon every day and thereafter you can notice that these foot prints are wet. There is no proper steps/way to get to this temple and that is one of the reason why it did not become popular and not lot of people know about this temple outside of people around this area. You have to literally climb through this hill to get to this temple. No one is supposed to be staying on the hill after dark.

Ruins of Ancient forts ruled by Muslim rulers (Zaffarudhaula). These ruins can be seen on all the hills surrounding Zaffargadh.

Demographics of Zaffergadh Mandal

Telugu is the Local Language here. Also People Speaks Urdu . Total population of Zaffergadh Mandal is 45,096 living in 10,470 Houses, Spread across total 43 villages and 19 panchayats . Males are 22,798 and Females are 22,298.

Villages

The following is the list of villages in Zaffergadh mandal.

• Aliyabad
• Garmillapalle
• Himmathnagar [Guvvala Gudem]
• Konaichelam
• Kunoor
• Obulapur
• Raghunathpalle
• Sagaram
• Shapalle
• Suraram
• Thamadapalle (I)
• Thammadapalle (G)
• Theegaram
• Thidugu
• Thimmampet
• Thimmapur
• Uppugal
• Venkatapuram

Climate

Located in the semi-arid Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh, Zaffergadh has a predominantly hot and dry climate. Summers start in March, and peak in May with average high temperatures in the 42 °C (108 °F) range. The monsoon arrives in June and lasts until September with about 550 mm (22 in) of precipitation. A dry, mild winter starts in late November and lasts until early February, when there islittle humidity and average temperatures in the 22–23 °C (72–73 °F) range.

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