Keesaragutta Sri Ramalingeshwara Temple in Hyderabad, Telangana

Keesaragutta Temple in Keesara Village, Hyderabad is dedicated to Sri Bhavani Ramalingeshwara Swamy.

Temple Info:

Primary Deity:	Lord Shiva
Location:	Keesara
Temple Timings (Mon - Sun):	Morning 6:00 AM to 12:45 PM Evening 3:00 PM to 07:30 PM
City:	Hyderabad
District:	Medchal-Malkajgiri
Architecture:	Dravidian Architecture
State:	Telangana
Country:	India

About Keesaragutta Temple:

Keesaragutta temple is an ideal weekend getaway with friends or family from Hyderabad.

Temple Attractions:

1. 👉 108 Scattered Shiva Lingas all over the rocky hill
2. 👉 Huge Statue of Lord Hanuman
3. 👉 Nice temple park down the hill with many statues

Keesara was once the capital city of Vishnu-Kundin dynasty rulers.

As the temple is present on a rocky hill a small ghat road is constructed and most of the vechiles are permitted on this road to reach till the temple on normal days.

Also, if you are interested you can climb around 20 to 30 steps and reach the temple.

Languages spoken here at this temple are Telugu, Hindi and English.

The temple is less crowded on normal days and good parking facility is provided by the temple authorities.

Prasadam counter is present at the temple premises and one can purchase Laddu, Vada and Pulihora as prasadam.

There are lot of Monkeys present at this temple so be careful with them.

Keesaragutta Temple History:

Lord Rama thought about installing a Shiva Lingam and peform pooja to get rid of the "Brahma Hatya" sin caused after defeating and killing Ravana during the war.

So, Lord Rama asked Lord Hanuman to get a Shiva Lingam from Kashi (Varanasi).

Lord Hanuman took some time to collect all the Shiva Lingams and did not return on time.

As Lord Hanuman could not reach on give time, Sri Rama installed Atma-Linga given by Lord Shiva and finished the task on time.

After returning with 101 Shivalingas, Hanuman was very much frustrated about the fact that Sri Rama has completed his Shiva Linga worship before his return.

With much frustration and angry he threw all the Lingas, all of them fortunately fell on Keesara Gutta.

Lord Rama, blessed Hanuman by saying that the devotees will first see and worship all your siva Lingas before going to the darshan of Sri Rama Lingeswara Swamy.

Sri Rama also blessed Hanuman by saying that from now onwards this hill will be called Kesari Giri.

This name was slowly transformed into 'Keesara Giri' and then finally to 'Keesaragutta' in the present days.

There are other temples constructed separately for Lord Rama with Mother Sita and for Lord Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy.

Festivals Celebrated:

Hindu devotees from all corners of the State come to Keesaragutta especially during Maha Shivaratri and Karthika Masam period.

Keesaragutta Temple Distance:

Keesaragutta is at a distance of just 40 km from Hyderabad city.

How To Reach:

As Keesaragutta Temple is present in Hyderabad you can easily reach this temple by any mode of transportation.

Many locals prefer to visit this temple with their own vehicle or by taking a rented cab or arriving on a shared autos during weekends and on holidays.

By Road:

Keesaragutta is well-connected via road network from all corners of the city.

Hyderabad City Bus (Route No: 242) runs between Secunderabad bus station to Keesara Gutta temple every day via Mettuguda, Tarnaka, ECIL and Bandlaguda.

By Train:

Secunderabad Junction railway station (SC) at a distance of 30 KM and Kacheguda railway station (KCG) at a distance of 32.5 KM are the major intercity railway stations to reach Keesara Gutta temple.

Other nearest small railway stations to reach Keesaragutta are:

1. Ghatkesar railway station (GT) (6 KM)
2. Charlapalli Railway Station (CHZ) (8 KM)
3. Bibinagar Railway Station (BN) (9 KM)
4. Moula Ali Railway Station (MLY) (11 KM)
5. Safilguda Railway Station (SFX) (12 KM)
6. Bolarum Railway Station (BMO) (12 KM)

By Air:

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (Code: HYD) at Shamshabad is the nearest airport present at a distance of 66 KM from Keesaragutta temple.

Daily Pooja Information and Prices:

Nearby Temples

 

When you're finished visiting Keesara Gutta Temple, why not visit other temple attactions in the nearby area?

Here are few temples to start in Hyderabad:

1. 👉 Jagadgiri Gutta Temple
2. 👉 Karmanghat Hanuman Temple
3. 👉 Tadbund Hanuman Temple
4. 👉 Sanghi Temple
5. 👉 Birla Mandir Temple
6. 👉 Ashtalakshmi Temple
7. 👉 Skandagiri temple
8. 👉 Jagannath Temple Hyderabad
9. 👉 Sri Peddamma Thalli Temple
10. 👉 Chilkur Balaji Visa Temple

Temple Address:

Keesara Gutta,
Hyderabad, Telangana
Pincode: 501301

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