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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Achampet, Addakal, Alampur, Mahbubnagar, Amangal, Amrabad, Atmakur, Mahbubnagar, Balanagar, Mahbubnagar, Balmoor, Bhoothpur, Bijinapalle, Bomraspeta, Chinna Chintakunta, Damaragidda, Devarakadra, Dhanwada, Doulatabad, Mahbubnagar, Farooqnagar, Gadwal, Ghanpur, Mahbubnagar district, Ghattu, Gopalpeta, Ieeja, Itikyal, Jadcherla, Kalwakurthy, Keshampeta, Kodair, Kodangal, Koilkonda, Kollapur, Kondurg, Kosgi, Kothakota, Kothur, Lingal, Maddur, Mahbubnagar, Madgul, Maganoor, Makhtal, Maldakal, Manopadu, Midjil, Nagarkurnool, Narayanpet, Narva, Mahbubnagar district, Nawabpet, Mahbubnagar district, Pebbair, Peddamandadi, Pedda Kothapalle, Tadoor, Talakondapalle, Telkapalle, Thimmajipeta, Uppunuthala, Utkoor, Vangoor, Veepangandla, Veldanda, Waddepalle, Wanaparthi. Excerpt: Alampur (Telugu: also known as Alampuram) is a temple-town situated in Mahbubnagar district, in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located at about 90 KM from Mahabubnagar, 27 km From Kurnool and 200 km from Hyderabad. Alampur is the meeting point of the sacred rivers Tungabhadra and Krishna and is referred to as Dakshina Kashi(also known as Navabrahmeshwara Theertha) and the Western Gateway of Srisailam, the famous Shaivite (Shaivism) pilgrim centre. The principal deities at Alampur are Brahmeshwara and Jogulamba. It is surrounded by the Nallamala hills. Alampur is situated on the left bank of the Tungabhadra river. Alampur is also the hometown of Lakshmi Kantamma, a former member of parliament. Alampur was under the rule of Shatavahana Ishvakus of Nagarjunakonda, Badami Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Kalyani Chalukyas, Kakatiyas, Vijayanagara Empire and Qutb Shahis of Golconda. Alampur was previously Known as Halampuram, Hamalapuram And Alampuram. Name of this place as Hatampura, mentioned in the inscription dated AD 1101 belongs to...