Jogulamba temple
Two hours at Alampur, by the Tungabhadra: the Jogulamba Shakti Peetha and the Navabrahma temples.
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Our journey · 15–17 August 2025
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Progress was slow on the narrow and ghat roads towards Ahobilam and on the Alampur–Mantralayam stretch. Other slowdowns were mainly due to traffic congestion.
| Section | Reason for low speed | |
|---|---|---|
| Mahanandi → Ahobilam | Very narrow roads and ghat sections | |
| Alampur → Mantralayam | Narrow and difficult road stretches, with congestion near the temple | |
| Other slow areas | Traffic congestion and local movement |
Our families
Two families travelled together in two cars, a Tata Tiago and a Maruti Suzuki S-Cross (Nexa): Vasavya, Usha, Adarsh and Spurthi, and Ganesh, Ramya, Sravan Karthikeya and Aaradhya. We set off from home in Hydernagar at 6:31 AM on 15 August and were back at 3:18 PM on 17 August.
The slow roads
10.8 km/hMahanandi → Ahobilam: overall Timeline average for the leg — the recorded period includes stops and gaps, so this is not a driving speed
Ghat roadnarrow climb from Lower to Upper Ahobilam in the Nallamala forest
≈88 kmAlampur to Mantralayam, 1:45 PM–6:03 PM on 15 Aug, with an hour at Shanthinagar
Mahanandi → Ahobilam. From Mahanandi we took the roads along the Nallamala hills via Gajulapalle, Sirivella and Rudravaram, then the ghat road up to Upper Ahobilam. Very narrow roads and ghat sections made this the slowest leg of the trip.
Alampur → Mantralayam. After the Jogulamba temple we went west on village roads via Undavalli, Shanthinagar, Aiza and Nandavaram — narrow, difficult stretches with heavy speed breakers — and met congestion near the temple at Mantralayam.
Progress was slow on the narrow and ghat roads towards Ahobilam and on the Alampur–Mantralayam stretch. Other slowdowns were mainly due to traffic congestion.
The 10.8 km/h figure is the overall Timeline average for the Mahanandi–Ahobilam leg. The recorded period also includes stops and gaps, so it is not a stop-free driving average. On these roads, start early, keep to daylight on the ghat and expect speed breakers in every village.
Trip highlights
Sri Raghavendra Swamy
Evening darshan at Mantralayam after the village roads from Alampur.
Konda Reddy Fort
The old fort in the middle of Kurnool, first thing in the morning.
Mahanandi
The Mahanandeeswara Swamy temple and its spring-fed pools at the foot of the hills.
Ahobilam
Up the narrow ghat road to Upper Ahobilam and the Karanja and Ugra Narasimha temples.
Yaganti and home
A night at Yaganti, the Uma Maheswara temple in the morning, and home on NH44.
Three days on the road
Distances are by road between the places in our photos and Timeline, so they are approximate.
| Trip day | Route | Approx. km |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1Fri 15 Aug | Hyderabad → Shadnagar → Jadcherla → Kothakota → Itikyal → Alampur → Undavalli → Shanthinagar → Aiza → Nandavaram → Mantralayam → Yemmiganur → Kurnool | 472 |
| Day 2Sat 16 Aug | Kurnool → Mahanandi → Gajulapalle → Sirivella → Rudravaram → Ahobilam → Allagadda → Gospadu → Banaganapalle → Yaganti | 269 |
| Day 3Sun 17 Aug | Yaganti → Krishnagiri → Dhone → Kurnool → Jadcherla → Shamshabad → Hyderabad | 356 |
| Total | ≈1,100 km | |
Day 1 · Fri 15 Aug
Hyderabad → Shadnagar → Jadcherla → Kothakota → Itikyal → Alampur → Undavalli → Shanthinagar → Aiza → Nandavaram → Mantralayam → Yemmiganur → Kurnool
≈472 kmby road
| Time | Place | About this stop |
|---|---|---|
| 6:31 AM | Google Maps ↗ | Both families set off at 6:31 AM. |
| 6:51 AM – 6:59 AM | Google Maps ↗ | A short stop on the way out of the city. |
| 7:59 AM passed through | Google Maps ↗ | Passed through. |
| 8:00 AM – 8:32 AM | Google Maps ↗ | Half an hour off NH44. |
| 9:00 AM passed through | Google Maps ↗ | Passed through. |
| 9:43 AM passed through | Google Maps ↗ | Passed through. |
| 10:10 AM | Google Maps ↗ | A short stop on NH44 before turning off for Alampur. |
| 10:25 AM passed through | Google Maps ↗ | Passed through. |
| 11:31 AM passed through | Google Maps ↗ | Passed through. |
| 11:47 AM – 1:45 PM | Google Maps ↗ | Two hours at Alampur: the Jogulamba temple, one of the Shakti Peethas, and the Navabrahma temples by the Tungabhadra. |
| 1:45 PM: the narrow village roads from Alampur to Mantralayam — about the slow roads | ||
| 2:42 PM – 3:46 PM | Google Maps ↗ | An hour on the Raichur–Kurnool road, after the narrow village roads from Alampur. |
| 4:39 PM passed through | Google Maps ↗ | Passed through. |
| 5:32 PM passed through | Google Maps ↗ | Passed through. |
| 6:03 PM – 7:51 PM | Google Maps ↗ | Evening darshan at Mantralayam on the Tungabhadra, with heavy congestion near the temple. |
| 8:31 PM – 9:47 PM | Google Maps ↗ | A long evening break on the way to Kurnool. |
| 15 Aug 11:24 PM → 16 Aug 7:57 AM | Google Maps ↗ | First night, in Kurnool. |
Day 2 · Sat 16 Aug
Kurnool → Mahanandi → Gajulapalle → Sirivella → Rudravaram → Ahobilam → Allagadda → Gospadu → Banaganapalle → Yaganti
≈269 kmby road
| Time | Place | About this stop |
|---|---|---|
| 8:03 AM – 8:56 AM | Google Maps ↗ | The old fort in the middle of Kurnool, first thing in the morning. |
| 9:10 AM | Google Maps ↗ | A short stop on the way out of Kurnool. |
| 9:46 AM | Google Maps ↗ | A roadside temple on NH40. |
| 10:52 AM passed through | Google Maps ↗ | Passed through. |
| 11:04 AM – 12:35 PM | Google Maps ↗ | The Mahanandeeswara Swamy temple and its spring-fed pools, at the foot of the Nallamala hills. |
| 12:35 PM: the narrow roads and ghat sections from Mahanandi to Ahobilam — about the slow roads | ||
| 2:08 PM passed through | Google Maps ↗ | Passed through. |
| 3:33 PM – 5:07 PM | Google Maps ↗ | Up the narrow ghat road to Upper Ahobilam, among the nine Narasimha shrines in the Nallamala forest. |
| 5:25 PM passed through | Google Maps ↗ | Back down the ghat road towards Lower Ahobilam. |
| 6:05 PM passed through | Google Maps ↗ | Passed through. |
| 6:41 PM passed through | Google Maps ↗ | Passed through. |
| 7:06 PM passed through | Google Maps ↗ | Passed through. |
| 7:38 PM passed through | Google Maps ↗ | Passed through. |
| 7:44 PM passed through | Google Maps ↗ | Almost at Yaganti, after dark. |
| 16 Aug 7:56 PM → 17 Aug 8:38 AM | Google Maps ↗ | Night at Yaganti, and the Uma Maheswara temple, its caves and the growing Nandi in the morning. |
Day 3 · Sun 17 Aug
Yaganti → Krishnagiri → Dhone → Kurnool → Jadcherla → Shamshabad → Hyderabad
≈356 kmby road
| Time | Place | About this stop |
|---|---|---|
| 9:03 AM | Google Maps ↗ | A photo stop on the way to Dhone. |
| 10:11 AM passed through | Google Maps ↗ | Passed through. |
| 10:17 AM passed through | Google Maps ↗ | Back on NH44. |
| 10:28 AM – 11:10 AM | Google Maps ↗ | A 40-minute break on NH44 before the long run home. |
| 11:50 AM passed through | Google Maps ↗ | Passed through. |
| 1:27 PM passed through | Google Maps ↗ | Passed through. |
| 2:23 PM – 2:32 PM | Google Maps ↗ | A last short stop before home. |
| 3:18 PM | Google Maps ↗ | Home at 3:18 PM. |
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Photos from the trip
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Open the photo album ↗Temples by the Tungabhadra, a fort in Kurnool, the springs of Mahanandi and the Narasimha shrines of Ahobilam high in the Nallamala — a long weekend on slow roads, two families and two cars together.