Nandagiri

The village Nandagiri is in Jagtial district of Telangana state. It has three temples nearby. The distance between Karimnagar and Nandagiri nearly 35 km. 28 km from Jagtial. Agriculture is the major occupation in this village, and although Kakatiya canal is flowing through the village, it only irrigates 5 to 6 percent of the lands.^{[citation needed]}

The total population of the village stands at around 3,000 people (2011 census).^{[citation needed]} In the 2014 elections, 1,700 voters used their vote.^{[citation needed]} This village comes under DHARMAPURI(MLA) & PEDDAPALLI(MP) consistencies.

Nandagiri Veerabhadra temple is a famous temple in this village. Every year during Ekadashi they conduct celebrations in this temple.^{[citation needed]}

TSRTC provided 5 buses to connect this village (LINGAPUR, CHILVAKODUR, PEDDAPALLI, DEEKONDA, KOTLA)

In this village, all political parties like TRS, Congress, BJP have individual cader. Grampanchayath office located in the middle of the village. It includes granite mines but no benefit for village revenue.^{[citation needed]}

It is said that King Satakarni (241 BC), the son of King Sreemukha of Satavahana dynasty, while going on Jaithra Yathra (victory lap) from Paithan (Prathistanapuram, present Aurangabad in Maharashtra state), made a halt at Nandagiri village and constructed a Gagana Mandiram (Sky Palace) on the top of the hillock. Its ruins are visible even now. Later on, it is said that the 17th king in the Satavahana Dynasty, King Hala (who wrote "Gatha Saptha Shathi") and his wife resided at Nandagiri. Even though the Satavahana kings practiced Vedic religions, they also patronized Jainism and Buddhism and hence earned name Eka Brahmana. They constructed temples as per the Advaitha culture on the advice of Vedic scholars. Satakarni family origins come from Ikshvaku Dynasties of Ancient India and were part of Ramayana and Mahabharata era.