Location: Medak
The 5 Best Things to Do in Medak, India
Medak is a town in Medak district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Medak mandal in Medak revenue division.
1. Medak Cathedral
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 38 reviews
Reviewed By savvyuec - Hyderabad, India
You should pick your day based on what your want to experience:
- If you are looking for architecture (interior specially) & history you may want to plan for a weekday. Do not go on a Sunday because of the service, the interior room are jam packed and it will be difficult to explore the stained glass windows which depict the life of Christ.
- If you are looking for the prayers and performance by the school kids may be Sunday is the day for you. The church is full with visitors and you may get to some performance from the local school children as well.
Overall the place is pretty well maintained and beautiful. A must go if you have not seen large churches in Europe.
2. Medak Fort
Overall Ratings
4 based on 23 reviews
Reviewed By Maniyarasan R - Chennai (Madras), India
This place works well for a short trip from Hyderabad. 80km (about 2 hours) ride. Good roads, short hike up to the top, panoramic view of the town, the fort walls and different gates as you keep going in and up. This place is for the people who love history of architecture, bird watchers, photographers with telephoto lens and for someone who just wants to stare at the expanse, for those want to witness sunrise and sunset.
3. Pocharam Reservoir
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 24 reviews
4. Sri Vidya Saraswathi Shani Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2 reviews
Reviewed By KASIRAO5646 - Hyderabad, India
Sri Vidya Saraswati Temple, is a Hindu temple, dedicated to Goddess Saraswathi. This temple is located in Medak district in Telangana, India. The deity of education in Hinduism is Goddess Saraswati. and hence referred as Vidya Saraswathi
Goddes Saraswathi is the consort of Lord Brahma, who is said to be the Creator. There are a very few temples dedicated to Goddess Saraswathi in India. In Telangana, after Basar in Adilabad District, this temple at Vargal is very famous.
This temple is located on a hillock near Wargal village. On the same hillock are the temples of various other deities, such as:
Sri Lakshmi Ganapathi Temple, Lord Shanishchara Temple, Lord Shiva Temple.
Sri Vidya Saraswathi temple is famous for performing "Learning Ceremony" which is called as Children's Akshara abyasam. Free meals are provided to all devotees at the temple premises, under Nitya Annadanam scheme.
The nine days festival "Navarathri" which occurs in the month of September/October and Vasantha Panchami in the month of Magha (February) are celebrated in a grand way, at the temple every year.
In Navratri festival, Mula Nakshatram, the Birth star of Goddess Saraswati, is the most auspicious day for worshiping Saraswati devi. During this day, special rituals are performed at the temple. We visited this temple on this day which fell on 28th September 2017. We were very much impressed, the way the Pooja was performed and it was the highlight of the day.
5. Sri Kethaki Sangameshwar Temple
Overall Ratings
4 based on 1 reviews
Reviewed By KASIRAO5646 - Hyderabad, India
Sri Ketaki Sangameshwara Swamy Devastanam, is a Hindu ancient temple situated at Jarasangam, Zaheerabad of Medak Dist of Telangana. This temple is about 9 Kms from Zaheerabad and about 110 Kms from Hyderabad on Hyderabad-Mumbai Highway.
The main deity is both Lord Siva and His consort goddess Parvathi, The Goddess is called as Ketaki. The sanctum is small. The deity is not visible from outside. We have to enter inside the temple and on the right side, we can find the Shiv Ling on the Ground level with the Goddess Ketaki behind the Shiv Ling.
Daily abhisekhams are performed from 6.00 AM to 1.00 PM and abhisekham Harathi from 3.00 PM to 6.00 pm.
There is a small pushkarani behind the temple. This is known as "Amrutha Gundam".
The water in this Gundam is believed to cure many skin diseases.There was an incidence also to show this belief. It is said that there are 8 water streams inside this Gundam. The 8 water stream are Sree Narayana, Varuna, Soma, Datta, Indra, Yama. The other 2 names are not known to me.
We had a dip in the holy Gundam at exactly 12.00 noon and later performed Abhisekhan to Lord Siva. Though, in a remote place, many pilgrims from Karnataka and Maharashtra pay visit to this temple and offer prayers to Lord Siva. We are blessed with our visit to this temple on 5th October 2017.
