Head Quarters:Khammam                                                                           Area:16,029 sq.km

The Khammam district is surrounded by Madhya Pradesh State borders in the North, Krishna district in the South, East Godavari district in the East, Warangal and Nalgonda districts in the West directions.  This word comes from ‘Stambhadri’. This is in the center of Khammam town. The temple structure ‘Mantapam’ stands on the rocks of the hill. So it is called Stambhadri, Stambhagiri, Kambagiri. This is 5.82 percent of the state width area.  Before 591 A.D. this was under the rule of Mahadeva Varma. During the period of Mahadeva Raj of this dynasty in 9th generation, the hosters Laxma Reddy, Rangareddy and Velama Reddy of Warangal unearthed fahrlors treasures and they trained army with that money. They occupied Khammam and brief a fort. It took ten years to build Khammam and in 1066 A.D. it was inaugurated. This district was under Teddy kings for 3 centuries and after that because of Gajapathi Kings in various went under the rule of Nandaparni, Kalluru and Gudur families.

This district was formed in the year 1953.

This place was under the rule of Reddy, Ganapathi, Kushan, and Nizam Kings.

Click on the given below different dynasties to have detailed information about the history.

Kakatiyas

QutubShahis

Asaf Jahis 

Rivers in the District: Godavari.

Tourist Attraction: Sri Seetha Ramachandra swamy temple Badrachalam, Khammam fort, Peratalapalli Papi Kondalu, Sri Lalitha Parameswary temple, Kusumanchi temple, Kinnerasani Project and Kinnerasani Sanctuary

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