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Jogulamba Gadwal district

Jogulamba Gadwal district is a district in the south of Telangana, India, between the Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers, with its headquarters at Gadwal. It was formed in 2016 from part of Mahbubnagar district and is named after the goddess Jogulamba, whose temple at Alampur is counted among the Shakti Peethas. The town of Gadwal was the seat of the Gadwal Samasthan, a tributary state of Hyderabad.

Jogulamba Gadwal district
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Gadwal Samasthan

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Jogulamba Gadwal district. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/jogulamba-gadwal-district
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