Dichpally Ramalayam

Dichpally Ramalayam is a Lord Rama temple located in Dichpally Village of Nizamabad, Telangana built in 14th century by Kakatiya kings. As the temple has a lot of resemblance in its style and structure, it is also called the Indhoor Khajuraho or the Khajuraho of Nizamabad. This is also called Khilla Ramalayam^[1]

Dichpally Ramalayam
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Nizamabad
Deity	Bhagwan Rama
Location
Location	Dichpally
State	Telangana
Country	India
Location in India
Geographic coordinates	18.58688°N 78.20629°E / 18.58688; 78.20629
Architecture
Type	Kakatiya
Creator	Kakatiya Kings
Completed	14th Century CE

Architecture

Temple was built of black and white basalt stone, with the finest architecture and excellent craftsmanship of goddesses, animals, devils and Khajuraho style erotic structures on it. This ancient temple has awesome sculpture with extremely beautiful carvings on temple walls, ceilings, pillars, and door frames.

The temple is enclosed by a masonry wall, with bastions at four corners, and a gateway facing the north.^[2]

Dichoopully in 1858, by James Maurice Primrose

This temple has 105 steps which the visitors have to walk in order to offer prayers to the deity. For the convenience of old and challenged people, the temple also has a pedestrian subway. The subway is also the common connecting link with the Raghunanda Temple. Each carving on the walls inside and outside of the temple stand as strong reminders of the Kakatiya glory.^[3] The temple is visited by thousands of devotees on the festival Sri Rama Navami.