Karimnagar History,city information, District Map, Culture and cuisine and festivals .

History

Karimnagar was originally called Kareem Nagar, deriving its name from Syed Kareemullah Shah Saheb Quadri.

It was one of the regional capitals during the rule of the Nizam.[3][4][5] It has many historical monuments such as Tower circle, Kaman circle and Elgandal Fort which is 12 km away from the town of Karimnagar.

Geography

Karimnagar is located at 18.43°N 79.15°E.[6] It has an average elevation of 265 metres above sea level (869 feet).[7]

Culture and cuisine

Culture

Telugu is the language spoken by the majority in Karimnagar. Both traditional attire like Chira, Pancha and modern dress styles are worn. Urdu is one of the major 2nd Language in Karimnagar Dist

Festivals

Typical of this region is the spring festival of Bathukamma. Other major Hindu festivals celebrated in the region are Ugadi, Sri Ramanavami, Vinayaka Chavithi, Holi, Sri Krishna Janmashtami, Dasara, Deepavali, Sankranti and Maha Sivaratri.

Muslims celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Ramadan (ninth month of the Islamic calendar), Laylat al-Qadr (Shab-e-Qadr), Isra and Mi'raj (Shab-e-Meraj), Shab-e-barat (Mid-Sha'ban), Milad-un-Nabi (Mawlid) and Muharram (Day of Ashura) with great pomp and ceremony and Christians celebrate Christmas and Good Friday.

Cuisine

Sakinalu is one of the many traditional snacks made in Karimnagar.[13] Usually, they are made for Sankranti festival. They are made with rice flour and sesame seeds, and fried in oil.

Sarvapindi is the another traditional snack native to Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh

Handicrafts

Karimnagar Silver Filigree is a local silverware handicraft.

Transport:

Road

Karimnagar city is located 165 kilometres from Hyderabad, 70 kilometres from Warangal and 150 kilometres from Nizamabad. APSRTC (Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation), has a Zonal headquarters (covering Adilabad, Nizamabad, Warangal, Khammam, and Karimnagar Districts) in Karimnagar.[16] It has one of the busiest bus stations in India with over 2500 buses passing by every day.

As Karimnagar is not served fully by Rail. So, most of the commuters in city use buses to travel to distant places. APSRTC operates buses from Karimnagar to several places like Hyderabad/Secunderabad (served by 300 buses every day including Volvo coaches), Adilabad, Nizamabad, Warangal, Khammam, Nalgonda,Suryapet, Vijayawada, Vishakapatnam, Guntur, Piduguralla, Ongole, Kandukur, Kavali, Nellore, Puttaparthi & Tirupathi, in Andhra Pradesh. Mumbai, Bhiwandi, Shirdi, Chandrapur, Gadhchiroli, Gondia, Ramtek & Ahiri in Maharashtra State and Bangalore (served by Volvo Coach) in Karnataka State.

Rail

Goods train halts at Karimnagar railway stationand newly started train from karimnagar -tirupathi.

Air

There is no airport facility in karimnagar.