Vol. 3, Issue 2, Part C (2017)

Abstract
The excellence of the kakatiya architecture and sculpture is revealed is the constructions of a later age. They include the famous temples at Hanumakonda, Warangal, Pillalamarri and palampet. The thousand pillar temple known as the Rudreswara temple at Hanumakonda constructed by Rudradeva in 1162 A.D. Stands as a testimony for the great architectural priumph of the age of the kakatiyas. The ceilings, the portals, the inner walls and pillar of this temple and colossal image of Nandi-all built of granite and black stone were finely chistelled, elaborately decorated with intricate designs and perfectly pro-portioned with amazing skill and mastery, depicting the figures of animals, deities and scences from the epics.