Warangal is well known for its granite quarries (notably the black and brown varieties) and as a market

forrice, chilies, cotton, and tobacco.The Warangal city is now going to be Greater Warangal in few months as Basavaraju Saraiah, minister for backward castes welfare said that the next Municipal Elections will be in Greater Warangal. Even faster steps were being taken for this proposal. The Warangal district headquarter is Warangal city. This city is also called as tri-city, as it includes Warangal, Hanamkonda and Kazipet cities. Warangal has been recently in the news because of the Separate Telangana issue. It has been a major centre for the movement and its rebirth. Kaloji Narayana Rao is a freedom fighter and a well known writer from Telangana.

1000 pillar temple

kirti thorana of kakatiya dynasty

Warangal was the capital of Kakatiya kingdom ruled by the Kakatiya dynasty from the 12th to the 14th centuries. The old name of this newly formed city isOrugallu. Oru means one and Kallu means stone.

Kakatiya sculpture at Warangal

The Kakatiyas left many monuments, including an impressive fortress, four massive stone gateways, the Swayambhu temple dedicated to Shiva, and the Ramappa temple situated near Ramappa Lake. The cultural and administrative distinction of the Kakatiyas was mentioned by the famous travellerMarco Polo. Famous or well-known rulers included Ganapathi Deva, Prathapa Rudra, and Rani (queen) Rudrama Devi. After the defeat of PratapaRudra, the Musunuri Nayaks united seventy two Nayak chieftains and captured Warangal from Delhi sultanate and ruled for fifty years. Jealousy and mutual rivalry between Nayaks ultimately led to the downfall of Hindus in 1370 A.D. and success of Bahmanis. Bahmani Sultanatelater broke up into several smaller sultanates, of which the Golconda sultanate ruled Warangal

APGENCO has set up a 500 MW (and another unit of 1x600MW unit is under construction, thus the total capacity will become 1100MW) super thermal power plant in the Chelpur/ Bhupalpally area. Power Grid Corporation of India Limited is having a 630MVA, 400/220KV Substation in the Oglapur village in 1. Kakatiya University(Official Website) 2. National Institute of Technology, Warangal (formerly REC Warangal One of the top ra nked advanced premium technical education institutes in India) 3. Kakatiya Medical College A medical education institute which has a 1000 bed general hospital attached to it. There are several engineering colleges situated around the city, producing thousands of engineering students every year. National Highway 202 (India) between Hyderabad - Bhopalpatnam (Chhattisgarh) connecting the district through Jangaon, Kazipet, Hanamkonda, Mulug, Eturnagaram. Warangal city is surrounded with towns like Bhoopalpally , Parkal, Mahabubabad, Narsampet, Torrur and Jangaon each 30-90 kilometers.

Warangal is about 140 km by road from Hyderabad (capital of Andhra Pradesh).