Warangal was the capital of a Hindu Shaivaite kingdom
ruled by the Kakatiya Dynasty from the 12th to the 14th centuries. The old name of this newly formed city is
Orugallu.
Oru means one and
Kallu means stone. The Ancient name was Andhra Nagaram please refer Andhra Maha Vishnu temple.
Literary evidence shows that long before Satavahanas, a legendary king named Andhra vishnu ruled in and around the Diviseema region of Andhra Pradesh. After his reign, people came to believe that he had an amsa of the divine savior Lord Maha Vishnu himself. Perhaps in his honor, people dedicated a new temple now located at srikakulam.The lord of the temple is known as Āndhra Viṣhṇu or Srikākuḷāndhra Viṣhṇu. 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 traveller marco Polo. Famous or well-known rulers included Ganapathi Deva, Prathapa Rudra, and Rani (queen) Rudrama Devi. After the defeat of PratapaRudra, the Musunuru 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 . Bahmanu sultanate later broke up into several smaller sultanates of which the Golconda sultanate ruled Warangal. The mughal emperor Aurangazeb conquered Golconda in 1687, and it remained part of the Mughal empire until the southern provinces of the empire split away to become the state of Hyderabad in 1724 which included the Telangana region and some parts of Maharashtra and Karnataka. Hyderabad was annexed to India in 1948, and became an Indian State. In 1956 Hyderabad was partitioned as part of the States Recognisation Act. and Telangana the telugu speaking region of Hyderabad state which includes Warangal, became part of Andhra Pradesh.
