Palakurthi
Village
Jangaon district
Telangana
6,964 in 2001
Census town and mandal headquarters in Jangaon district; birthplace of the Virasaiva poet Palkuriki Somanatha. Two Arya Vysya bodies are recorded here, both attached to the Someswara / Mallikarjuna kshetram - the only place in this region with two distinct Arya Vysya sangams outside a major pilgrimage centre. The 6,964 figure is the census figure quoted in the article body (the infobox separately gives 7,380 for 2011).
Community institutions
Palakurthi Someshwara Temple
Temple ·
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Hill temple; the official district page records that the tomb and birthplace of the poet Palkuriki Somanatha (dated in the page to AD 1160-1240) are at the foot of the hill and that his parents named him after the deity.
Sri Mallikarjuna Swamy Kshetra Arya Vysya Sangam, Palakurthi
Satram ·
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A second Arya Vysya body at Palakurthi attached to the Mallikarjuna Swamy kshetram; entry 82 in the district-wise English list, and given on the aryavysyapdrl list as 'Palakurti - Sri mallikarjuna swami khetra aryavysya vasavi nityaanna satra sangam, Warangal dist'.
Vasavi Arya Vysya Nityanna Satra Sangam, Palakurthi
Satram ·
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Arya Vysya perpetual free-meal society; entry 81 under 'U) WARANGAL DISTRICT' in the district-wise English list, and 'vasavi aryavysya nityannasatra sangam, Palakurthi, Warangal district' in the Telugu register. Palakurthi mandal passed from Warangal district to the new Jangaon district in 2016.
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