drawn from Palkuriki Somana’s Basava Purana. The icon, enshrined in the village temple, shows the goddess cradling a child — interpreted by KTCB member K. Rajeshwar as her nurturing of a ...

Hyderabad: Kankanala Rajeshwar, a member of the Kotha Telangana Charitra Brundam, has identified that the sculpture in the Bejjor village temple, located in Bheemgal Mandal, Nizamabad, is that of ...