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 Srisailam to its top is a memorable charity of the brothers A short description of Rachakonda is given below :

Rachakonda means Rajah's Hill. It is situated in modern Hyderabad, and is a part of Nallagonda taluk. It is about six miles west of Narayanapuram Estate, thirty-two miles east of the city of Hyderabad, thirty miles south of Bhuvanagiri, and at the same distance north-west of Devarakonda. It is surrounded on all sides by mountains and has a circumference of thirty miles. At the centre of this circle is the capital with an extent of about ten miles. Huge gateways into the town were built on the four sides with different names, and side by side with these, temples with different idols and descriptive stone inscriptions. Almost the whole of the town has since gone to decay, and with the help of the few relics that remain we can judge fairly well its past history and glory. Traces of palace-streets and bazaar-streets are seen here