Nameswara Temple, Pillalamarri

Nameswara Temple, also called the Parvati Mahadeva Nameswara temple, is a Shiva temple at Pillalamarri, about 6 km north-west of Suryapet in Telangana. Namireddi of the Recherla Reddis, feudatories of the Kakatiyas, built it on the banks of the Musi around 1202 CE, and a pillar inscription sets out his genealogy. It forms a double temple with the Trikuteswara Temple beside it to the north, and is one of four carved stone temples in Pillalamarri, a major town in the Kakatiya period. The archaeologist Ghulam Yazdani surveyed the then ruined group in 1926–27.

An east-facing portico leads to a hall, a vestibule and the sanctum. The pillars of the hall are richly carved but have been deliberately defaced, and a pedestal for a large Nandi stands empty. Wall paintings survive inside, one showing the churning of the ocean, with devas and asuras pulling the serpent Vasuki around Mount Mandara. The present vimana is a modern replacement for one already lost by 1926.