Alair is a town in

Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. The administrative headquarters is located at Bhuvanagiri which is also known as Bhongiri. The district shares boundaries with Suryapet, Nalgonda, Jangaon, Siddipe ...

of the

Indian state India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into 800 districts and smaller administrative divisions by the respe ...

Telangana Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...

. It is a municipality and one of the constituencies in the

. It is located in Alair

mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative c ...

Bhongir revenue division Bhongir revenue division (or Bhuvanagiri revenue division) is an administrative division in the Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district of the Indian state of Telangana Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in ...

. Alair is known for its

Kulpakji Kulpakji also Kolanupaka Temple is a 2,000 year-old Śvetāmbara Jain temple in the village of Kolanupaka in Aler City, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district, Telangana, India. The temple houses three deities: one each of Lord Rishabhanatha, Lord N ...

Jain temple, and also known as the birthplace of

Renukacharya Panchacharyas previously known as Chaturacharyas, are religious figures of Veerashiva denomination of Shaivism. Veerashaivism is thought to be an evolution of the Kalamukha Shaiva Jiyar tradition. Panchacharya means five sages, referring to Ren ...

, (also known as Revaṇārādhya or Revaṇasiddha) one of the five acharyas who came in the Kali Yuga to teach and preach Vīraśaivism.

Geography

Aler is located at .Aleru at Fallingrain.com
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Government and politics

Alair municipality is the

local self-government Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of governance or public administration within a particular sovereign state. Local governments typically constitute a subdivision of a higher-level political or administrative unit, such a ...

, constituted on 1 August 2018, by merging Alair and Bahadurpeta gram panchayats. Alair falls under

Alair assembly constituency Alair Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of 12 constituencies in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district. It is part of Bhongir Lok Sabha constituency. Beerla Ilaiah of Indian National Congre ...

Telangana Legislative Assembly The Telangana Legislative Assembly (ISO: ''Telangāṇa Śāsana Sabha'') is the lower house of the Telangana Legislature. The Legislative Assembly of Telangana currently consists of 119 elected members. The members of the ''Vidhana Sabha'' ...

, which is one of the segments of Bhongir Lok Sabha constituency.

Transport

Aler is well connected by roadways which passes from Hyderabad to Warangal. The

Telangana State Road Transport Corporation The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (abbreviated as TGSRTC) is a state-owned corporation that runs bus transport services to and from the Indian state of Telangana. It was formed in 2014 by bifurcating the Andhra Pradesh State Ro ...

public transport buses to major destinations from Aler. Aler Railway Station is Located in Telangana. It belongs to South Central Railway.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aler Cities and towns in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district Mandal headquarters in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district