Dornakal is one of the largest towns in

Mahabubabad district Mahabubabad district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. The district was carved out from the erstwhile Warangal district following the re-organisation of districts in the state in October 2016. The district shares boundaries with Sur ...

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 ...

, India. The town is important as a Railway Junction where a branch line emanates to

Manuguru Manuguru is a census town and mandal in Bhadradri Kothagudem district in the Indian state of Telangana. It falls under the Mahaboobabad Parliamentary constituency and the Pinapaka Assembly constituency. Manuguru is an urban area situated on t ...

and

Bhadrachalam Road Bhadrachalam Road railway station (station code:BDCR) is a fourth grade non-suburban (NSG–3) category Indian railway station in Secunderabad railway division of South Central Railway zone. It serves Kothagudem in Bhadradri Kothagudem distric ...

and is also on the Vijayawada - Warangal - Secunderabad/Peddapalli mainline in South India.

History

Like the names of many villages of India, the name Dornakal has some geographic significance. The word Dornakal means "a group of stones" and this meaning is applicable to the immediate locality. The word "stone," or its equivalent, is used in more than a dozen forms in the naming of the villages of the Deccan plateau. Dornakal is located on the slopes of a rock region thru which a small river flows. The stream has its source about north of the village. It is the overflow of a big "natural tank" or lake, which has an area of . Dornakal proper was founded some hundreds of years ago, but the new Dornakal and its extension came into prominence in the late 1800s (around 1890) with the advent of the railway and the mission. Dornakal was located in a forested region where tigers were quite common. The main factors in the expansion of the town is due to its position on the main railway route to important towns; the timber of the forests; the resources of coal fields near the village; and the activities of a Christian mission, with its school for vocational training. Dornakal is in the tropical zone about south of the Tropic of Cancer. Its altitude is less than above sea level, and it is about from the sea. Dornakal has a typical tropical weather, with the maximum temperatures in summer ranging between and the maximum winter temperatures ranging between and the coldest nights in December have temperatures between .

Church of South India

Dornakal is the Headquarters for the

Diocese of Dornakal of the Church of South India Dornakal Diocese is a diocese of the Church of South India in Telangana state of India. The diocese mainly covers the pastorates in Warangal, Nalgonda, East Godavari and Khammam districts and also has churches in Odissha state. The Church of ...

and is one of the 24 dioceses of the

Church of South India The Church of South India (CSI) is a united Protestant Church in India. It is the result of union of a number of Protestant denominations in South India that occurred after the independence of India. With a membership of over 4.5 million, it ...

. It is one of the three dioceses of the Church in the state of

, the other five being Karimnagar Diocese,

Medak Diocese The Diocese of Medak is one of the prominent dioceses in the Church of South India, a united Protestant church with its headquarters in Medak comprising nearly 200 Presbyters ministering to Telugu, Lambadi, Tamil,P. Y. Luke, J. B. Carman, ''Vill ...

. Epiphany Cathedral is the second biggest church in the two Telugu states (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana) after the Church in Medak.

Transport

The state-run

TSRTC 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 ...

runs buses to connect to all parts of the state. The Indian Railways is planning a high-speed link passing through Hyderabad–Dornakal–Vijayawada–Chennai. Dornakal Junction is one of the biggest railway stations in South Central Railway with continuous arrivals and departures of passenger, express and superfast trains through day and night.Indian Railways - Dornakal Junction Train Timings
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References

{{reflist Cities and towns in Mahabubabad district Church of South India 1939 establishments in India