Eturnagaram is a village and a

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 ...

Mulugu district Sammakka Saralamma Mulugu district is a district located in the eastern region of the Indian state of Telangana. Its headquarters is the town of Mulugu. Mulugu district is the least populated district with 294,671 in the state. Mulugu district ...

in the state of

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Dolmen

There is a megalithic

dolmen A dolmen, () or portal tomb, is a type of single-chamber Megalith#Tombs, megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more upright megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone or "table". Most date from the Late Neolithic period (4000 ...

graves site near Eturnagaram in

Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary located in Eturnagaram village in Mulugu district in Telangana, India. It is located from Warangal and from Hyderabad. It is a integrated tribal development town. The sanctuary is loc ...

. .

Wildlife sanctuary

The mandal area is surrounded by a deep forest which includes a southern tropical dry deciduous type of teak and its associates including thiruman,

maddi Maddi is a town and union council of Kulachi Tehsil, Dera Ismail Khan District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a province of Pakistan. Loc ...

, and

bamboo Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial plant, perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily (biology), subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family, in th ...

, while the fauna includes several endangered species including

tiger The tiger (''Panthera tigris'') is a large Felidae, cat and a member of the genus ''Panthera'' native to Asia. It has a powerful, muscular body with a large head and paws, a long tail and orange fur with black, mostly vertical stripes. It is ...

sloth bear The sloth bear (''Melursus ursinus''), also known as the Indian bear, is a myrmecophagous bear species native to the Indian subcontinent. It feeds on fruits, ants and termites. It is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, mainly because of ...

, four-horned

antelope The term antelope refers to numerous extant or recently extinct species of the ruminant artiodactyl family Bovidae that are indigenous to most of Africa, India, the Middle East, Central Asia, and a small area of Eastern Europe. Antelopes do ...

chinkara The chinkara (''Gazella bennettii''), also known as the Indian gazelle, is a gazelle species native to India, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Taxonomy The following six subspecies are considered valid: * Deccan chinkara (''G. b. bennettii'') ...

and

black buck The blackbuck (''Antilope cervicapra''), also known as the Indian antelope, is a medium-sized antelope native to India and Nepal. It inhabits grassy plains and lightly forested areas with perennial water sources. It stands up to high at the sh ...

. It was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1953 because of its bio-diversity. The sanctuary encompasses approximately in Warangal district. River Godavari also passes through the outskirts of the village.

Climate

The climate is usually hot around the year. The temperature often reaches 43°C during summer. There is a sufficient rainfall in the every year. The annual average rainfall is about 1000 mm

References

Mandals in Mulugu district Villages in Mulugu district {{Telangana-geo-stub