How to reach Mallikarjuna
- Railhead
- Markapur Road
- Rail away
- about 91 km
- Airport
- Hyderabad
- Air away
- about 230 km
- Season
- Oct to Feb
By train: Markapur Road
Markapur Road is the station this page treats as the railhead. It sits about 91 km from the temple town. Its Indian Railways code is MRK.
The devasthanam names Markapur, on the Guntur-Hubli line of South Central Railway, as the nearest station, 91 km away, with buses from there to Srisailam.
By air: Hyderabad
Hyderabad is the airport this page treats as the nearest. It is about 230 km from the temple. On a long route the good combination is usually a flight to the closest well connected airport, then a train or a cab for the remaining distance, rather than a second flight or a day of driving.
Airport transfers are where prices are least predictable. Prepaid desks, app cabs and hotel pickups each cost something different, and at small airports the last departure of the day can be early. If you land late, plan the first night in the airport city rather than pushing on.
The devasthanam names Hyderabad airport as the nearest, 230 km away, and says Telangana runs frequent buses from Hyderabad to Srisailam.
Where you can come from
The cities below are the ones the source names as connected, by rail, by air or by road. They are not a claim about every direct service, and no departure times or train numbers are printed: those change with each timetable, so the live enquiry is the only place to read them for your date.
By road. The devasthanam gives Srisailam at 180 km from Kurnool, 220 km from Hyderabad, 272 km from Vijayawada and 530 km from Bangalore, and asks drivers in private vehicles to take care on the ghat road.
The site gives Hyderabad as 220 km by road in one line and 230 km for the airport in the next, and a third section says airport and railway are about 100 km away. The figures above are the ones the connectivity section prints.
- Devasthanam site, connectivity section, temple trust
By road
Forest hills, ghat road. That is the shape of the approach: some temples are a straight drive into a town, others end in a climb or a crossing. Rather than print a highway number that may have changed with the last resurfacing, this page describes the approach and leaves the turn-by-turn to a live map on the day.
The last leg into Mallikarjuna
The approach to Srisailam climbs a ghat road through the Nallamala forest. Shared cabs and buses run from Markapur Road and from the Hyderabad side, and the drive is slow because of the bends.
Getting your dates right
Oct to Feb is the season this site plans around, with the mildest weather and the smallest chance of a road problem on the approach.
Open all year. If the town itself closes with the temple, book the last night before the shut and the first night after the reopen, because transport thins out around both.
Mahashivratri and Shravan pull the biggest crowds of the year. Trains and rooms fill weeks ahead, and the last leg into town is the bottleneck.
On the coast and in the hills the monsoon makes the approach harder rather than the visit impossible. Plan an extra buffer day at each end of the trip.
The facts in one table
| Getting there | Nearest | Away | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Train | Markapur Road | about 91 km | Last leg by bus, jeep, auto or cab |
| Flight | Hyderabad | about 230 km | Cab or a train for the rest |
| Season | Oct to Feb | - | Open all year |
An "about" figure here is one a temple trust or a state source stated for this temple, and each is listed with its source at the foot of this page.
Common questions about reaching Mallikarjuna
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Sources for Mallikarjuna: srisailadevasthanam.org, srisailadevasthanam.org, enquiry.indianrail.gov.in. What each one covers, and the date it was read, is on the darshan and booking page.