Sri Ujjaini Mahakali Temple is a temple in the Secunderabad area in Telangana which is 191 years old. Devotees offer prayers to the goddess every day. In particular, Lakhs of devotees offer prayers during Ashada Jathara, which usually falls on Sunday and Monday.In the year 1813, a Military Battalion in which one Suriti Appaiah, a Doli Bearer was transferred to Ujjaini. At the time Cholera broke out in a virulent firm, and thousands of people died. Suriti Appaiah and his associates went to Mahakali Devasthanam at Ujjaini and prayed that if the people are saved from the epidemic, they would install the idol of Mahakali, Secunderabad. Accordingly after return from Ujjaini, Sri Suriti Appaiah and his associates have installed the idol of Goddess Mahakali made of wood at Secunderabad in July 1815. During construction of sanctum sanctorum a stone idol named as Manikyalamma was found and that the said idol was also installed besides Sri Mahakali Ammavaru.

It is also popular during the festival of Bonalu.t is believed that in the year 1813, Cholera broke out in the city and thousands of people died due to it. At the same time batch of military battalion transferred to Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh from Secunderabad. A doli bearer Suriti Appaiah along with his associates went to the Mahakali Devastanam at Ujjain and prayed for the benefit of people, if the people saved from the epidemic, he will install a deity of the goddess. AS soon as they have return from Ujjain, Appaiah and his associates installed the idol made of wood in Secunderabad in July 1814.

The 190-year-old Ujjaini Mahakali Temple is dedicated to Goddess Mahakali and is located in Secunderabad. The idol of the goddess is seen in the padmasana posture with four hands carrying a sword, a spear, a damaru (two-headed drum), a vessel of amrut. The idol is covered and fixed with a silver shield (vendi kavacham).According to a legend, there was a cholera outbreak in 1813 and Suriti Appaiah, a member of a military battalion, prayed to Mahakali Devasthanam at Ujjaini, promising to install an idol of the goddess in Secunderabad if people were saved. This led to the construction of the temple during which an idol of Goddess Manikyalamma was found. It is now kept in the sanctum sanctorum. The stone idol of Goddess Mahakali was installed here in 1964.  Source : Wikipedia

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By Road: 10 Kms from MGBS Bus Stop, Hyderabad
By Train: 1.5 Kms from Secunderabad Railway Station
By Air: The nearestinternational airport is Hyderabad.