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Bheemunipadam Waterfalls cries for attention
The Bheemunipadam Waterfalls, about 60 km from Warangal at Konnulavancha village in Gudur mandal in the district is gaining popularity and has great potential to become a major tourist spot provided the state government improves basic infrastructure facilities such as road connectivity.
​Narsampet/Govindaraopet (Warangal): The Bheemunipadam Waterfalls, about 60 km from Warangal at Konnulavancha village in Gudur mandal in the district is gaining popularity and has great potential to become a major tourist spot provided the state government improves basic infrastructure facilities such as road connectivity.
Following incessant rains, a large number of people are thronging to Laknavaram Lake, Pakal Lake and Ramappa Lake along with Bheemunipadam as these water bodies and waterfalls are brimming with water.
The Bheemipadam Waterfalls is semi-circular in shape and is located in deep, dense forests and surrounded by hillocks. The water falls from a hillock from a height of 20 feet presenting the onlookers a picturesque view.
Situated near Kommulavancha village under Seethanagaram gram panchayat in Gudur mandal of Narsampet division, the waterfalls is badly lacking in road connectivity. The roads are narrow and are in bad condition making it difficult for the people to reach the waterfalls. They have to walk 2km to reach it from the main road.
The Bheemunipadam Waterfalls, according to the legend, is that Bheemasena, one of the Pancha Pandavas during their ‘Aranyavasam’ went there to save a local Yadava deity Papanachamma who used to live in a house made of wax on a hillock here.
Her relative called Muni Rajulu sets the house on fire. Bheema rushes to save her and had put his second foot at Bheemunipadam and hence the waterfalls got the name.
Bheemunipadam has lush green surroundings, serene atmosphere and has great tourism potential. “No government has taken measures to improve this place, laments a local trader Ch Yakanna.
In the past, the waterfalls used to flow perennially and is considered to be a holy place by the local people.
But, of late, the place is falling prey to youth who go there to consume liquor, strew garbage near the stream which hurts the sentiments of the local people, Yakanna said. According to him, water from the hillocks that forms into a stream helps the locals to irrigate their fields.
By: James Edwin
