Isro’s Human Space Flight Centre has recommended that Shukla be the prime mission pilot and Group Capt Prashanth Nair a backup. Final approval will be given by the multilateral crew operations panel. Shukla and Nair are among the four astronauts-designate selected for India’s Gaganyaan mission, to send astronauts to space.

Many devotees come from other districts to visit the goddess Maisamma at Karimnagar. Every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday, a special pooja is performed here.

From aesthetic architecture to rich history, these popular temples have a lot to offer.