శ్రీశైలం, శ్రీ కాళహస్తీ, ధ్రాక్షారామం ఈ మూడు దేవాలయాల మద్య భూబాగంను కాకతీయులు పాలీంచిన ఏరియా త్రీల్లింగ దేశం కాలగమనం లో "తెలంగాణ" గా మారింది...And English version some more info.
The name Telangana is derived from the word Trilinga, as in the Trilinga Desa, which translates to "the country of the three lingas". According to a Hindu legend, Shiva descended in the lingam form on three mountains, Kaleshwaram, Srisailam and Draksharama, which marked the boundaries of the Trilingadesa, later called Telinga, Telunga or Telugu.
The word "Telinga" changed over time to "Telangana" and the name "Telangana" was designated to distinguish the predominantly Telugu-speaking region of the erstwhile Hyderabad State from its predominantly Marathi-speaking one,Marathwada. After Asaf Jahis sold and/or ceded the Seemandhra region to the British, the rest of the Telugu region retained the name Telinga and the other parts were called Madras Presidency's Circars and Ceded.
One of the earliest uses of a word similar to Telangana can also be seen in a name of Malik Maqbul (14th century CE), who was called the Tilangani, which implies that he was from Tilangana. He was the commander of the Warangal Fort (kakatiya paludu).
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