What is "namalagundu"

Namalagundu is a residential suburb of Secunderabad, India. It was one of the main residential area (Along with Sithafalmandi) in Secunderabad apart from the Railway Quarters. It was one of the first residential layout approved by MCH in 1965. Today it is mainly a middle-class neighborhood and is only 1.5 km from the Secunderabad Station. Originally there were two huge boulders; one sitting a top of a small hill and another boulder bisecting the road towards Sithafalmandi and Mylargadda. The first boulder has completely disappeared which was behind the current Hanuman Temple and replaced by dwellings. The second boulder was where the current Lord Kalyana Venkateswara temple stands. Both these boulders had huge three vertical lines or Namalu (Telugu) and boulders are called Gundu (Telugu); hence the name Namalagundu.