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SRISAILAM
- MALLIKARJUNA SWAMI |
Temples in vicinity :
- Tripurantakam – the east of Sree Sailam.
- Siddavattam – of Cuddapah district to the South
- Alampur Navabrahma temples – in Mahboobnagar district
to the West
- Umamaheswaram – in Mahboobnagar district to the North.
- Paladhara Panchadara – the spot where Adi Sankara is
said to have meditated.
- Hatakeswaram – another Shiva temple near Paladhara
Panchadara where the lingam was originally made of gold.
- Sakthi Ganapathi temple – It is considered important to
visit this temple before visiting Sri Sailam.
- Kailasa Dwaram – The main entrance to Sri Sailam for
those trekking to the temple
- Sikharam – There is a hill temple dedicated to Shiva at
a height of 2850 feet above sea level in the Nallamalai hills
- Patalaganga – is where the bathing ghats associated
with Sri Sailam are located. (Krishna river).
Temple history :
Mallikarjuna swamy temple is a huge temple built in the Dravidian style with fort like
walls, lofty towers and sprawling courtyards. This can be said to be the finest specimen
of the Vijayanagara Architecture. Kakatiyas and Vijayanagar Kings are also known to have
made several endowments here.
The famous Skanda Purana has a chapter
dedicated to the temple. Adi Shankara, the religious leader is also said to have composed
his ‘Sivananda Lahari’ here. Tamil saint poets of past millennium have sung the
temple’s fame. |
