Nava Kailasam Temples History

Nava Kailasam Temples History As per the Legend, During the Lord Siva and Paravati Devi Wedding, sages started gathering at Mount Kailash. Due to the mass gathering, North region went down and South region moved up. To balance the Earth, Lord Siva asked Sage Agasthya to stay at South so that it can be balanced. […]

Magadi Ranganathaswamy Temple History As per the Legend, It is Sage Mandavya who installed Lord Paschima Venkatachalapathy and performed strict penance at this Kshetra. Hence the name, Mandavya Kshetra. The main deity in this temple is facing West, Hence the name Paschima Venkatchalapathy. Magadi is also called as Dakshina Tirupathi which means South Tirupathi. It is […]

Vemulawada Rajanna Temple History This temple is dedicated to Lord Siva and the main deity is called by the name Raja Rajeshwara who resides here with his consort Raja Rajeshwari. Lord Raja Rajeshwara and Goddess Raja Rajaeswari appeared in the dreams of Raja Narendra and instructed on the temple location who later built the temple. This […]

Keer Pandaripuram Machilipatnam Temple This temple was built by Teki Narasimham on 13 Sep 1929. It is believed that Lord Vishnu self-manifested here as Panduranga. It stands second in the row of Panduranga Temples. Pandaripuram in Maharastra is the first in the list. At Chilakalapudi Temple, Poojas are not charged and no Hundi for offerings. […]

Vellore Jalakandeswarar temple As per the folklore, Lord Siva appeared in the dreams of Chieftain Bommi Reddy and revealed his whereabouts. The recovered the Idol from the anthill. The bottom of anthill was filled with water, hence the name Jalakandeswarar ( Lord Siva in water).  This temple is located inside Vellore fort. From the inscriptions, […]

Sholingur Narasimha Temple As per the Legend, Lord Narasimha appeared before Sapta rishi and blessed with Mukti. It is said that Lord appeared for a span of 24 min, hence whoever offers prayers on this hill for 24 mins will be relieved from sins. Hence, the hill got the name Kadigachalam, where Kadigai means 24 […]

Virinjipuram temple Vellore As per the folklore, Lingodbhava is attached with this temple. Lord Siva once emerged as a cosmic pillar and challenged Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma to find the begin and the end. Lord Vishnu in the form of a boar dug deep into the Earth and told Siva that he could not make […]

Sampath Vinayaka Temple Asilmetta Vizag This temple was built in 1962 and is located in the premises of M/s. S.G. Sambandan & Co., Asilmetta. Sri T.S. Rajeswaran, Sri T.S. Selvaganesan and late Sri S.G. sambandan contributed in building the temple for their own. At the initial days, fishermen used to pray before getting into their […]

Tuljapur Bhavani Temple As per the Legend, After the death of Sage Kadarbh, his wife Anubuthi performed strict penance for the Goddess Bhavani to take care of her child on the banks of River Mandakini. The demon Kurkur tried hard to interrupt Tapasya, Goddess Bhavani killed the demon and rescued Anubuthi. It is believed that Goddess […]

Gangapur Dattatreya Temple As per the Legend, Sage Atri performed strict penance for years and his powers grew so much that flames began to emerge from his Jatas. Lord Vishnu, Siva, Brahma appeared before him and asked him as to what he desired. Atri asked for a son who had Gunas of all Gods. They promised […]