07, November 2011
I went to the
SRISAILAM temple on the 5th and 6th of November
2011 and had a good darshan. I reached the temple at about 18.00
hrs stayed the night at the temple and returned back on the 6th Sunday.
Since the visit time was a weekend and also a holiday on Monday,
there was a heavy rush to the Temple ,
mostly from North
India . Another reason for the crowd is there are
special poojas from 27th Oct to 15th Nov
2011 . The rush was regulated like Tirupati to
stand in long Q with usual ‘jarkandi’. I also visited a second time to this
temple and the details are posted in a separate post. (CLICK
HERE ).
Since Cell phones and
Cameras are not allowed I could not take pictures inside the temple and
some of the pictures taken outside the temple are uploaded in this post.
268 /1. SRI MALLIKARJUNA SWAMY TEMPLE, SRISAILAM - THIRUPARUPATHAM
Now this place is
called Srisailam. This is the 268th Devaram Paadal Petra Shiva Sthalam and
1st sthalam of Vada Nadu. Moovar has sung hymns in praise of Lord Shiva of this
Temple. Thirunavukkarasar worshiped Lord Shiva while returning
from Kailash. Thirugnanasambandar and Sundarar has sung
hymns from Kalahasti.
Moolavar : Sri
Mallikarjuna Swamy.
Consort : Sri Bramarambika Devi
Some of the Important
features and details of this temple are...
The temple faces
east with a 5-tier Rajagopuram and the other three directions also have similar Rajagopurams built in Dravidian style. This is one of the 12
JyotirLinga temples. Ashta lingams are installed at the
back of the Shiva shrine. Ambal Temple is
a level above Shiva’s Sannadhi with steps.
In the main temple, there are two copper-plated Dwajasthambams (one at the back apart
from the front side). The Moolavar Vimana is a Gold plate covered in
steps and glitters from high mast light.
There is a Trisulam
on the top of the moolavar Gopuram instead of kalasam. The praharam pillars are tooooo big. The temple
is very big with beautiful sculptures/reliefs on the high stone
walls. It is not like Tamil Nadu Temple s,
where no Nayanmars, Chandran, Suryan, and Navagrahas sannadis.
It is not known the
antiquity of the temple and it was believed to be 3000 years old.
The front mandapams were built in 1374 CE by Reddy Kings.
Nearby temples are,
Sakshi Ganapathi and Sikaram Temple which are about 1 KM and 8 KM on the way to
Ongole.
HOW TO REACH :
Andhra Pradesh
Transport buses are available from major cities of Andhra Pradesh.
On the Train Route
from Chennai to Kolkata, get down at Ongole and reach Srisailam by bus.
From Ongole to
Srisailam by bus via Markapur is also possible.
CONTACT
DETAILS :
Temple web site http://srisailamonline.com/
DETAILS
OF MY SECOND VISIT TO SRISAILAM: CLICK
HERE
( dwarapalaka stucco image on the street)
( Dwarapalaka stucco image on the street )
( Night view of Somaskandar stucco image )
--- OM SHIVAYA NAMA ---
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